Jennifer Escalona tells it like it is
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It recently occurred to me that there is a huge difference between freelance writing and writing for a living. It’s actually much like one of those logic questions on the SAT. “If all freelance writers write for a living [...]
In: Ethics| Freelance Writing
8 Jun 2009As freelance writers, we are all about drumming up business. I’m not quite a query free freelancer yet, so I tend to be open to many different jobs. But, even if my bottom line was suffering, and my husband and cat were looking at me with big, sorrowful hungry eyes, there are some jobs I [...]
My apartment is a mess. A tornado meets train wreck, landmine meets RPG, MESS. And it all started because of a missing laundry basket.
Where the laundry basket is does not matter, what matters is that it isn’t at my place right now, where it should be. Who would have thought one missing laundry basket could [...]
I took my own advice, and spent last Saturday helping women who live in a local shelter create resumes. Aside from having a great time meeting new people and hearing fascinating stories, I also found that, as often happens in life when you are paying attention, something I have been thinking about quite a bit [...]
Conflicts of interest pop up everywhere. Judges have to recues themselves from cases when they know a defendant personally because that is a conflict of interest. Politicians have to turn down cabinet positions due to potential conflicts of interest. Even that ad agency on Mad Men had to put Pete through all kinds of daddy-issue [...]
I try to make it my business to keep up with others in our industry. I read freelance writing blogs, participate in forums, and even have a special freelance writer/writing search set up in Twitter. This endeavor is, of course, like trying to keep kittens in a basket. There are a godzillion of us freelance [...]
Yolander over at FreelanceWriterville is doing some kind of gonzo research on the care and feeding of freelance writers. (Kidding! It’s actually a highly scientific survey. Hi Yo!) Since she kindly gave her permission, I thought I would share my answers here for all to see. Since I am a freelance writer who claims to keep [...]
I have a twice monthly blogging gig over at Freelancewriterville.com and would love it if you guys would check out my post today and that amazing site in general. Today at Freelancewriterville, I review the eBook Get an Agent: 100 E-Friendly Agents Open to New Writers. I won’t give the whole farm away, but I will [...]
Lately the freelance writing blogs I frequent have been buzzing about the value of embracing a specialty. Specialties can be anything from a topic (i.e. pets, weddings, car insurance) to a type of writing (i.e. press releases, eBooks, web content) and the general consensus seems to be that people who specialize have an easier time [...]
I don’t know about you, but most of the time I get paid for my freelance writing work through Paypal. There are pros and cons to this. If I’m busy, I don’t have to leave the house to cash a check, but on the other hand, if I get a big paycheck, that little 1.9% [...]
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