Find More Work:
1.  Content Mills (Demand Studios, Bright Hubs)
2.  Magazines –most magazines work largely on freelance pitches, so if there’s a magazine you love, chances are you know what they’re looking for and can write effectively for them.
3.  Newspapers –OMG! YES, it’s true, magazines are folding, jobs aren’t secure, there’s less money, blah blah blah.  [...]

A lot of freelancing Web sites and blogs have been talking about Examiner lately, and if you’ve been looking for writing gigs, you’ve probably run across their ads. If you aren’t yet familiar, Examiner is a fairly new site that provides geographically specific information on a virtual cornucopia of categories. As of May, Examiner had [...]

Nacie wrote a great post on getting back to what you love.  My favorite part?  “Getting in touch with and being able to clearly identify what you really love can help you understand who you really are.”  Not only do I totally get what she’s saying (whenever I’m totally stuck writing I go back and [...]

Since my writing life lately has been focused on increasing my productivity, I’ve also been examining my work habits in an effort to curtail my procrastination tendencies. I already knew that I am most likely to procrastinate at the beginning of a project. Like AC said in Amping Up Productivity, staring at a blank screen [...]

As freelance writers with some experience, I think Karen, Nacie and I have all experienced the drying up of wells.  Whether its because a blog goes under, you run out of motivation to write articles for content mills, or your contract with a client ends, as a freelance writer, you’re subject to all kinds of [...]

We’ve been talking about productivity on this site quite a bit. Nacie wrote a great post on 18 ways to improve your productivity, AC wrote about evaluating your personal work preferences in terms of environment and work approach, and I previously tackled the time-management matrix. When you’re freelancing, your income is directly dependent on the [...]

As bloggers, we’re all pretty wary.  We’re wary of job ads, like Karen wrote about last week, we’re wary of spammers, hackers, and every virus and scam from Trojans to Nigerian Western Union emails.  But what about lawsuits?
The blogosphere seems to be, in many respects, a place where just about anyone can shoot their mouth [...]

Hey fellow freelancers!  This article was originally published over at The Life Uncommon, however I feel like it is something all of us freelancers can use.  Click here to see the entire article.
To be the most productive we need to have equal parts efficiency and effectiveness.  So here are the 18 top tips I’ve learned [...]

In the world of freelancing, a big part of your work is … looking for more work. We here at WTF generally discourage the use of any job sites that require you to pay for leads or for a membership. With a little resourcefulness and some determination, you should have no trouble finding quality [...]