What I Learned in My 5th Year as a Freelance Writer

Welcome to my annual review post, where I take a look back at 2018 to see how I make a living as a freelance writer. Read about Year 4 (2017), Year 3 (2016), Year 2 (2015) and Year 1 (2014). Cover photo by Ray Hennessy on Unsplash January 2019 marks five years since I went full-time as a freelance writer. I got in the habit of cataloging my yearly lessons early on, when I realized so much of the advice that I was seeing out there was from freelancers who had been in the business way longer than I had. I figured this annual series would be…

What I Learned In My Fourth Year As A Freelance Writer

Welcome to my annual review post, where I take a look back at 2017 to see how I make a living writing. Read about Year 3 (2016), Year 2 (2015) and Year 1 (2014). First off — yep, I’ve been at this freelance writing thing for four full years. (Well, four years and some change — I officially quit my desk job in April of 2012, but I waited tables for the rest of that year to make ends meet while I ramped up my writing biz.) I think after four years, I can officially say I'm ruined for a regular office job. I…