​I'm a freelance writer, which means that I spend a lot of my time researching and writing content about topics that can be very interesting. They can also be very dry. While I love my work and the challenges that it forces me to face, there is a distinct difference be...

If you are going to make a go at freelancing, staying organized and developing consistent ways of getting things done will be the best ways to move forward. Thankfully, there's lots of great free software out there these days to help you do just that. Here's a list of...

A few days ago, someone asked me what I do when I'm experiencing writer's block, and Earnest Hemingway's famous quote, "Write drunk, edit sober" came to my mind. I've never taken this quote to mean that you should be inebriated before you sit down to write. Hemingway w...

Aristotle once said, "In order to succeed, one must ask the right preliminary questions." He might be old and over-quoted, but he's absolutely right.

Learning to ask the right questions at the outset of a project is perhaps one of the most important skills that a freela...

Writers and SEO

Engineers, carpenters, doctors, pilots; these people don't need to make a case for their profession. They are essential and their need is quite apparent. But a writer, like all writers since the beginning of time, is an exception. A writer needs to make...