How Should I Charge?: Setting Your Rates as a Freelancer

I want to get down in the nitty-gritty details today and provide you with an answer to a question I asked myself a million times: how should I charge? Notice this is not "How much should I charge?" The answer to that question depends on a huge array of factors (your niche, your experience level, etc.). The … Continue reading How Should I Charge?: Setting Your Rates as a Freelancer

What Is a Work-for-Hire Contract?

  If you want to write as a freelancer for a living, you're a "writer for hire." Many clients will want you to sign a work-for-hire agreement/contract. In the simplest sense, this means that you are working for the client as an independent contractor and the work you are providing is the client's after you've … Continue reading What Is a Work-for-Hire Contract?

12 Things You May Not Know About Traditional Freelance Writing: Part Two

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

12 Things You May Not Know About Traditional Freelance Writing: Part One

  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

Why Every Writer Needs A Writer’s Market Book

"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