Tweet I was going to start this post with something like, “How to Know It’s Time to Say Sayonara to Freelancing and Take That Full-Time Job” but I realized I’m no expert in the area. I am, however, going through this same situation and know other freelancers who are going through it as well. The question we’re all asking ourselves is, “Do we sacrifice our freelance freedom for regular pay at full-time job?”
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Tweet Photo by: TCM Hitchhiker Sometimes the word writer and monster feels like one and the same. You’re all alone. People think you’re weird-at least you think they think you’re weird. You spend all of your time holed up researching online, in the library, reading at cafes. You send out letters asking people for work like a desperate fiend needing his next fix. Most of the time you wonder if, like Shrek, you’re the only monster in the woods. Is there anyone else out there going through the same things as you?
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Tweet photo by broken thoughts I took an evening writing class late last night. For 4 hours I sat, listening to the teacher speak. Four hours later, I realized. Why didn’t I learn this as an undergrad in English?! Then it hit me. There was this entire aspect of freelance writing that I hadn’t even considered previously…the Business Side of Freelance Writing! Doh!
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Tweet photo by Lisa Norwood Here’s what I’ve learned. Tell me if you think I’m wrong or right. It seems like in the digital world particularly in the area of freelance writing, there is a wave of what I like to call “lit cliques.” It’s kind of like being in high school, you know which group you belong-the geeks, the oddballs and you know which group you’d like to belong-the jocks, the popular crowd. Well social networking on sites like LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter is kind of like a big popularity contest where top freelancers are in one corner and…
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Tweet photo by nickwheeleroz MacKenzie Phillips shocking confession on Oprah startled the world! At least it shocked me. And though I don’t have quite a huge secret, I do suddenly have a desire to share a tiny one. Here it is…I don’t like every writing job I get. Phew! It might not be a big secret but it’s a difficult one to say. Being a freelance writer means I get to live my dream. I get to work at home and make my own hours which means sleeping as long as I want and going to the gym when I please.
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Tweet photo via Great Beyond There’s been a ton of buzz on the web lately about balance and schedules and how to keep up to par with the Jones’s, now that they too are all online. So what’s the secret for getting things done when you are a stay at home freelancer like me? Unfortunately, there’s no secret formula. I admit that like everyone else I succumb to bouts of procrastination every now and again. The lure of online sales, blog feeds and Twitter updates are hard to keep at bay especially when stress comes calling.