Last year, Tamara wrote a post here called “No Spec, No Problem” about clients who ask you to work “on spec.” For those of you new to the game, that means that the potential client will basically give you an assignment, and if he or she thinks it’s up to par, you will be [...]

The issue of how quickly to offer a turnaround time for projects is one that we haven’t touched here on Freelance Parent yet. I’m not exactly sure why, but I’m assuming it has something to do with the fact that it hasn’t been a problem until quite recently.
But it’s becoming one now.
In the beginning, we [...]

ETA: Several people have mentioned in the comments that they’d like to be considered for work. If you are interested, I recommend you scooch on over to the post called “Want to Work with Us” and follow the directions there. Tell us about your experience and interests, and we’ll keep you in mind. [...]

Oh em gee, you guys. You are never going to believe what we did today.
The Berry|Brewer ladies took a big step and got ourselves an office space. It’s tiny, it’s cheap, and it is so freaking awesome. We’ll post some pictures as soon as I get them off of my [...]

When it comes to freelance writing, we are expected to do a lot of things. We have to know a little about this and a little about that. Tamara and I are convinced that we would make awesome cocktail party attendees because of the random assortment of knowledge we’ve accumulated while researching topics [...]

I’ve been a reader of Freelance Parent for quite some time and I can’t tell you how pleased I was to start working as a virtual assistant for Tamara and Lorna late last year. I started my virtual assistant business, Halo Secretarial Services, just last year after having my third baby and Freelance Parent has [...]

I know it’s been awhile since we posted our freelance income report. Our critics are probably saying gleefully to themselves, “Ha! I knew once things started slowing down, they wouldn’t be so upfront about all things money-related. They’re just fair-weather informants.”
I promise that’s not what happened. It’s much more noble than that: a severe case [...]

Anyone who’s been a freelancer for more than a few weeks knows that there’s much more to the job than simply writing, photographing, designing, or whatever sort of �ing� you’ve got going on these days. The administrative side of the freelancing is big, and as I’ve discovered over the past few months, it only gets [...]

So, I’m actually on the road from Helena, Montana (where we spent Christmas) to Lewiston, Idaho (where we’re seeing some friends for the night), and we’ve found ourselves in an interesting position. It is snowing like crazy, and we’re on a winding mountain road. There is a black river running along the south side [...]