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Are You Working in Your Dream Job?
Although I love being a freelance writer, it’s not often that I feel like others covet my job, with all of its unpredictability and unsteady paychecks. So I was a little surprised by the results of LinkedIn’s recent survey of … Continue reading
Focusing On These Four Moments Helps Win Assignments
Being a freelancer involves a fair amount of rejection. Even after you identify a few good target markets for yourself and develop some solid story ideas, you’ll have to send out something on the order of 10 pitches for every … Continue reading
What’s Your Escape Hatch from Disaster?
Hurricane Sandy gave me an unwanted crash course in the importance of having a disaster plan for a home-based business. Although we live in a part of New Jersey that got slammed, my family was lucky and only experienced a … Continue reading
Liberate 10 Hours a Week and Other Tips for Finding Time to Freelance
Many of us freelance in order to juggle other responsibilities. But sometimes, those other things we need to do can get in the way of work. In freelancing for five years while raising four small children, I’ve experimented with my … Continue reading
The Lifestyle
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Celebrate the Freedom of Freelancing
One of the great things about being a freelancer is Mondays. Yeah, you’ve got projects due and clients who want you to check in with progress reports. You’ve got phone calls to schedule and deadlines stacking up. You’re already behind … Continue reading
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Writing Ebooks: A Crash Course
Recently, I discovered a terrific new Writer’s Digest ebook, The $1,000 Query Letter: Real Queries That Helped Land Dream Contracts and Assignments, when author Diana Bocco, interviewed me about how I pitched Money magazine. The book, which sprung from an … Continue reading
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Surprise Winner: Stephen King’s ‘On Writing’
When I asked my writing group for recommendations of great books about writing, I was surprised to hear them say Stephen King’s On Writing. Here’s a blog post that excerpts the book, which I downloaded on to my Nook and … Continue reading
Declutter Your Way Better Productivity
In my town in New Jersey, there’s an annual garbage pickup that people call junk day. For a small fee, residents can put out their bulky trash. We missed the permit deadline in 2011–and regretted having to go another year … Continue reading
She Traded Corporate Life for Freelancing–and Loves It!
Debbie Feldstein spent 25 years in an enviable career at the New York Emmy Awards. She worked her way up from secretary to executive director of the nonprofit, which recognizes excellence in TV programming. She spent a decade at the … Continue reading
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Financial Countdown To Freelancing
The anxiety before you make the leap to freelancing can be overwhelming. There were two crucial steps for me when I decided to quit my full-time job. The first was a conversation with my father-in-law, about the big picture. I … Continue reading
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