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 [...]

Do what you love and the money will follow. It’s a mantra that you hear all the time. People say that one of the greatest goals in life is to take what you love to do and figure out how to make money from it. While I’m talking from the context of an entrepreneurial venture, [...]

Some people will tell you that what the major banks did with the mortgage crisis was unethical. Similarly, the smaller business of freelance writing is equally with its fair share of ethical considerations. While some of these are certainly going to be culture specific, there is one topic that comes up periodically among the freelancing [...]

“You’re a freelancer and a good one.” The challenge, of course, is figuring out how to convince everyone else, how to entice the right clients, how to make the most of your time, and how to earn the most money possible. And that’s the goal of Enhanced Freelance, a new program put together by Thursday [...]

As Freelance Camp was wrapping up last weekend, I was pulled aside by a couple of attendees who recognized my name. We got to talking about the world of freelancing, how I got in touch with John Chow, how long I’ve been freelance writing full-time, and how I came to the decision to pursue my [...]