Today marks the final day in the 90-day pitch challenge I started alongside the launch of my official licensed business, PurpleInkPen, on May 1st. The challenge came from Gina Horkey and her site Horkey Handbook. You may remember Gina from my Expert Roundup post a little while back. The idea of the challenge (which you … Continue reading 90-Day Pitch Challenge: Completed
My husband has been bugging me to make a time management post for a while now because he has no idea how I work from home and stay on task. He's a procrastinating perfectionist, which makes for a very difficult combo for time management. He's either avoiding doing tasks by watching TEDtalks or other "teaching" … Continue reading A Freelance Time Management Guide That Doesn’t Suck
Freelancing allows you to work from the comfort of your own couch, let's you choose your own assignments and lunch breaks, and can be done while wearing pajamas. There are plenty of perks. But freelancing is a job, and every job has its downsides. One of the biggest headaches is sending out countless applications, advertisements, … Continue reading 5 Tips to Ease Perpetual Proposal Pain
I recently got an interesting response back on one of my blind pitches. Through the pitch, I asked an author who had a mystery series in the works—let's call him M—if he would like a copy editor. His response was that he was interested but since he was the PIC, he wanted to be able to … Continue reading Who Does No. 2 Work For?: The Editor, Writer Relationship
In last week's post (12 Things You May Not Know About Traditional Freelance Writing: Part One), I told you I bought a second book on traditional (editorial) freelancing, which is writing articles for magazines and journals. Well, I'm going to share twelve more quick tips that I learned from that second book as well. The … Continue reading 12 Things You May Not Know About Traditional Freelance Writing: Part Two
Traditional freelance writing—querying magazines with ideas for articles—is something I have considered trying my hand at lately. Some freelancers make their living solely through doing this! However, the idea of constantly having to come up with fresh article ideas, querying, and waiting on magazine editors (who are notorious for taking forever to respond) … Continue reading 12 Things You May Not Know About Traditional Freelance Writing: Part One
At the beginning of May, I officially launched my freelance ghostwriting and editing business under my new business name, PurpleInkPen. Woohoo! I feel like a big kid. Up until that point, I had just been applying to jobs as I found them on job boards and on the freelance contracting site, Upwork. I had a … Continue reading What to Expect When Building Your Freelance Website
The second freelancing contract I ever signed was a nightmare. Why? Well, let's just get it out right now: some clients are a pain in the butt. It shouldn't be so surprising. There are great people in the world and there are jerks in the world, and both sorts of people hire freelancers. This … Continue reading How to Avoid Crummy Clients
"The Writer's Bible." What a badass nickname. So why don't you have this on your coffee table or in your bookshelf yet? Better yet, why don't you have this bad boy in your lap taking full advantage of it? The Writer's Market books are created by Writer's Digest, one of the leading authorities in the … Continue reading Why Every Writer Needs A Writer’s Market Book
In a previous post about knowing when to take the next step in your writing career, I told you that freelancing sites where you create a profile and apply to the site's personal job board were sometimes referred to as content mills. While some people do define these sites as such, I have just come … Continue reading Clarification of “Content Mills”
