Archive for January, 2011
All Aboard the World’s Last Bandwagon
Apparently, the world is going to end on December 21st next year. Bummer, eh? I had some plans into 2013. Breathing was one of them. Alas, it is not to be. The Mayans with their pesky Long Count calendar predicted the world will end late on December 21st 2012, so that’s it. Come off that [...]
Should You Blog?
I was writing an article about freelance writing and I made some reference to the fact that most freelance writers these days have a web site. I made the assumption that if a freelance writer has a web site then it probably has a blog. Then it occurred to me that perhaps there are freelance [...]
I Got The Power
It is said that with great power comes great responsibility. Most of us freelance writer types don’t really have to worry about that, right? Most of us aren’t engaged in projects that are likely to change the world. We’re not speech-writing for President Obama. (I sometimes don’t think anyone is, but that’s another story.) We’re [...]
Freelance Non-Writing
When I first started as a freelance writer, I assumed that I would be hired by folks to write stuff for them. It made sense to me, but I what I’ve learned over the past few years is that (like so many other things) I was wrong about freelance writing just being writing. A majority [...]
What To Do When The Work Slows
Even during the best of times, there can be slow periods for freelance writers. Work tends to run in cycles and those times when we seem to be buried are often followed by periods of the doldrums. When these slow times hit, you can sit around wringing your hands and worrying, or you can see [...]
Open Your Writing Horizons
As freelance writers, the world is pretty much our oyster. There really is no shortage in terms of where we can market our work or find a new client. In a lot of ways there has never been a better time to be a freelance writer. The problem for most of us is that we [...]
