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5 Reasons Why Increasing Your Freelance Writing Rates Matters
What I’m listening to: Where the Streets Have No Name by U2 Oh, joy. A long-term project I just started a few months ago may be coming to a close, and about three months shy of when it was due to end. Ouch. There goes about $9K in earnings. However, as one door closes, another…
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How to Screw Up Your Freelance Writing Career in One Move
What I’m listening to: Get Out by Frightened Rabbit This re-entry into work is getting ridiculous. I’ve had a relatively slow week so far, and I’m thankful for it. My clock won’t reset — I’m still five hours ahead, which means I’m barely awake at 8 pm and wide awake at 3 am. I plan…
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How to Look Like a Busy Writer When You’re Out of the Office
What I’m reading: Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights by Salman Rushdie What I’m listening to: Die Like a Rich Boy by Frightened Rabbit Back. Back from a wet, chilly Scottish vacation that was wonderful in every way. Back to a hot, humid existence where my car suffered for the intense heat as it sat in…
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4 Great Ways to Expand Your Freelance Business
Today we should be near Fort William or Glencoe. There’s a chance we’ll be back on the Isle of Skye, one of my favorite places. Doesn’t matter — the point is I probably won’t be around today. When I return this weekend, I’ll be thrust right back into work and right back into building up…
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Your Do-it-Now, Kick-in-the-Ass Freelance Plan
Right about now, I’m in the western Highlands enjoying a wee hike or two. I may have delayed responses (where we’re staying tonight has no WiFi), but that doesn’t mean the conversation has to end. Talk among yourselves. Start with this: Five years ago, I wrote this post about helping other writers who were clearly…
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4 Ways Writers Can Impress New Clients
My daughter was interviewing to hire an assistant recently, and her experience was eye-opening. She had two resumes in front of her — one was a young man whose college credentials were a match for the kind of job he’d be doing. On paper, he looked amazing. The other resume was that of a young man…
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The (Updated) Freelancer’s BS Litmus Test
Back in 2010, I came up with what I call the BS Litmus Test. It’s a series of questions freelance writers can ask themselves when considering a new client or project. The goal when I wrote it was to get us freelancers to think deeper into the relationship and the project so that we make…
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Planning Ahead: What to Do When Clients Disappear
I’m not around this week or next, but I’ve planned ahead. Apropos given the title of this new series, isn’t it? Please keep commenting. I may not be on the same continent, but I’m going to grab the WiFi where I can. I was going over my pre-trip plans the other week, trying to connect…
