Beyond the Rhetoric

There are all sorts of different payment schemes for freelance writers. In general, I charge on a per-article or per-project basis after we’ve sorted out some of the basic details like estimated word count and the amount of research required. This is advantageous for a number of reasons, but most importantly, it provides a level [...]

It is said that the average person will go through seven careers over the course of a lifetime. Given this, despite being in business for several years now, it’s quite possible that I will be in an entirely different line of work at some point down the line. As it stands, though, here I am [...]

In the United Kingdom, the riots that ravished city streets last week have ceased, but the potential for such activity to surge up again is hardly a remote possibility. Across Europe tear gas stocks have risen as the continent nears a level of financial uncertainty it hasn’t seen since 2008. Governments are cracking down, which [...]

What do you know now that you wish you knew then? It’s a question that gets asked of many people at many different stages in their lives and I’ve found myself looking in the mirror about this query. I’ve been a professional freelance writer for five years and, it makes me wonder, what would I [...]

To some people, this may seem like a simple matter of semantics, but I think there is something much more profound here that is worth discussing. I also find that I get very different responses, depending on who is participating in this conversation with me. When you think about what you do for a living, [...]