Are you looking to ditch the low-paid writing gigs and finally learn how to make money writing by moving up to lucrative freelance writing work? About five years ago, I was that writer. I’d spent 12 years as a staff journalist, was freelancing for regional and...
You may think this is a funny piece of advice for me to write on my blog. But if you care about earning more as a freelance writer, then you might want to stop writing blog posts. Why do I say this? There are four big reasons I want to steer you away from blogging: 1....
When I asked new writers for their biggest questions back in May, one of the responses I got was that readers would like to hear “what it was like for successful writers early in their career.” It happened to me in L.A. In the beginning — like when I...
It’s that most wonderful time of the year — for falling into the doldrums and slacking off on your freelance marketing, that is. It’s easy to come up with reasons for not doing any freelance marketing to line up new writing clients until January. You...
I’ve got a question for you: Why do you want to become a freelance writer? It’s worth taking a minute to ponder that. Because I’ve found that pursuing freelance writing for the wrong reasons can spell big problems. Here are the seven most common...
