Climbing That Freelance Ladder

June 16, 2009

In my humble opinion, it is crucial to keep moving forward in the freelance writing biz. It is all too easy to get caught up in low-paying projects that don’t get you any further as a professional. While I understand that one needs to pay the bills, this fact needs to be balanced with the [...]

Lighting Your Inner Fire

June 3, 2009

“The inner fire is the most important thing mankind possesses.”
Edith Sodergran

The “inner fire” talked about in this quote is something that is key for the freelance writer. Many times we take jobs that aren’t exactly what we want to be writing about–just to make ends meet. With enough of this type of work, our passion for [...]

For Freelance Writers Only: Top Ten Writing Paradoxes

June 2, 2009

Editors, go away. This stuff is for freelance writers, and my advice here will only make you dizzy. Go back to following the Eminem Bruno stunt or search for some Sims 3 cheat codes. This is for writers, and I’ll get round to doing some editors-only content very soon. Don’t feel all left out, just [...]

Dirty Little Writing Secrets

May 29, 2009

All freelancers have dirty little secrets they won’t share because they know there are too many people fumbling around “trying to be a writer” who will stampede towards the dirty secret in question, ruining it for everybody.
This is rarely discussed on writing blogs, forums, and elsewhere, but we all know it’s true. Here are a [...]

Word Choices

May 27, 2009

Good word choices are tricky, even for experienced writers. In my day-to-day editing duties I find a wide range of mistakes that should make good writers cringe–once they are hip to the error. Do you know the difference between a credit report and a credit rating? What about the meaning of “affect” versus “effect”?
These are [...]