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Weekly translation favorites (June 12-18) — Sun, 23 Oct 2016 13:10:51 +0000

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By: Jahirul Islam

Jahirul Islam — Sun, 27 Sep 2015 18:50:25 +0000

Become a freelancer is not an easy job. First, you have to decide that which thing you going to learn. Then you have to learn that very well. Then you have to practice more and more. After practicing more more you will become a good freelancer as my opinion.

By: Alicia Rades

Alicia Rades — Tue, 26 May 2015 12:29:48 +0000

Fantastic post. My favorite is probably, "Don’t forget you’re an independent contractor." Too many new writers don't understand that, and too many don't even know what it means. It took me three years to really understand how much control it meant I had.

By: Ashley

Ashley — Fri, 22 May 2015 18:36:40 +0000

Thanks, Melanie! And yes about the School of Hard Knocks. Don't we all attend, at least a couple of times in our writing career? But I'll say, those are the lessons I'll NEVER forget. Hopefully this list will help some writers avoid at least a few of those hard lessons.

By: Melanie Kissell

Melanie Kissell — Fri, 22 May 2015 17:22:22 +0000

Fabbytastic read! Sharon Hurley Hall is RIGHT: This should be required reading. Nicely done!

I'm a blogger and freelance copy editor, Ashley, not a freelance writer. BUT everything you've shared still applies. I can tell all your do's and don't's have evolved through personal experience — and maybe from temporarily attending the School of Hard Knocks. ;-)

Simply put ...
Stellar advice.

By: Ashley

Ashley — Fri, 22 May 2015 16:53:17 +0000

Paula — ha! I just love that you consider something I said could be a mantra for someone!

By: Paula

Paula — Fri, 22 May 2015 16:18:10 +0000

What they said.

Plus, "Fruit, not compost" should be a mantra for all new writers.

Like you said, Ashley, sometimes it takes a couple low-hanging fruit assignments to garner respectable clips. Once you have two or three of solid clips, those markets can be retired to the compost heap while the clips help you grow your business.

(Impressively heavy handed metaphor mixing on my part, huh?"

By: Ashley

Ashley — Fri, 22 May 2015 16:04:25 +0000

Thanks for the kind words, everyone. I'm glad this list is helpful, especially to newer freelancers. Stuff I learned the hard way, and some things I'm still working on.

Cathy - YES to that. It's so simple, but still hard to accept sometimes!

Thanks, Lori, for hosting me. I'm very glad to contribute to Writers Worth Month. :)

By: Lori Widmer

Lori Widmer — Fri, 22 May 2015 14:14:39 +0000

Ashley, once again I thank you for a great post.

Susan, isn't she good? :)

By: KeriLynn Engel

KeriLynn Engel — Fri, 22 May 2015 14:13:29 +0000

Yes! I was nodding my head to everything on your list. Very uplifting & just what I needed to read at the end of a long week. THANKS Ashley & Lori 🙂