I have some exciting news. I was invited to speak at the University of Georgia’s Magazine Club next month! I’m going to talk about the ins and outs of freelance writing, getting started in a freelance writing career, and my own favorite way to earn scratch – corporate blogging for pay.

I.e. Truth Serum

Now, I covered most of my tips on getting started freelance writing on this very blog in my Quick and Dirty Guide to Landing Freelance Writing Jobs Parts One, Two and Three, but by no means am I the final word on the right and wrong way to start freelancing. Goodness knows I’ve made my fair share of mistakes (like the time I went months thinking one of my male clients was female.)

So I thought I would mine the crowd and find out what you, my fellow freelance writers, consider the most important piece of advice to the newbies in our field. Is it to specialize? (I’m looking at you, Yolander.) Is it to charge enough? (I see you over there, Jenn Mattern.) Or is there another jewel of wisdom, germ of truth, or crystal of clarity you think a group of new and pristine writer-lets needs to hear?

My intention is to compile your advice onto a handout to give out at the seminar, complete with a link to your blog so that these chickadees can go straight to the source of all this great advice. So hit me with it. If had a newly minted freelance writing sitting across from you, what you would tell him or her?

(Unrelated, but this is the Life and Times of a Freelance Writer’s 100th post! Huzzah!)