What Canadian Freelancers Need to Know about Taxes
The freelance life brings freedom and independence, but there are still certain requirements you must fulfill. Since you are your own boss, you need to keep careful track of your income and expenses, and...
Fighting Distractions as a Freelance Writer
If you’re a freelance writer, you don’t have a boss peering over your shoulder or a strict schedule that you are obliged to adhere to. Instead, you’re planning out your own schedule and keeping...
How New Freelance Writers Can Make the Most of Social Media
Social media has changed most industries, and freelance writing is no different. Most successful freelance writers use social media to support their work, but that doesn’t mean that your personal Facebook page is going...
Freelance Writing After Retirement: Launching Your Second Career
Are you looking to launch a second career? If so, you’re not alone. For millions of people around the world, retirement is no longer the end of working. If you’ve always dreamed of becoming...
Tips for First-Time Freelance Writers
So, you’ve decided to become a freelance writer. That’s the first step on the journey toward doing what you love for a living and being your own boss. However, now there is the realization...
What Do You Do? How to Explain Your Freelance Writing Career
Working as a freelance writer can make the question “What do you do?” a complex one to answer. But—depending on who’s asking—it may be a very important question that you want to have a...
Tips for Managing Rewrite Requests
It can be a confidence-shaker when a client asks for a rewrite on a deliverable you’ve just sent off, but as a freelance writer, you will need to understand that rewrites do happen. Often,...
Forget These Myths About Becoming a Freelance Writer
If you have considered entering the world of freelance writing, then there is a good chance that you have discovered that people have a lot of opinions on the subject. You may have been...
Say Goodbye to Writer’s Block with These Writing Prompts!
Feeling stuck with your writing? Haunted by the blinking of the cursor on a blank page? We’ve all been there before! Luckily, writing something—anything—can often be enough to get your creative juices flowing and...
Freelance Medical Writing: Is This Niche Right for You?
When you start out as a freelance writer, you might take a wide variety of writing jobs to get a feel for the work and discover which subjects you truly enjoy writing about. As...