passive income

Constructively Productive: Teaming Up With Other Freelancers

As you might have guessed from my recent ebook, I launch projects of my own every so often. Sometimes, I have the opportunity to work on a particularly cool project with another freelance writer. I’m launching just such a project today, with the incredible Ali Hale. Ali is a freelance writer and operates her own [...]

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My Latest Ebook: The Freelance Writer’s Guide to Passive Income

As a freelance writer, there are days when I feel like I’m banging my head against the wall. No matter how many new clients I land, there’s an upper limit on how much I’m going to earn. There are only so many hours in the day and, honestly, I’d rather not work all of them. [...]

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The Practicalities of Going Beyond a Kill Fee

I’m not the biggest fan of kill fees, mostly because they tend to mean that I completed a project to the best of my abilities but my client decided not to pay me the full price for my time. If I’m working on a piece that gets killed, I won’t turn down a kill fee, [...]

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Do You Have to Have a Client to Make Money?

Freelance writers bring in the majority of their income by working with clients, earning money for the hours we spend on specific projects. But clients aren’t the only way to make money — and I don’t think we should rely entirely on them. Writing as a Product The client-based business model relies on the fact [...]

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5 Secrets About Passive Income

I’m a big fan of passive income, especially for writers. As a writer, most of the work we can find involves directly trading our time for money. Sure, we can write faster or raise our rates, but we still face a limit in how many hours we can actually work. But the flexible schedule that [...]

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