Beyond the Rhetoric

It’s that time of year again. While many other people are concerning themselves with mistletoe and fruitcake, freelancers and other small business owners need to concern themselves with many other year-end responsibilities. Of course, that’s in addition to the usual holiday cheer and eggnog lattes. As a freelance writer, there are certain tasks and questions [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

Every Wednesday, I turn my attention to the rest of the blogosphere to read up on what other bloggers have to say. Some weeks, I stick within a certain theme, whereas other weeks reveal more of a random mish-mash of ideas. Today’s speedlink session lands somewhere in between, looking at the tides of change and [...]

It’s very common for people to say that they put in far too many hours at work. They’ll say that they’re being overworked and underpaid, but a quick tour of the office will reveal that many of these exact same employees are too busy updating their Facebook accounts and playing online games. Some may even [...]