The WM Freelance Writers Connection

by Shakirah Dawud On April 26, the Freelancer’s Union–of which I am a member–launched a project to draw attention to the number one problem freelancers run into that’s almost entirely beyond their control: lack of payment, compounded by the lack of funds to sue for lack of payment. As a freelancer who’s been stiffed a [...]

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by Shakirah Dawud I’ve mentioned this in passing both here and on my own blog, where the discussion went a bit further in the comments, but I thought I should highlight it here because it’ll happen to you one day, if it doesn’t already: you’ll get offered a job that’s not part of your line-up [...]

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by Shakirah Dawud I move around a lot, but wherever I settle, I plant something. Among other things, over the years I’ve learned: which flowers I love most (peonies, roses, cosmos) how to tell a weed seedling from a preferred plant (because I seldom get around to labeling) some gorgeous specimens can be weeds, depending [...]

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by Shakirah Dawud You sit there and stare it. All your past interactions with the potential client have led you to this point. Now, though, you’re not sure how to respond. The other person seemed nice enough–better than nice enough, they were great on the phone or Skype. You qualified them for your standards, and listened to what they [...]

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by Tiffany Jansen For the first two years of my freelance writing career, I worked for content mills. I took my work seriously and researched, proofread, and even interviewed in order to come up with the best possible content. In return, I got $15 per article. At most. Why did I subject myself to this? [...]

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