The decision to start freelance writing feels like it has to be momentous, you know? Like, in your head, you think, Am I allowed to call myself a freelance writer? I didn’t major in English. I’ve never written professionally. Is this even legal? You can agonize over this decision for weeks, wondering if you’ve earned […]
The Difference Between Bloggers and Freelance Writers
Tell me if this sounds familiar. You’ve been thinking about starting a side hustle, or you’re at home with your kids, and you’re looking for a way to make money. Online. From home. You’re not interested in trying to sell makeup or juice or bags or essential oils to all your friends, because that would […]
Why Epic Blog Posts Are Overrated
Everywhere you look, there’s another epic blog post about something. 100 Blog Topic Ideas 47 Feminine Stock Photo Sites 59 Things to Do to Grow Your Business 36 Ways to Promote Your Blog Posts Epic lists of mom bloggers to follow. Epic lists of Pinterest group boards to join and Facebook groups where you need […]
How to Write a Query Letter
For many people, the dream of being a writer includes the fantasy of writing articles for magazines. If you’re really good at fantasizing, you might even imagine the part where you’re in the grocery store checkout line, and the lady in front of you is reading an article you wrote, and then she turns around […]
Get More Jobs on Upwork (and Score Invitations to Work With Great Clients)
Are you ready to get more jobs on Upwork without putting more hours into looking for work? I don’t know about you, but I’m pretty busy. For me, busy translates to a husband who is pretty consistently out of the country for work, five kids, including one with special needs and one with only one […]
How to Start Freelance Writing Online
I want to start freelance writing online, but I don’t know how! How can I get my first freelance writing job? I can’t figure out how to break into freelance writing. I get emails like this all the time. I get them from students who are in my 5-day free email course on how to […]