Your Turn: What’s Your Definition of a “Good” Freelance Writing Job?

February 12, 2010 by Deb Ng  
Filed under Thoughts and Stuff

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Credit where it’s due: I’m writing this in response to a Skype conversation I had with Mark Narter, a friend and writer who doesn’t have a huge online presence but writes full time for a local business. Every now and then Mark pings me to talk about something I wrote and whether or not [...]

Pitch to the “Hidden” Places that Hire Freelance Writers

November 5, 2009 by Deb Ng  
Filed under Job Hunting Tips

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Have you ever done a search for “freelance writer” only to land on a gig that isn’t for a freelance writer at all? For example you may land on a job for an editor who has to “supervise freelance writers” or a managing editor who has to “hire freelance writers”.  Don’t click away from [...]

Top 10 Freelance Writing Job Ad Red Flags

October 9, 2009 by Deb Ng  
Filed under Freelance Writing, Job Hunting Tips

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When you troll the job boards every day you learn a little about the tactics many shady or very low paying employers use to find freelance writers. As someone who has been reading freelance writing job ads every day for over a decade, I can tell you some things haven’t change. The good news [...]