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 [...]

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 writers, we should all be constantly looking for ways to improve our skills, but during the summer, you’re more likely to be taking vacations, time off, and spending time with the kids and the family.  The freelancing life is best geared toward people with a lot going on in their lives (flexible hours, yay!) [...]

Karen wrote a really interesting article this week about Time Management, outlining what’s important, urgent, both, or neither.  It got me thinking though, because a lot of the time, I feel like my personal time management gets so much more complicated than that.
For example, I’m terrible in the mornings, I don’t like other people (that [...]

Even though hopefully you love writing and that’s why you’re freelancing, sometimes it can be hard to get motivated. I have a full-time job in addition to my writing, and sometimes I’d much rather be spending my evenings on the couch watching House Hunters than sitting in front of the computer. At times like these, [...]

When you’re working for yourself — especially if you’re working in a home office — good time-management skills are crucial. Temptations are everywhere, and there’s no middle management wandering around to dissuade you from hopping on Facebook and taking a quiz … or ten. The following are some time-tested time-management tips to help you stay on [...]

If you’re on this site, you probably enjoy writing. And that’s an important first step to crafting your freelance writing career. But every writer has days when writing is a struggle: the words just don’t flow, or the assignments just aren’t inspiring. When writing is your job, you don’t have the luxury of entertaining writer’s [...]

You know about Twitter, right?  We’ll just assume the answer is yes; otherwise, start Googling immediately.  Know it, love it, and take complete advantage of it, because aside from being the cutting edge of technology, it’s also one of the most useful and versatile tools in your portfolio.

One of my first concerns as a freelancer was the hours.  I started freelancing on the side while I did a full time job, understanding that within a few months, I would be quitting that job and moving to a new country.   I wanted freelancing to ease the transition.  It couldn’t be anywhere near full [...]