It’s a minefield isn’t it? The array of online tools and resources for freelance writers I mean. There’s an app for acronyms and a tool for time management, a blog for business and a guide to grammar. The problem is,…
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…
By Erica Lynn: In July of 2014 I decided it was now or never. It wasn’t the right time to start a freelance writing career, but sometimes the hardest part is just starting. For years I had worked a full-time…
By Katliegh Merrier: Freelance writers have stressful jobs at times. Tight deadlines, grumpy editors, picky clients, and rejections can all leave even the most experienced writers a bit frazzled. On top of this, there are plenty of discrepancies on how…
By Karen Banes I decided early last year I wanted to double my freelance writing income. The only problem was that I was already using all my available time. Like many other freelance writers, I have a lot of commitments….
The plan was that on the first ‘proper’ working day of 2015 (5th Jan) I would get up an hour earlier than usual to start work on my freelance writing Udemy course. I was to follow quite an aggressive schedule….
Despite the gazillions of freelance writing opportunities online, the number of eager writers jockeying and bidding for them can make them seem few and far between. So where’s an eager new writer to look in order to start earning more…