For Christmas, my daughter got me a book called The No-Cry Sleep Solution. Really, her daddy got it for me, but he softened the blow by telling me it was from my eleven-month old. You see, she has some pretty serious trouble falling asleep. She positively hates it, and the result is [...]

Several months ago, Tamara and I finally got business cards for the Berry-Brewer Freelance Agency. At the risk of sounding a little vain, I will tell you that we absolutely love our cards. We’ve mentioned before that the design was done by Billie Gaura of Rainmaker Marketing, and we <3 her very much. Well, I [...]

I spent most of the last week in Montana where I was able to check email via my cell but not really able to have much more online interaction than that. That means that I have no idea what has been going on in the blogosphere.
But, I can guess.
Let’s see, it’s a few days after [...]

My daughter recently turned three. And I have a confession to make. Until last week, she still used a binky to go to sleep each night.
Feel free to chastise accordingly (goodness knows I’ve done it), but no matter how many times I tried to extricate the thing from the vice of her determination, I caved. [...]

It’s been no secret here on Freelance Parent that Lorna and I are big fans of candid transparency. When we first started our freelancing adventure, we knew just about as much as anyone else approaching a writing career with nothing more than some solid writing experience and an ability to learn. Anything we needed to [...]

So, if you’ve been keeping up with us this week, you’ll know that we’ve been talking about different ways to make sure that you have plenty of freelance business over the holidays. Here’s what we’ve talked about so far:

Steady Customers Can Sustain Your Freelance Business during the Holidays
Plan Ahead to Make Sure You [...]

This week we’re looking at a variety of ways to make sure that your freelance business doesn’t fizzle during the holidays. We’ve talked about how having steady clients throughout the year can make a big difference as it draws to a close. We’ve also talked about how you can give clients a discount [...]

If you’ve been freelancing for long, you are probably all too familiar with the phrase “feast or famine.” Of course, that refers to the fact that it seems like freelance business is either a) booming or b) nonexistent at any given point in time. It feels like there’s never really a happy medium.
This [...]

This week we’re talking about how you can avoid a freelancing drought during the holiday season. After all, this time of year can be a little frustrating when you can’t rely on a regular paycheck, and heaven knows we freelancers don’t have the benefit of a regular paycheck.
The biggest reason that freelancers have [...]

Not too long ago, I set a ridiculous financial goal for myself. I’ve been working extremely hard to reach it, and I have three months left to fulfill my plan. I’m using visualization, creativity, and a whole lot of midnight oil to work toward paying off a student loan by the first day [...]