Life as a wannabe freelance writer
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12 Mar 2009In my quest to find contract technical writing positions, I came across one for a full-time position at a company that I’ve dealt with before. It was a bad experience from several years ago, and it left me with such a bad taste in my mouth that I haven’t bothered to apply to them again…even [...]
After all that work kept me so busy that it prevented me from posting here in a while, I am now on a well-deserved vacation. I’m even attempting to do some networking whilst relaxing here on Canada’s West Coast. I’m visiting some friends that I haven’t seen in a while, taking advantage of a good [...]
In: Freelancing| Life| TW
17 Apr 2008As I’ve been busy making plans and plotting my course to full-freelance-dom, I’ve been doing a lot of blog reading. In most things I’m a “look before I leap” kind of gal, however when it comes to my professional life, I do tend to study the situation from all angles before making a move.
Looking [...]
Today I’m taking a pseudo-snow day and will be working from home. Toronto’s getting hit with a nasty snow storm, and while I know we’re Canadian and should be able to deal with snow, most Torontonians can’t. Seriously though, when we’re supposed to get 15cms in the course of 3 or 4 hours, [...]
Writing on a keyboard can be very hazardous to your health these days, given how much time we tend to spend on the computer throughout the day. And if you’re an office worker, then forget it! Your wrists and arms and shoulders are probably in some rough shape with all the typing and mousing around. [...]
I'm a freelance technical writer who's trying to make the transition from working for somebody else to working for me.