First, I rolled my eyes when I read this, thinking geez, there’s a niche for everything these days, isn’t there? But then I realized that niche markets, in theory, should be able to garner higher rates, since they are so specialized.
However, like the project I linked, so many of these touchy-feeling social activism sites cloak [...]

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Sounds like a streetwalker addressing a reluctant john to pony up on his promise! In fact, it’s a battle cry of the savvy freelancer.
Dozens of ads are posted daily, seeking freelancers who will provide “samples” of their wares for free. To that request, freelance writer Erik Sherman says Fuck you, pay me!
Do free work for [...]

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Blogging is what I am most used to. You write a post, press a button, and you’re done. It is instant gratification – a big thing to my generation!
Traditional book publishing – or dead tree publishing – is anything but instantaneous. You write a query. Send it off. Get a little feed back. Revise, [...]

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February was a dead slow month for writing jobs, but March is shaping up to be a whopper. I was just presented with a rush job from a regular client, plus I have two book reviews due in the next two weeks – one is due Friday. My synopsis is done on my book pitch, [...]

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I sometimes feel like I’m spreading myself a little thin. I recently became the National Republican Examiner, plus I have about four other blogs I update pretty regularly, including my “home blog”. This one has been sadly neglected, I’m afraid! I also spend way too much time on Twitter – turns out I have a [...]

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