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How to Handle Inconsistent Freelance Income
Many freelance creative professionals struggle with balancing their workload. Some months you may be swamped with work, and other times it may seem like there are crickets chirping in your lonely, dusty office. Dealing with this “feast or famine” problem is one of the biggest frustrations freelancers face. In some cases, this single issue is […]
Keeping Freelance Clients Happy
As a freelance writer, your job is to create a product that your customers absolutely love. Once you’re in business, you probably want to stay in business, so you can continue paying the bills, eating, and so forth. So here’s a little secret to freelance writing success: it is easier, less time consuming, and less […]
How to Create Your Writer Website
To get writing work, you have to let people know you exist. Setting up a Web site is the best way to start, no matter where you are. If nothing else, it makes your work visible and accessible to a large audience. Today, every working writer absolutely must have a Web site. The reality is […]
Why I Hate Query Letters
Virtually everything ever written about freelance writing and getting published says that you need to write query letters. Yet, in my experience, query letters are almost always a huge waste of time. Certainly some people do get work by writing query letters. But the query process soon turns into a numbers game, almost like a […]