I used to hate the thought of pitching for freelance writing work. A long time ago when I was a student, I (very) briefly had a part-time job cold-call homeowners to sell them kitchens. To emphasise, these weren’t qualified leads….
Category: Be a Better Freelancer
I’ve never regretted the decision to quit my job and become a freelance writer. Not even when the initial euphoria and smugness of not having to get up early and drag myself into the office wore off. Not even when…
Are you always fretting that you’ll miss a freelance writing deadline? Do you often procrastinate about even starting work in case the finished product isn’t up to scratch? Yeah, me too. I wasn’t conscious of it for a while, but…
The main thing that makes me compare being a freelance writer to learning to drive are the things my driving instructor used to say to me. So, with the ingeniously named sub-heading below (I don’t know how I come up with…
How often do you wish you could get more done in any one day? How often do you race against the clock to meet a deadline, or simply feel overwhelmed by your day-to-day tasks? First off, read this. Suitably chilled…
Or: How to Work (and Play) Stress-Free Every Day… Certain realities kick in after the initial stages of making regular money from freelance writing start to wane. Suddenly, you’ve got everything you worked so hard for: You’re making your living…
I’ve never published this information for free before. It’s part of my freelance writing Udemy course, and that’s the only place freelance writers online can usually access it. But! This method for getting an instant pay rise as a freelance writer…
Way back in 2012, I quit my job and figured out how to earn a living writing online. While I don’t like to boast (I’m British), I now have global freelance writing clients and write for the largest children’s charity in…
Sometimes, just when you think everything’s going according to The Plan, the rug can be pulled from beneath your Conversed little feet quicker than you know how to deal with it. In the space of a week, my relationship ended,…
It was 2012 and I was working for a newspaper in central London. No, I wasn’t a writer, just one of many minions working in the recruitment advertising department. I contributed towards making the cogs turn in a huge national corporation…