There is a very interesting and heated discussion raging over at Freelance Writing Jobs about whether one should include a rate quote with a cover letter when requested in a want ad. My position is no, no, no. Why might you want to do this? As many commenters have pointed out, if a prospective client [...]
At a party late last year, the owner of a new local web site asked me about freelancing. He’d been soliciting articles for his site from business owners and people who liked writing for exposure; he wanted to know how to attract professionals. “Well, you’re going to have to start paying them,” I said. (Too [...]
flickr: Big-E-Mr-G Get more Tuesday’s Tools here For freelancers, getting paid is just as important as writing. (I wish it weren’t so!) But what if you’re not making as much as you want to be? Inspired Author asks writers to think about how much they want to make per hour and how to turn that [...]
For a while, when I was just getting started as a freelancer (which was ever so long ago) I was visiting FreelanceWritingGigs every morning trolling for leads. The jobs posted here are free to look at and are culled from tons of Web sites, many of which are either filled with junk (“write for exposure,” [...]
(This is the fourth in a weekly series about tools for writers. For the rest of the series, go here.) Here’s a big list of journalists’ personal web sites, compiled by Sreenath Sreenivasan. This came in handy for me recently when I was updating my resume and wasn’t sure how to phrase certain items. I [...]
(This is the third in a weekly series about tools for writers. For the rest of the series, go here.) The title of this gizmo is a bit of a misnomer, because the tool I’m discussing today is accessed online. I discovered David Seah’s Printable CEO through Lifehacker (a blog that purports to make people [...]
I’ve been freelancing a little since my move to DC, and it’s only served to remind me of how badly I need a way to keep my ideas, submissions, queries, and other files organized. When I used a PC I used Sonar (more on that later), but on my Mac options seem to be few [...]