Life as a freelance writer
I’ve officially been at my new full time writing job for a week, and I must say, I’ve written more in my first week than I did in the 6 months at the evil Acme Software Company. Isn’t that wild?
Needless to say, I am very pleased with my decision to take this job. Things are [...]
In: Freelancing| Writing
26 Mar 2009Today Deb blogged about the excuses we all come up with as freelance writers. Things like “I don’t have enough experience”, and “there are no jobs out there”. The list got me thinking of my own personal reasons for not starting freelance work, so I’d like to add a few more from my personal files.
My [...]
Wearing multiple “hats” at work is a hallmark of technical writers, and my current position is no exception. Right now I am:
a technical writer
a technical editor
the Style Police Chief
the Standards Policy Maker
the Translator
That last one is a new one for me at my current position because we haven’t had to use my language skills as [...]
I'm a freelance technical writer who's trying to make the transition from working for somebody else to working for me.