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Common Reasons for Rejected Writing

Not only am I a freelance writer, but I also work for some clients as an editor and / or a proofreader. I am writing this as an editor to all freelance writers.
When you are submitting your work, whether a sample to get a job or your 100th piece for …

Posted by Victoria on 7 March 2010 Filed in Freelance Life, Writing Tips1 comment

Self Censoring

When I decided to start my own blog, I had a clear picture in my mind of what I wanted to do. But over time, this seems to have faded to the point that each time I come on here, I don’t know where to start. I worry about what …

Posted by Victoria on 24 November 2009 Filed in Freelance Life3 comments

A Few More Hours

When I decided to begin freelancing, one of the main draws was the fact that I could work whenever I wanted, wherever I wanted and on whatever I wanted. I actually thought I was getting my life back. Gone were the long hours sitting in an office, plowing through the …

Posted by Victoria on 10 May 2009 Filed in Freelance Life0 comment

Where Did All My Money Go?

One of the most important things I’ve learned this past year (and I can’t believe I forgot to include it on Friday) was how little money I actually needed from month to month. In January, for the first time in my life, I sat down and looked at my spending. …

Posted by Victoria on 4 May 2009 Filed in Freelance Life0 comment

One Year Anniversary

Today is my one year anniversary of quitting my 9 – 5 life and striking out on my own. Oddly, it has been a relatively quiet day work-wise, which is just as well as I’ve been feeling a might distracted. What it has allowed me to do is sit back …

Posted by Victoria on 1 May 2009 Filed in Freelance Life0 comment

To Freelance or Not to Freelance

Tomorrow, I will have officially been a freelance for one year. Some days it feels like I have been at it for much longer and on others, it seems like I’ve just started. What is odd about this is the fact that there is an office job that is making …

Posted by Victoria on 30 April 2009 Filed in Freelance Life0 comment