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Yvonne Perry had the pleasure of being Lillian Brummet's guest on Conscious Discussions Talk Radio show today.

Here are some of the topics we covered.

1) I always like to start each interview by allowing the guest to share a little about themselves on a personal level...

I was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia. I now live in Nashville, Tennessee where I've been for eleven years. I have two adult children; three adult step children, and six grandkids. My office mascot is a 6-year-old chocolate lab named Java. She lies beside me as I work each day.

2) Since our subject today is all about writing, I'd like to start off with how you discovered you might have a talent in this field.

I've enjoyed writing ever since I was first introduced to the crayon, but I didn't realize that I had talent until my creative writing teacher discovered it when I was a senior in high school. All throughout the raising of my children, I wrote stories about the cute things they did; I wrote songs and poems on a regular basis, so I was familiar with language and painting imagery with words.

When I took a job as an executive assistant, I was required to write business correspondence and press releases. I have always been such an independent person that I really didn't like the corporate environment and its politics. It occurred to me in 2002 that I might be able to make it as a freelance writer. I spent a year planning and arranging my finances in a manner that would allow me to break away from my day job and give business ownership a try.

Today, almost five years later, WITS (Writers in the Sky) is a six-member team of writers and editors and we are also able to offer graphic design through our seventh member, Jessica Dockter.

3) Okay, now could you define the term "freelance writer" and what this involves?

To be a freelance writer, you have to first of all be able to write, but equally important is the business side of operating. You have no boss other than your clients. You also have no guarantee of a paycheck each week. It's up to me to market the business, bring in new clients, and give them the best writing and customer service possible in hopes that they will refer me to others.

There are so many different types of freelance writing: commercial copy writing, business and technical writing, grant writing, book and article writing, writing for the media (journalism). It took a couple of years of trying each of these before I found my niche. Today, I do

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