We are really pleased to welcome Traci Feit Love as the new Freelance Writing Author here at Sparkplugging’s Freelance Parent Blog. Traci is going to bring a fresh voice and a lot of great freelance business advice.  Please make her welcome!

Exactly 3 months ago, on April 1, 2009, I started my freelance writing, editing, and [...]

I’ve been a “writer” ever since I can remember. When I was a child, my stories would always close with large letters announcing “The End.” It’s now time to type those words here.
So, you may have already seen Tamara’s post letting you all know that we are saying “goodbye” to Freelance Parent. [...]

Welcome to Spark an Idea Thursday’.  Each week we’ll be sharing some great ideas for a topic of interest to our readers.  We invite you to grab our image and carry the tradition through to your own blog!  If you do, please link back to this post so we know where you were inspired!
 
Tamara and [...]

Here are some people who get it!

Sparkplugging is starting a new tradition called ‘Spark an Idea Thursday’.  Each week we’ll be sharing some great ideas for a topic of interest to our readers.  We invite you to grab our image and carry the tradition through to your own blog!  If you do, please link back to this post so we know [...]

Photo by leah.jones
I just really like the idea of writers doing a Wordless Wednesday post. This picture makes me think about how important words really are to a writer’s soul.
Oops, better stop typing since it’s supposed to be wordless.

Okay, we admit it. We freaked out a little bit in April. When we started the month, we had no jobs lined up, we weren’t getting any responses on our bids, and, as Lorna hinted, we were (and still are) battling a client who owes us over $3,000 and has since fallen off the radar. [...]

So, um, it’s been awhile, hasn’t it, Blog? Honestly, it’s not you, it’s us. We’ve had a lot going on. Like dealing with a creep of a client who is way overdue on more than $3,500. Yeah, that whole process has taken a lot of the wind out of our sails.
I think it’s only fair [...]

People are always asking us how they can get started freelancing. Sometimes we feel like the answer to that question is just so huge that there’s no way we can easily answer it. In fact, I often tell them to consider coming to the blog and clicking on the “getting started” category on [...]

So, there seems to be a bit of a debate on the “Freelancing Insecurities” post regarding how much is appropriate to charge for writing services. It started with a new comment on an old post where someone said that she makes $100 for a 500-word SEO articles. Some people have congratulated her. [...]