Category Archives: Freelancing

How to Network, Find Clients, and Grow Your Writing Career

By on May 8th, 2012

By: Amandah Blackwell It should be easy, right? Forget that some writers, editors, and business owners have major connections and networks. It’s tempting to see them as ‘dollar signs,’ but the truth is, they’re complex people with feelings, busy lives, …

Freelancers Union: The World’s Largest Invoice

By on May 7th, 2012

Last month, the Freelancer’s Union launched a neat website – WorldsLongestInvoice.com – which totals unpaid invoices from freelancers all over the world. The current total unpaid invoices is just a couple thousand dollars away from $16,000,000 and the site has …

18 Local Prospects You May Not Have Considered To Pitch

By on May 5th, 2012

By: Luana Spinetti When I started freelancing I thought I had to look for gigs far, far away. I live in Italy — a country where freelance is still a synonim for penny-pay— so that might be true to a …

Freelancers: How to Get Started Without Getting Exploited

By on May 4th, 2012

By: Philippa Willitts Starting out in freelance writing is an exciting time. Dreams of typing all day in a sunny coffee shop and nonchalantly telling people you write for a living are seductive. The alternative stereotype is also appealing to …

The Easy Fifteen-Minute Marketing Plan

By on May 3rd, 2012

By: Lori Widmer You wake up, get that cup of caffeine, go through your morning ritual, then work through your daily ritual of writing. Marketing? Yea, that doesn’t happen because you’re busy. Yet if you have fifteen minutes to play …