Freelance pricing revisited, again

In the past week, I’ve received three different questions about freelance pricing that were essentially the same: new freelancers who want to know “How much should I charge?” I don’t mean to be dismissive to respond, “It depends.” Pricing is one of the tougher items to figure out when you’re breaking in, but the main [...]

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It’s not so bad being busy

Last weekend I was outside doing some yardwork, and two neighborhood elementary schoolgirls were doing laps through the cul de sac. First, they came buzzing through on scooters. Then, a couple of circles around on bikes. Next came rollerblades. Then once again, with one of them on a bike, towing the other (somewhat perilously, with [...]

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Firefox freezes fix

I’m a fan of Firefox rather than my Mac’s proprietary Safari browser. But I recently installed version 8 and it has been slow, hanging all the time, collapsing into “Firefox (not responding)” mode and just plain misbehaving. I tried all the usual tricks, such as clearing the cache, dumping my cookies, etc. Nothing worked. Like [...]

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Phoenix web content writer wanted

A client of mine has asked me to share a web content writer position here in Phoenix that they’ve just listed on the IABC website: details here. This freelance job is for the APS.com customer website, and it’s a biggie: condensing content, writing in web style and within the new design framework for their currently [...]

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Image is everything

As writers, we live and die by our intellectual property. Nothing is more infuriating than having someone plagiarize your work or steal your ideas—and thereby take money out of your pocket. Yet, many of us don’t think twice about grabbing an image off the web. (I’ll confess, early in my blogging evolution, I did it, [...]

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Brochure writing and playing nice

I secured a brochure writing project for a new client this week, a lead brought to me through one of my graphic designer partners. She asked for a quick ballpark range on what it would cost, so I shot toward the conservative end of things, based on my long-standing belief in the benefits of high [...]

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3 ideas beyond the freelance echo chamber

I enjoy freelancing blogs as much as anyone—a few of my regular haunts can be found in the blogroll. But while it’s comfortable and occasionally comforting to read, as Orwell’s Winston Smith would have it, “the things we already know,” it’s three items well outside the freelance echo chamber that I present for consideration today. [...]

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Freelance Follies: A Second Opinion

Freelance Follies Episode #6: “A Second Opinion.” Because I really, really love when third parties get involved in the writing and editorial approval process. To catch up on episodes #1 through #5, go here.

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Video: Freelance writing speed

Been too long since I did a video—and I felt like dressing up in my scrubs—so here are some quick followup thoughts to last week’s post on “How much time will it take to write copy?”.

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How much time will it take to write copy?

Dear Dr. Freelance: I have a client who is constantly asking me how much time it will take me to write copy for their website. I feel self-conscious, because I typically consider myself to be a slow writer (and I pride myself on being precise). Nonetheless, he wants to know how long it takes me [...]

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