All Entries in the "Freelance Writing Articles" Category
Thoughts on Freelance Writing Advice
As a freelance writer, if you’re looking for writing advice you’re certain to find it at every turn these days. There are literally hundreds of writing sites available and many of these are in a blog format, providing updated content on a weekly or even daily basis. For me, my email fills up nearly every [...]
Have You Published Your Freelance Writing E-Book Yet?
If you haven’t, then why the heck not? These days there really is no excuse for not publishing an ebook of your best stuff. It’s free, it’s easy to do and it is a great way to attract folks to you and your services. But I don’t have anything that’s book-worthy! Hell, there’s thousands of [...]
Do You Have a Freelance Writing Mentor?
When I first started freelance writing, I was flying solo. I dabbled here and there. I Googled things and just kind of felt my way along in the dark. Surprisingly, this turned out to be a not-too-rocky start for my freelancing career. I was fortunate in that a decade or so earlier I had done [...]
A Freelancing Story
One of the greatest things about being a freelance writer is getting to know folks who are brilliant, clever and funny. Knowing these folks just makes for a brighter day all around. When these kinds of folks happen to be your clients then life is a total parade. Not only do you get to revel [...]
Does Fancy Really Work?
If you are a freelance writer then it is safe to assume that you have a web site. It’s also a safe bet that your site has a blogging component. As I’ve mentioned in previous posts, having the blog on your freelance writing website is about marketing your services as much as anything. There are [...]
Twitter as Blogging Fodder
A lot of freelance writers have clients who need blog posts written and posted for their website or websites. Sometimes the client is very specific in their directions to the freelance writer. Other times the writer is encouraged to take the ball and run run run. There are advantages and disadvantages to both of these [...]
Freelance Writing: Bitches, Snarkys, Politicos Need Not Apply
Over the past year or two I’ve noticed a trend in social media circles and blogs that I find a bit disturbing and counter-intuitive. More and more I’m seeing a tendency for folks to label themselves as being bitchy or snarky and seeing this as a cool thing. I guess in some arenas this may [...]
When Freelance Writing Is Just A Job
If you’ve been a freelance writer for a while, think back to when you were chewing on the decision to start a freelance writing career. If you are new to freelance writing, do the same thing – think about your motivations for starting. In either instance, did you think about freelance writing as a job [...]
Client Relations – The Ups And Downs Of Freelance Writing
Freelance writing clients, ya gotta love ‘em. You want to hug them when they put money in your Paypal account and you want to strangle them when they send you a fresh set of revisions for the project they promised was the “final final” version last week. Managing clients is one of the most difficult [...]
Can Freelance Writing Be Inspired Writing?
When I first started my website, the tag line read, “Inspiring Writers Every Day.” Although I don’t use that tag line anymore I still kind of like it. I think it applies to a lot of what I do at Tumblemoose. I started thinking about it as I was working on a freelance assignment today [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Sticky Freelance Writing
I’ve been freelance writing for a little over two years now. When I first started, I’m not certain that I had any particular intention or goal of being a freelance writer, at least not in the sense that I’ve come to know the term. Good, bad or indifferent, being a freelance writer is not what [...]
Has It All Been Said?
In the last week, two different writing blogs that I follow and respect have posed ranting soliloquys lamenting the fact that nearly everything that could be said about writing has been said. In some ways I agree. I mean, there are only so many writing tips. In honest reflection, I don’t think I’ve seen anything [...]
The Ethical Freelance Writer
I think it’s time for this worthy writing topic to rise to the surface. Here is a list of ethical considerations for the freelance writer: Charge your clients what is fair and decent – not what you think you can get away with. Yes, we all make our living from writing and these days every [...]
The Bad Info War
I’ll bet most of you freelance writers have seen this one before. You sign with a client who has a specific project that requires some writing and a little more, say some publishing or marketing. You describe the appropriate strategy and method and get to work. About half way through, the client emails and tells [...]
