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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