What I Learned in my 6th Year as a Freelance Writer

(Welcome to my annual post about what I learned as a freelance writer this year!) Six years! Six years of working full time as a freelance writer, folks. I can barely believe it — it doesn't seem like that long ago I was trying to figure out how to even find a client. Lately when I'm feeling frustrated with life, my husband likes to remind me that I literally made my own job, and have been doing it successfully for longer than I've worked anywhere else. And I'm like, right. That is pretty badass. I'm saying that not to brag.…

New To Freelancing? The 3 Things I Wish I’d Known

Hey there! This post is part of a series of freelancing advice articles from various bloggers, coordinated by invoicing app Invoice2Go. If you're looking for a simple way to invoice through a phone app, definitely check them out. And as for all the usual disclosures: I'm not getting a cut of any sort – I just dig this project of theirs as a way to support the freelance community. :) I hate making mistakes. Ever since I was a kid, I’ve had a tendency to be way too hard on myself when I did something wrong – even if no one else noticed or…