Life as a freelance writer
The STC announced this week that it was offering scholarships to 250 technical communicators that have “been laid off, let go, downsized, or have been forced to take a pay cut of 10 percent or more.” The money is to be used to attend the annual STC Technical Communications Summit. For more information on the [...]
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
11 Mar 2009Many people have written on this topic for freelance writers, and I thought I’d toss my two cents in the ring. Specifically I wanted to talk about those bidding sites like GetaFreelancer.com. I’ve tried using these before and haven’t really had much success, but I thought I’d give it a shot this week. Since I’m [...]
In: TW
27 May 2008Networking has never been my strong suit. I’m not a big fan of it, and I’m not very good at it. It’s not that I don’t like meeting new people, it’s mostly because I don’t like meeting them simply to exchange contact information. I don’t like the idea of just meeting people to fill up [...]
I'm a freelance technical writer who's trying to make the transition from working for somebody else to working for me.