April 29, 2021
Start Earning More While You’re Stuck Indoors by Jeremy Bowler
Writer Jeremy Bowler shares a few tips for boosting your income from the comfort of your home.
Tag: freelance
July 18, 2020
Finding Your Niche as a Freelance Writer
Navigating the trials and tribulations of discovering your specialty as a writer is basically one big game of throwing shit at a wall and seeing what sticks.
But even then — where do you start?
June 28, 2020
Should You Feel Challenged By Your Work?
Being self-employed comes with its own set of challenges: establishing your business, carefully keeping track of your taxes and deduction, generating leads, negotiating your own health insurance… The list goes on and on.
However, you may notice your day-to-day workflow falling into an all-too-predictable routine. You feel fortunate to do what you love for a living, but is it stimulating enough? Do you feel challenged – or rather, should you feel challenged?
June 21, 2020
Write Now, Edit Later
As your caffeine-induced writing binge draws to a close, you shake the 90-words-per-minute keystrokes off your hands and wipe your brows. Phew!
But it’s not over ’till it’s over. In fact, now you’re tasked with the most important (and often the most challenging) part of your writing rendezvous.
Push back your glasses, it’s time to start editing… Or is it?
June 2, 2020
Extinguishing Freelancer Burn Out
Often times after I say that I’m a full-time freelancer, it’s met with wide-eyes and a jaw fully agape.
“But, how do you stay motivated to work,” I’m frequently asked. “How do you keep yourself from procrastinating or just screwing off all day?”
Quite the opposite ends up happening to us freelancers, actually.
May 16, 2020
Now Introducing: Burgundy Bug
You know her as the “bug behind the blog,” but did you know The Burgundy Zine editor burgundy bug is also a full-time freelancer?
That’s right, bug buddies. I’ve launched my own portfolio site, where you can learn more about the services I provide and inquire about working with me on your upcoming projects.
February 3, 2019
A Night Owl’s Guide to Staying Up All Night
Sleep disorders are a global epidemic, but they aren’t always the culprit behind why you might have trouble catching winks night after night.
December 16, 2018
How to Make Bank over the Holiday Break Without Leaving the Bed
While December ’tis the season to break bank by inevitably succumbing to consumerism, it could also be the season to make bank – without ever leaving the bed, might I add.