As a freelance writer, it’s not enough to set up a website and leave it alone. It’s not enough to set up a blog and post sporadically. With both websites and blogs, you need to keep them up to date. Even more important, you need to promote them. Promoting your website or blog is the [...] [...more]
Today’s Freelance Writing Success newsletter has a thought provoking article on how freelance writers should charge for their time. The article suggests that writers should not charge by the hour, but for the value of their expertise. Another factor to take into account is the amount that the client will make from your writing. I [...] [...more]
As a freelance writer, it can be tempting to say yes to too many projects when you’re not busy. You can have a wildly unrealistic idea about how much you will be able to achieve in a given period. Once you’ve said yes to a project, then you have to deliver. But in order to [...] [...more]
Jennifer Mattern has published a great article on When to Turn Down Freelance Writing Jobs. She says: It can be hard to turn down writing jobs, especially if you really need the money. But that’s life in freelance writing. Chances are that you’re going to struggle early on. It’s how to choose to get past [...] [...more]
Some of you may know that in addition to writing myself, I’m also an agent for a small team of writers. That means I get the clients, pass on the work to writers, check it’s ok and pass it back to clients. Writers get work without having to bid; I get a small cut - [...] [...more]
I’ve decided to set up a thread on the freelance writing forum I manage for Inspired Author to post my overflow work when it is available. The thread is called freelance writing jobs, predictably. There’s one gig there at the moment which is great for those seeking experience or those who can write really fast. [...] [...more]
