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6 lessons I learned after 6 years of working as a full-time freelance writer

Latest Writing / 04/15/2022 / advice, freelance, freelance journalism, lessons, tips, writing

Learning to say no. Hustling non-stop. Negotiating like a boss. These are some of the takeaways from my past six years of excelling as a freelance journalist.

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Freelance Journalists: What you should do (and not do) after you send your pitch to editors

Latest Writing / 03/20/2022 / email, freelance journalism, journalism, pitch

Once you click SEND on your emailed pitch to an editor, relief washes over your bones and you unclench your jaw. Done and done! But are you, really? In one sense, sure. You just sent a pitch for a story idea that fills you with such confidence, you even told your parents you might get

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How freelance writers can better manage the scourge of rejection

Featured Writings, Latest Writing / 02/03/2022 / advice, freelance writing, journalism, pitch, rejection

Your pitches will be rejected. No one bats 1000. So how will you recover from that feeling and rebound to freelance another day?

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Inside the 5 challenges every freelance writer faces

Featured Writings, Latest Writing / 12/13/2021 / challenges, freelance journalist, freelance writing, negotiating rates, worksharing space

Negotiating higher rates. Evading imposter syndrome. Instilling self-discipline. These are some of the challenges you’ll endure as a freelance writer, and in this week’s post I want to help you overcome them.

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My published work in October/November 2021

Featured Writings, Latest Writing / 11/27/2021 / freelance writing, portfolio, writing

From long-running Halloween stores in Toronto to the rise of carbon labels, my portfolio was impressively varied in the past few months.

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The secret to earning $1/word as a freelance journalist? Alumni magazines!

Latest Writing / 09/18/2021 / alumni magazines, freelance journalism, writing tips

If you want to earn more as a freelance writer, search for those sweet $1/word gigs, such as writing profiles for alumni magazines.

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Why turning down jobs can benefit your freelance writing career

Featured Writings, Latest Writing / 07/18/2021 / career, freelance writing, rejection, writing

In this post, I break down the various reasons why freelance journalists may want to pass on gigs and instead focus on more enriching opportunities.

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My published work in May/June 2021

Featured Writings, Latest Writing / 07/07/2021

Find out how I researched, pitched and worked on several intriguing articles in May and June.

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What Agatha Christie can teach you about developing characters with just one sentence

Featured Writings, Latest Writing / 05/28/2021 / agatha christie, character development, sentences

In this post, I reveal the one line from Christie’s Nemesis that every writer should emulate.

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My March/April 2021 journalism and brand work

Latest Writing / 04/17/2021

From Big Data in real estate to predicting where smartphone camera lens technology is heading, I tackled a range of intriguing subjects in the past two months. Isn’t that a key appeal of becoming a freelance writer? Monday’s not like Tuesday, and every week delivers chewy education on whatever topic I’m writing about for my

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