I think it was as I was lying down to sleep, still talking about work at 11 pm, that I realized I have a problem. I’m overworked to the point of not being able to shut it off at the end of the day. And for those of you who are new to freelancing or…
Category: Freelance writing advice
4 Untruths About Your Freelance Writing Business
Did you ever see something online that made you scream out loud? Same here. Could be something someone claimed, or one more of those “turn your side hustle into a freelance career!” posts. Could even be something ridiculous you saw that spouted something really inaccurate about freelancing. For me, it’s usually bad advice or guidance. Or…
Friday Frank Talk: Your “Freelance” to “Business” Attitude Shift
On a discussion list I belong to, I was reading through a debate over rates. Yea, that one again. One more time (does it ever change?), freelancers were debating why a writer working in a rural area should charge differently than a writer in an urban area. The debate was pretty lively, just slightly heated….
How Freelance Fails Can Save You
Weird title to this post, right? But I read something the other day that created one of those lightbulb moments. I’ve been around this freelancing block a few decades, so if it can impact me (the eternal skeptic), I’m thinking it might do others some good, too. It was a motivational snippet that had popped…
6 Things Freelancers Should Give Up (that will boost the career)
There are so many things freelance writers can do to improve their businesses and their careers: take classes, raise rates, network more…. Yet sometimes the things we freelancers give up do the most to boost our potential. The list is a familiar one. Nothing I list here will be unique or even new. What is…
4 Ways to Build Success into Your Freelance Writing Business
Freelance writing blogs are chock full of “here’s how you’re screwing up” posts. I know because I’ve posted plenty of those myself. Just look at this, this, and this from the last month. Okay, they all had a positive, actionable message in the end, but the point is there are plenty of things around on…
Free Advice Friday: Tough Love, Freelance Style
You learn a lot about people by what they say and do. You learn even more by what they don’t do. But I’ll get to that in a minute. A friend of mine moderates a writing group. One of the posts in the moderation queue was asking a basic question: Does anyone else know if…
How Pro Freelancers Score Big (& how you can, too)
Last week was a mishmash of short project deadlines, new projects to prioritize, and social media marketing. From Twitter to LinkedIn, there were a lot of writing mishaps going on. One guy misspelled the name of his own book, another writer was pushing how to improve your Fiverr client quality, yet another was singing the…
Freelance Guide to Building a Client List
I don’t know what your writing focus is. I don’t have to. When it comes to finding freelance writing clients, there are quite a few similarities in how most writers market. No matter what marketing mix you use. But first, you have to know who you’ll market to, don’t you? I can’t help you too…
8 Ways to Create a Productive Freelance Work Day (especially now)
It’s really easy right now to kick back and do nothing. It’s even easier for the ennui and the depression to sink in when you do kick back and do nothing, particularly when it’s a work day and you’re not getting any new work. What’s a freelance writer to do? I get it. Jobs may…