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Freelance Writing Rules (and Why You Should Break Them)
By Jennifer Mattern Once upon a time, I was newly self-employed and living much too close to my mother. (In my defense, she moved near me, not the other way around – into my apartment building, I kid you not.) There was no avoiding her. Every time she visited, without fail, she plopped a newspaper…
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The Totally Eclipsed Writer
It was a stupid idea, really. Sunday morning is my lazy time, so I woke up, splashed some water on my face, then met my daughter at Starbucks for our usual chai fixation. Somewhere between the caffeine and the kicking back, my cell phone rang. Where are you? he asked. Want to go to see the…
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4 Issues Every Freelance Writer Will Face
What I’m listening to: Trip Switch by Nothing But Thieves Sometimes you come across something that’s stated simply, and it’s so brilliant that you have to share it. That was the case yesterday when I read this blog post by Jason McDowell. He said this: Never let a client treat you like anything but an equal. Take…
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5 Things You Lose When You Raise Freelance Rates (and One Thing You Gain)
What I’m listening to: Feel It Still by Portugal. The Man Writers, it’s time you get serious. No more bitching about being underpaid. No more trolling job boards and announcing on forums that freelancing is dead. No more expecting clients to respect you when you’re giving them a price break that hurts your own…
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Using a Mini-Niche to Rock Your Freelance Writing Success
What I’m listening to: Changed the Locks by Lucinda Williams Writers, it’s time to stop moaning about not having a niche. Okay, so you don’t want one, you say. You don’t need one, you insist. And you know what? You could be right. So why a post about niches then? Because at some point, you’re…
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4 Game-changing Freelance Writing Moves
What I’m listening to: Robot Rock by Daft Punk I’m settling back in to what might turn out to be a normal workweek. After the upheaval of last week (and the fact that I was able to finish just one assignment), I’m working long hours to get things sorted. Because my dad’s situation isn’t great,…
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Observations on a Freelancer’s Life
Caledonia by Dougie McLean There went those plans. Last week, I had to go home. My dad was sick, and there’s nothing that’s going to get in my way when he needs me. That includes work. So I finished what I could, packed up the Surface and the cell phone, and headed west. It was a…
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6 Sanity-saving Freelance Writing Moves
This week is busy. Aside from actual work, I’m fielding updates on my dad’s condition and updating my kids and my aunt. You don’t think that’s going to take up much time until you’re actually handling it. Then there’s the workload. For every project I finish, I seem to be getting two more in. I…
