I’m from a small town in South Carolina. I wasn’t born there, but I spent most of my formative years imagining life beyond the local Piggly Wiggly. My father lived there as a child, and his father lived there. Prior to that, his father likely lived there … The story continues as far back asContinue reading “Baltimore, Opportunity and Freelancing”
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30,000 Words, 700 Jobs, One Year
Originally posted on Longreads:
A few months ago, a friend considering a freelance writing career asked me how much money I make as a writer. I wanted to say, “You mean, what’s the going rate for a human soul?” But I wasn’t close enough to this friend to be certain she’d realize I was mostly…
ReBlog Sunday: The One Thing That Can Ruin Your Freelance Writing Career
I generally run very far away from any article that begins with “The One Thing”, but for this one I couldn’t help reading. In this post, freelance writer Elna Cain talks about how she nearly ruined her freelance career with one single mistake… and it has little to do with writing. I’m sharing this forContinue reading “ReBlog Sunday: The One Thing That Can Ruin Your Freelance Writing Career”
Screw Your Job, I’m Going at It Alone
What motivates someone to work as a freelancer? I think that it often isn’t an abundance of confidence or any type of a business plan. No, the decision to freelance can be similar to the inspiration of invention- based on a necessity. Many freelancers go at it alone because they need to. Perhaps they neededContinue reading “Screw Your Job, I’m Going at It Alone”
Writing My Way Up 