Beyond the Rhetoric

While it wasn’t really my intention when I first drafted up the original blog post, this topic quickly emerged in the comment section in my Being Taken Seriously as a Freelancer piece. I can see how this tangential discussion point could emerge; I just didn’t foresee it at the time. Words hold powerful meanings and [...]

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, [...]

As you may already know, I wrote a book with John Chow that was published back in May. Going through the writing and publishing process for Make Money Online: Roadmap of a Dot Com Mogul was certainly an enlightening experience, but I also realize that I have a lot more to learn. That’s partly why [...]

It’s a question that gets asked from time to time, usually from people who are looking to escape the usual nine-to-five grind at a more conventional office job. They see what they perceive to be the perks of working from home and the relative freedom that a freelance career can provide, but they want to [...]

Over the course of my freelance writing career, I’ve tried my hand at quite a few different styles of writing. I’ve done event coverage, product reviews, editorials, and everything in between. Even so, to this day, my professional career has been 100% in non-fiction. And that got me thinking (again): could I make it as [...]