Today is the day I’m handing over the keys to the kingdom to Splashpress Media. In case you weren’t aware of this, I sold Freelance Writing Jobs and today is the last day under my ownership. I’ve had 30 days to think about this transaction and while I still believe it’s for the best, it’s also strange and sad knowing that FWJ will no longer be mine. I wrote this post in my head about twelve times in the past few days but it’s not coming out like I intended. I thought about writing about the lessons I learned as [Read more…]

Today is the day I’m handing over the keys to the kingdom to Splashpress Media. In case you weren’t aware of this, I sold Freelance Writing Jobs and today is the last day under my ownership. I’ve had 30 days to think about this transaction and while I still believe it’s for the best, it’s also strange and sad knowing that FWJ will no longer be mine. I wrote this post in my head about twelve times in the past few days but it’s not coming out like I intended. I thought about writing about the lessons I learned as [Read more…]

The Writing Success Resource Center is a joint venture between FWJ and Poewar, and sponsored by Demand Studios. Today’s addition to the series is by Jonathan Bailey of Plagiarism Today and is called Copyright 101 for Freelance Writers. Jonathan covers the basics and tells you everything you need to know about writing for the web. The article is in FAQ form so you can find the questions and answers you’re looking for without a lot of digging around I hope you enjoy!

When I began the Freelance Writing Jobs blog five years ago, it was a fun hobby. I enjoyed trolling the Internet for job leads each morning and sharing with my fellow freelancers. For me, it was a relaxing way to enjoy my first cup of coffee. In those days, I woke at 4:00 a.m. to find leads as my then three year old son was too high maintenance to allow me to get stuff done during regular business hours. You really have to love what you do to get up that early. FWJ surprised me by becoming a popular resource [Read more…]

When I made the announcement the other day that I was selling FWJ, I said I wouldn’t be doing a long laundry list of thank you’s. It’s not that I’m ungrateful, but rather, I’m afraid of forgetting someone. However, after thinking on it for a couple of days, I decided I do want to do a list of thank you’s to the people who have encouraged, supported or inspired me. I hope I don’t forget anyone, but if I do I would like to reserve the right to add them in later. These are the people have changed my life [Read more…]