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….
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This is it. The ultimate list of top 10 writing tips collected from around the web-iverse. (Didn’t ya know everything written on the web is 100% true?) 1. Write every day Classic. Yes, I’m starting with the Queen Of All Writing Tips….
A short post this week to address an issue raised by one of my students recently. It was a good question, and it instantly gave me the sense that others may be stuck on the same thing as they begin building their freelance…
It was the last day of August, 2012. She stands on the train. She always stands. Even if there’s room to sit, she stands. Why? Because she sits down all day. All day. But this day is different. This is…
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…
[feature_box style=”18″ title=”About the author:” alignment=”center”] Lisa Finn has 15 years’ experience as a freelance writer. Only not consecutively. She took a few years off to kiss scraped knees, shuttle her kids to park dates and build forts in the…