Beyond the Rhetoric

Now that I’ve been a professional freelance writer for a number of years, I find that I get asked certain questions from time to time. One of these questions sound simple enough: if you could give a single piece of advice to people new to freelance writing, what would it be? Just like any number [...]

Every Wednesday, I collect a number of blog posts that caught my interest in the preceding week. Some weeks, the posts come together from a single theme and other weeks, the collection can be pretty eclectic. This week falls into the latter category. Enjoy! Leigh Peele is well-respected in her realm of weight loss and [...]

Over the weekend, I was asked by my friend Karli how I got started with freelance writing, because she was interested in starting a freelance career of her own. I’ve touched on this subject a couple of times on this blog already, but I thought it was worth revisiting to give a slightly fuller back-story. [...]

More and more people are working from home these days and for good reason; they can avoid the daily commute to the office and enjoy a relatively greater level of freedom. However, it seems that not all work-at-home professionals are alike. I find it interesting, especially in this day and age, that society still separates [...]

It can be challenging to find the right kind of freelance writing work, especially if you are relatively new to the industry. This is also true of people who are applying for more conventional kinds of jobs, particularly in today’s struggling economy. Part of this has to do with how the applicants (and freelancers) approach [...]