Archive for the ‘Freelance Writing Careers’ Category

Overcoming Freelance Stress

Friday, March 21st, 2008

Being a freelance writer can be stressful at times. That stress may be because you have a lot of work going on at once, or because work is slow and you're stressing while you try to find new clients. No matter what the reason is, you have to deal with ...

Kristen King on Queries and Rejections

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

Continuing our series of short interviews with freelance writers, I picked the brain of Kristen King (of InkThinker) on the issues of queries and rejections: What motivated you to create the InkThinker Query Challenge? What's the most rewarding aspect of it for you personally? I wish I had paid closer attention to ...

Get Daily Freelance Writing Jobs in Your Inbox

Friday, January 25th, 2008

You can now subscribe to All Freelance Writing Jobs via email, allowing you to get the full daily list of freelance writing jobs and blogging jobs directly in your inbox. The AFWJ email subscription can be set up through the inner right column signup form on that blog (please note ...

Six Figure Success

Thursday, January 17th, 2008

I'd been meaning to share this for a little while now, but never got around to it. Earlier this month I received an email from a writer named Tammie, thanking me for some of the information that was posted here (and back when this was SixFigureWriters.com). Tammie managed to earn a ...

Three Easy Ways to Kill Your Freelance Writing Career

Saturday, January 12th, 2008

Some recent personal discussions with a few colleagues got me thinking about ethics a little bit, and how they apply to all of us as freelance writers. We talk a lot here at All Freelance Writing about how to be a successful freelance writer. Now let's talk about some ethics-related ...

Changing Services and Writing Rates in the New Year

Thursday, December 27th, 2007

I'm finally working out some of my service and writing rate changes for the new year. These are my two biggest changes: Press Release Writing - I've always offered press release writing at ridiculously low rates (compared to other PR professionals; not compared to content writers offering them). I did that ...

Six Figure Freelancing Lens Launched

Monday, November 26th, 2007

If you didn't catch my brief mention in my review of the Six Figure Freelancer e-book yesterday, I launched a new Squidoo lens on six figure freelancing, targeting freelance writers. Here's what you'll find there: Types of freelance writing (to help you choose the best specialty to reach your income goals) A slightly ...

Setting Freelance Writing Rates the Right Way

Friday, November 16th, 2007

We're getting close to the end of the year, and there's no better time to rethink our freelance writing rates. While I've already covered the issue here and on the writing forums, I want to revisit the topic again by taking a close look at the numbers and possible freelance ...

What are You Thankful For this Year?

Wednesday, November 14th, 2007

Thanksgiving is quickly creeping up on us here in the US, so I thought it was a good time to look back at 2007 and think about what we're thankful for as freelance writers. I'm thankful that I've had the patience and strength to keep growing this year in my writing ...

What Buyers Need to Know About Freelance Writing Rates

Sunday, October 28th, 2007

In a forum discussion today, the issue of a freelance writers' rate per hour came up. To summarize, the potential buyer's thought was this: They earn $20 per hour in their position (where they wear multiple hats, including the current writing), so in their mind a freelance writer charging more than ...