Managing time efficiently is one of the most important skills that a new freelance writer can learn. It’s not always easy to figure out how to balance the various tasks you have to do as a writer. In Three Ways To Improve Time Management, I suggest a few ways that you can be efficient in [...] [...more]
I don’t know about you, but sometimes I get discouraged when I send off queries and get no response. Even if you’re an experienced freelance writer, there’s no guarantee that the people offering the work will get back to you. But, as I’ve learned recently, just because you don’t hear anything it doesn’t mean that [...] [...more]
One of the big challenges of working with other writers is making sure that you all have the same attitude towards deadlines. Every now and then you may have too much work and you may get help from another writer. However, you can’t guarantee that the writer will deliver on the same timescale as you [...] [...more]
Being able to write about a variety of topics can be both a blessing and a curse. It’s a blessing, because you will never run out of freelance writing work. When other writers are experiencing a slump, you will be able to turn to one of several subjects and continue to turn our polished copy [...] [...more]
I always think that it’s timely to review your career goals occasionally and see which goals still make sense and which need to be updated or discarded. Best of all is seeing which goals you’ve achieved. Before that, though, you have to learn to set goals for your career. These goals may have to do [...] [...more]
A friend asked me today how I handle working with new clients. What she really wanted to know was how I make sure that I get paid to write even when I don’t have a relationship with a client. The answer is simple. I always ask for a deposit. That’s the only way I [...] [...more]
If you want to get paid to write, then get some inspiration from someone who has. Nikki Leigh is a published author, who is currently promoting her latest book, Lady Lightkeeper, with a blog book tour. I’ve interviewed her today on my Writing Lab. Nikki answers questions on her writing process, her sources of inspiration [...] [...more]
One of the most important aspects of building a freelance writing and ghostwriting business is working out how to keep the work coming in and how to get repeat work. The answer to this dilemma is to become what I call a value added writer. That’s a writer who adds value for clients by helping [...] [...more]
I’ve been following the Problogger 31 Days To A Better Blog Project, though I’m keeping to my own schedule. I’m running about a week behind, but since you can do the tasks anytime, it doesn’t really matter. One of the tasks from last week was to set a schedule for posting. I did a draft schedule [...] [...more]
There are some weeks when I have so much writing work that it’s hard to know how I will get through it all. It’s at times like those that I realise how important it is to have a plan for handling the writing jobs. To do this successfully, you have to know what work is [...] [...more]
