During my long career, I have connected with hundreds of successful writers, and I’ve found that most who enjoy long, lucrative careers have a few things in common – traits and skills that carry them far and high. These successful writers have learned what it takes to scale their incomes…
Making that jump from a 9-to-5 job to a freelance writing career can be scary. Will you make enough money? Will you be able to cover expenses, bills or even rent? Do you have the chops to really make it on your own? We all ask these questions starting out,…
Do you ever wonder why some people have no issue with managing their schedules? It’s like they have an innate time clock that keeps them on time and juggling every duty efficiently. How in the world they are getting everything done? Most of us haven’t been endowed with those natural…
Let's be honest... when you work for yourself, taking a vacation isn’t easy. Traditional 9-to-5ers can request a few days off, hand over some files to a coworker, and put up an out-of-office reply. Then they’re free and clear to do as they please (all while getting paid to do…
Imagine if by implementing a few key strategies you could boost and even double your freelance writing income. Wouldn’t that be awesome? Well, it’s possible, and it’s not difficult to do. I want to give you specific tips you can put into practice today that will help you build your…
When you’re a good freelance writer, clients want to keep you around – for the long term. Instead of wrapping up a project, sending you that check and saying goodbye, they ask to keep you around for a while. Maybe they have another project in the works, or maybe, just…
If I had a dollar for every mistake I made when I was first starting out in my freelance writing career…well let’s just say I would earn a nice salary just from my blunders! I realize it’s typical for “newbies” to make mistakes. But, I was some kind of “mistake…
Are you a reader like me? Most writers are. There's just something so inviting about the thought of curling up in front of a rolling fire, sipping tea and reading a good book. Well, at least that's my happy place anyways! But, even if you are a reader, you may…
My grandfather used to always say… More work = More money He was a true laborer…he worked harder than anyone I knew until he passed at the age of 93. I used to watch him toil in his garden, walk 6 miles a day and pick up scraps on the…
Every freelance writer’s career is different, but if there’s one thing that running this blog has taught me, it’s that we have more in common than you may think. Regardless of how much we currently earn as freelance writers, we all have to overcome similar hurdles. We come across the…
