Life as a freelance writer
In: Freelancing
19 Mar 2009This was an excellent question I was asked at a recent job interview, and it’s something that writers often think about, especially freelance ones. I even blogged about this already a while ago, so it’s obviously something that’s on my mind.
I found it a unique interview question (see what I did there?) because it’s not [...]
In: Freelancing| Life| TW
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 [...]
In: Writing
18 Feb 2009While searching the Internet for new freelancing opportunities, I came across an article that talked about the number 1 rule of freelancing: Find what makes you unique. If you don’t do that then customers aren’t going to want to hire you, because they can just hire anybody. If you’re the first freelancer they find, then [...]
I'm a freelance technical writer who's trying to make the transition from working for somebody else to working for me.