Just like in the real world, cyberspace has started to have some issues with waste buildup.  Once pristine websites, search engine results, and collective information platforms have gotten junked up over the years, and now it seems like the valuable content out there more often than not gets lost in the shuffle.
E-Waste is a serious [...]

Sometimes it seems that the one thing we don’t have as freelance writers is job security.  Sure, we have the power to make our own schedules, work when the mood strikes and really enjoy an earning power that is only limited by our ability to crank out work - but a lot of the times [...]

Fellow freelancers,
I know we are in the middle of our Share Your Voice series, however I wanted to sneak in a quick word about health for the home worker.  The American government has released reports that the Swine Flu (H1N1) will be more rampant this year than the last, and in light of that we [...]

Hey Freelancers! The first post of our Share Your Voice event, running through October.  This comes from fellow freelancer Jonathan Benton, a journalist and newspaper writer, who shares his experience about taxes and on the road hunger pains.

One thing that most freelancers should know is how their employer classifies them as workers. More often then [...]

Attention all freelancers!  Want To Freelance is hosting its first ever Share Your Voice Event!
As you know, the whole point of Want To Freelance is to provide the ultimate resource for freelancers, by freelancers.  We believe that your unique freelancing experience, whether it is as a total newbie or a seasoned veteran, is worthwhile, interesting, [...]

Last week I wrote about magazines and how to break into them, and Greg Horowitz from Media Bistro wrote a great comment about the Avant Guild.
It got me thinking; as a fiction writer, I’m part of certain groups like the SCBWI because of the great advantages to joining them.  I never really considered, however, that [...]

If you’re just starting out as a freelancer, you may not have considered the need to learn HTML. Isn’t that something programmers use? Well, yes, but chances are you’ll be writing a lot of Web content, and that means being directly involved in a Web development environment. Much of your work may be ghost-written articles [...]

A few weeks ago I wrote about lawsuits against bloggers, and it’s something that admittedly terrifies me, so I want to discuss a few more lawsuits that have been brought against bloggers.
As a blogger, I know that I am only as good as my reputation.  Knowing this, I guard it well, and anything I don’t [...]

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.  [...]

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 [...]