Month: August 2021

Freelance Follies: This Job, Not That Job

Posted on August 23, 2021 by lwidmer

And the madness continues. In a slow month in which I’m poised to earn over $10K, there is still proof that some job posters think that writing is a fire-sale endeavor. Thanks to my chum Sharon Hurley Hall, I was alerted to this job. Well, let’s not call it a job. It’s more of a […]

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The Freelance Cattle Call

Posted on August 18, 2021 by lwidmer

Let’s just say it. Some job postings are there to attract tons of responses. And they get what they ask for. Why would anyone want to attract tons of job applicants? And exactly why is that bad? First, let’s look at an example of the cattle call. We looking for a freelance copyeditor to review […]

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Not-so-new Freelancer’s Guide: The Professional Business

Posted on August 12, 2021 by lwidmer

Back in July, we set off on a journey, talking about how to ramp up your established freelance writing business. With so much beginner advice clogging the airwaves, I thought it might be a good idea to move beyond beginner stages and into building a stronger freelance writing career. Today, we’ll be covering the last […]

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Your Freelance Biz’s Biggest Legal Threat

Posted on August 10, 2021 by lwidmer

Struggling freelancers, freelancers who are doing well — let’s talk. In an unsettling exchange that another freelancer shared with me, a beginning writer was asking for some advice and feedback. Normally, those “feedback” requests get ignored because if every one of them were answered, who would get any paying work done? But because my friend […]

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6 Ways to Sabotage Your Freelance Career

Posted on August 5, 2021 by lwidmer

A friend of mine asked me the other day what I knew about a certain freelancer. It was someone who crossed her email, and there was some evidence I was connected to her. “Oh, not that freelancer,” I said. That response was telling. I hadn’t heard from said freelancer since 2015. And yet I still knew […]

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Freelance Game Plan: Your Raise

Posted on August 2, 2021 by lwidmer

August already, huh? Looking back over the last eight months, ask yourself this: Am I where I want to be in my freelance writing career? Think back to January. What were your plans? To get more clients? To work more? To work less? To earn more? What was on your resolutions list? Didn’t quite hit […]

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