Tweet to woo I recently attended an excellent social media presentation by Julian Summerhayes that made me think about Twitter in a new completely new way. Ironically, it wasn’t something that Julian said (although, trust me, he said a lot of good stuff); it was a throwaway remark by one of the audience. Julian talked …
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So You Want to be a Freelance Writer?
So there I was, having a little downtime and checking up on the blogs listed on my blog. I have often enjoyed Deborah Durbin’s posts about the trials and tribulations (and joys, let’s not forget those) of freelancing. But the blog was nowhere to be seen. I hopped over to her website then pinged her …
The best writing job ever – by which I mean the worst
I don’t know exactly what it is that draws me time and time again to trawling the Internet for writing gigs. Could it be the great clients I’ve met along the way and even the not so great? Maybe. Could it be the rich diversity of business requirements across three continents? Yep, that would be …
Well, this is a novelty
I like to think that I’ve experienced most of the surprises that freelancing has to offer, but don’t count your chickens – or your clients – before they’re hatched. I recently ticked off a brand new one for the journal by firing a client. The client wasn’t a difficult person; they weren’t hard to get …