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…
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Be honest. Are any of these stopping you from becoming a freelance writer online? You haven’t started a blog on your website because you think nobody will want to read it. You have no social media presence as you think…
If you’ve decided you want to become a freelance writer, sooner or later you’re going to have to work out how to build a writing portfolio and get clients. To get clients you need to be able to prove you…
Becoming a freelance writer full-time means reading a lot of writing tips. When I first started out, I read everything, from blogs to books to the tiniest of tidbits on Twitter. In the end, I figured that all the writing tips in the world won’t…
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…
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,…
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 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….