At the urging of the FWJ community, I’d like to offer tips for clients who are looking to place ads for freelance writers. You see, we’re busy people. Looking for work takes as much time as fulfilling an actual assignment. As an employer, we’re sure your time is money as well. To make life easier for all of us, perhaps you can consider the following when you’re writing an ad for freelance writers: Details count – Please don’t be frustrated if you don’t get what you’re looking for after placing a vaguely worded ad. Tell us what you’re looking for. [Read more…]

Guest post by Courtney Ramirez Writing for a living seems like a dream job, and in many ways it is. But the quickest thing you learn as a freelance writer is that your hobby can become a chore. If you’re anything like me, writing used to be something that you did for fun. I used to write to relax and now it’s become something that I need a break from! This was disheartening at first. I began to wonder why I began writing in the first place, and I forgot some of the passion I used to have for the [Read more…]

Freelance Writing Jobs’ third anniversary celebration has been such a success! Our talented guest bloggers were interesting and enlightening and your comments were thought provoking and informative. The good news is there are still many guest posts waiting in the wings, so we’re going to extend guest blogging month into June. If you’d still like to contribute, feel free to do so. Thank you for such a great response. And how about some great news? May has been FWJ’s highest trafficked month ever. I hope we can keep this momentum going. FWJ will bring in a profit in May. The [Read more…]

Deb’s Note: Every now and then I ask clients who post ads here exclusively to offer feedback. Here are some thoughts from the client who was looking for a Media Blogger for her corporate website. As always, I find these little peeks into the minds of our clients to be fascinating. Do add your own thoughts in the comments: You kindly posted an opportunity for me on FWG a few weeks ago, and asked me to tell you about the response I received … perhaps you were just being polite, but here are my thoughts anyway. I received a number [Read more…]

The more I blog, the more I learn I’m not going to please everyone. Lately it seems I’m pleasing everyone less and less. That doesn’t make me enjoy what I do much. Here’s the thing. I like to make it easy for clients to post gigs, and for you to find gigs. That’s why I do this. I don’t make much money and it doesn’t leave me much time for a life, but it is… or was something that gave me pleasure. I don’t have too many rules… For my community I ask for us all to be respectful. That’s [Read more…]

by Jenny Burr A few years ago I signed up for a correspondence writing course.  I started the assignments but I realized that my heart wasn’t in it.  I really had signed up for the “wrong” writing course.  As it turned out, I ended up going from being a mom at home to working fulltime.  I withdrew from the course and I was given a partial refund.  Three years ago, I found myself at home again.  I signed up for another correspondence writing course but this time, I signed up for the right course.  With just a few assignments left, [Read more…]

We usually talk about finding writing or blogging jobs here at FWJ – but what happens if your writing/blogging career isn’t making you happy? ProBlogger David Peralty recently left a job with Splash Press Media to become Community Manager at PicApp. Why would he do that? Read on… Guest Post by David Peralty Over time, as you build up your writing, networking, and blogging skills and credibility, you start to have something beyond being a content creator for companies. I was a full time blogger for nearly three years before landing a job as the Community Manager at PicApp (http://www.picapp.com). [Read more…]

I hope your weather is as perfect as it is here. I took a few days off to spend time with family, and though I’ll probably regret it after the long weekend is over it’s been so worth it to spend time hiking, barbecuing and gardening with my favorite people.  Hope you’re doing what you want too! Here’s what I’d be reading this weekend if I wasn’t relaxing on the deck with a good book and sipping Mojitos: Jennifer offers us a warning and a good reminder at Catalyst Blogger. 10 Writing Reasons to Take More Photographs at Confident Writing [Read more…]

by Peggy Rowland I’ve been trying to decide whether I should continue to submit queries to print pubs. It’s not that I’m giving up or that I don’t like writing articles, but that I’m tired of working so hard to get ignored by editors. The ones that are replying sometimes say things like, "I like your idea, but can’t afford to pay you right now. Could you do it for free?" Excuse me, but you didn’t mention "free" in your guidelines. Sure, some writers have the absolute drive to keep at this, but it started wearing on me after a [Read more…]

BusinessPundit ( http://www.businesspundit.com ) is looking to hire a full time editor to develop a strong, interesting, consistent voice for one of the top business blogs in the blogosphere. Features: $3000/month base salary plus 50% profit share (revenue minus expenses) Opportunity to plan and execute site development strategy Platform to create one of the strongest, most unique business voices on the Internet Requirements: Must provide at least two samples of previous writing work Must have previous experience writing in an online environment Must have relevant experience (education, work force) in a relevant field such as economics, business, startups, investing, marketing, [Read more…]