April 2010

Ask Me Anything: Errors & Omissions Insurance and Looking for Work

Ashley Festa asks, how to begin looking for work as a freelancer. Three words: marketing, marketing, marketing. Depending on the types of freelance projects you’re looking for, the shape of your marketing efforts can vary. There are plenty of options — in fact, there are at least 31 days worth of marketing projects you can [...]

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Review: The Urban Muse Guide to Online Writing Markets

When Susan Johnston offered me a review copy of The Urban Muse Guide to Online Writing Markets, I got pretty excited. Part of the reason was that Susan is a phenomenal freelancer, with bylines all over the place. But there’s another reason — she was writing specifically about online markets. I like print markets as [...]

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Ask Me Anything: Rates, Cold-Calling and Contracts

Ashley Festa asks, What are the must-haves in your writing contracts? While I’m pretty flexible about contracts with my clients (I generally use a letter of agreement), there are a couple of things that I find especially important to have in writing with my clients: The money: It may seem a little obvious that I [...]

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Got a good excuse for not filing your taxes?

I know there are some creative writers around here and, while it’s short notice, this contest may be up someone’s alley. There’s only a few days left before your tax return needs to be in the IRS’ hands — but if you’ve got a great reason why your 1040 won’t be ready, Outright is offering [...]

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