Here at Freelance Parent, we sort of think of ourselves as the Niche Ladies. Seriously, we’ve talked about it a lot. Consider:

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Knowing that we’re going to be posting our freelance income reports every month is pretty daunting.  If we take on fewer jobs, people will know.  If we have an awesome month, people will know that, too.  One things that the numbers don’t tell, though, is just how much energy has been expended.
This month, the amount [...]

If you’ve seen our anniversary video, then you know that the previous year was full of some amazing experiences for the Berry-Brewer team.  One that we carry with us proudly is when Michael Stelzner named us to Writing White Papers’ “Top 10 Blogs for Writers 2007/2008.” 
At the time the list was published, my husband was still wrapping his [...]

Unlike death, taxes, and computer malfunctions right before a deadline, not everything in this world is reliable. Here are just a few of the things I’ve learned to plan for as a professional freelancer.
1. Don’t rely on a single revenue source (or even two or three). Not only can a big-time client dry up and [...]

As a joke, my husband’s coworkers recently created a CD of songs he absolutely abhors. It features such timeless artists as ABBA, N’Sync, Britney Spears, Spice Girls, and Hannah Montana. When he received it, he popped it into the car’s CD player, laughed once or twice, and promptly shoved it into the deep recesses of [...]

I’ve been around the blogosphere enough by now to come to understand that there remains one issue that freelancers skirt, avoid, and downright ignore: money. Oh, sometimes we talk about how much to charge or our goals for the future.  There’s even a fair amount of discussion about how to set freelance pay rates.  But rarely does anyone come [...]

Those who follow this blog and my occasional parenting rants know that I am in perpetual pursuit of the perfect child care solution. My daughter is too young for preschool but old enough to be able to drive me crazy at home. I’m unwilling to shell out for daycare but still need some solitary [...]

A few months ago, I was really excited because two different bloggers asked for guest posts from us, and two more asked to do interviews with Tamara and me. “Wow,” we thought, “we’re really going to be getting our name out there this month.” We felt a little like mini-celebrities.
We got together to [...]

In my last post, I talked about the fact that Tamara and I have restructured how we handle the money that Berry-Brewer earns. I mentioned that we used to put a certain percentage into a tax account and sort of left it at that. I want to pick up on that train of [...]

Spec work is one of the banes of the freelancing profession. Many are the clients who think that asking several potential freelancers to contribute free or super cheap work is okay, even when the sole benefit to them is maybe, just maybe, landing a longer term job. Why do they do it? Have these clients [...]