I signed up with GetAFreelancer a couple of years ago, yet I’ve only just completed my first project with them. This is my review of the experience. Getting Started With GetAFreelancer First of all, let me tell you why it’s taken me so long to get started.The first reason is because I was busy. I’ve hardly had [...] [...more]
Why aren’t you writing yet? A lot of people dream of starting a freelance writing career, but never get around to doing it. One of the reasons is that they fall in love with the dream of writing, but find the reality hard to achieve. So what’s the first thing you should do if you [...] [...more]
I’ve just added a new piece to my Garden and Hearth Freelance Writing Site. It’s called Essential Writing Tools For The 21st Century Freelance Writer. These are the tools that writers just can’t do without, along with some reasons why they are so useful. The list includes a couple of items that have been around [...] [...more]
A lot of the advice about freelance writing focuses on how to get started. You find out about creating a portfolio, getting published and promoting yourself. What you don’t hear as much about are the times when the shine goes off the writing life. We’re all human, and freelance writers can have bad days too. Those [...] [...more]
Catherine asks What did you find most difficult when you first began freelancing? And how did you overcome that difficulty? When I went freelance, I faced two issues. One was a lack of contacts. The other was a lack of recent clips. While I’d been lecturing, I’d done the occasional freelance piece, but since I wasn’t writing [...] [...more]
