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From Stylesetter to Freelance Blogger

When Barney’s New York fashion director Amanda Brooks stepped down recently, the 38-year-old style setter cited a surprising reason in an interview with the New York Times: She was inspired by Ree Drummond’s popular blog, The Pioneer Woman. (Drummond’s tagline for the blog, which features … Continue reading

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How I Landed My First Gig: A Cautionary Tale

Freelancing was supposed to be easy. No bosses, no boring work (unless you want to get paid) and no unreasonable deadlines (Ha!). When I decided to take the plunge into full-time freelance writing, I had a few fairly unrealistic expectations. … Continue reading

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A Simple Secret for Getting Paid

Most freelancers start to develop a radar over time for the clients who will pay them and those who will suddenly disappear when an invoice comes in. But every once in a while, even savvy independent professionals can get fooled … Continue reading

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Why Pretend You Have No Personal Life?

One of the most stressful parts of corporate life for many people is having to pretend that their passions and responsibilities outside of work don’t exist. While big companies hold endless brown bag lunches about “work-life” balance and put elaborate … Continue reading

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Why People Work With Freelancers

As an assigning editor, I can absolutely attest to the truth of this quote from a speech given by Neil Gaiman at the University for the Arts.  I hadn’t heard of Gaiman, who writes what might be characterized as literary … Continue reading

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The Perils of Competing with Snooki

Freelancing as a journalist is a great job except, too often, for the pay. Although many publications value our work, there are some that are just looking for best deal. They want the least expensive writer that will do the … Continue reading

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Surviving Life without Sick Days

We’re very big on celebrating the independent life at the $200KFreelancer. But, like every other career option, it has its downsides, too. I was thinking about that recently when I caught the flu from my kids and ended up with … Continue reading

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5 Ways to Get Freelance Clients to Come To You

Freelancing can be a lot of fun if great, well-paying clients come to you, so you don’t have to  spend time continually marketing yourself. But many freelancers find it challenging to make this happen. For advice on what employers seek … Continue reading

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Who Will Lead The Revolution For More Nuanced Lives?

Over the weekend, Judith Warner published a New York Times book review piece about The Conflict, the book by a French philosopher that lashes out against attachment parenting. Warner compares it with Madeleine M. Kunin’s latest book, “The New Feminist … Continue reading

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Is Journalism the Best Job in the World?

A friend’s son interviewed me over the weekend about the field of journalism. He was doing the interview for his history class, so some of the questions centered on my recollections of a specific mass layoff at a New York … Continue reading

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