So, is it open-source or open source? Missing from the pages of the Associated Press Stylebook is the correct use of the term open-source which until recently I had been using as just open source. Recently, an editor disagreed and though neither of us could find a definitive source, the editor always wins the ties. [...]
For the past couple of weeks now, I have had a hard time writing. Assignments that once would have flown off my desk have languished about until deadline time. Pieces that could have been written in 20 minutes have taken an hour and a half. Normally, I sit down at my desk and love every [...]
Today’s project sent me to my now well worn AP Stylebook. The question? Carseat or car seat. Spell check despises carseat (it’s underlined right now with that angry red squiggly line), but I thought for sure that was how it was used. Survey says? Oops. It isn’t in the AP Stylebook. “Car pool” is in [...]
Is Guru.com worth it for a professional freelancer. A simple search for projects reveals the answer.
As a freelance writer, eventually there will come a time when a client doesn’t pay, or is paying very late. What to do about it can be a delicate dance. You don’t want to anger a lucrative client who just hasn’t gotten to it yet, but on the other hand, you don’t want to be [...]
Every time I start talking with someone about becoming a freelance writer, or someone who is a freelance writer looking for some new ideas or other help, I find myself nervous that I will accidentally send them into the hands of a shark who will somehow scam them out of their money or identity. So, [...]
Yeah, it is actually work. I try and be helpful and friendly to people who contact me asking for help or advice. It’s just in my nature, and it is probably the right thing to do for the business anyway. So, it was nothing new when I began trading emails with a guy who was [...]
Like a lot of other jobs, Freelance Writing comes with tiers of work ranging from low-level to critical high visibility. Likewise, there are many levels of pay that go along with those tiers. Too many writers focus on what they “should” be making, or what they “want” to be making. Instead, focus on what work [...]
If you hang around the universe of professional writers for very long, you will inevitably come across both the questions and the answers to freelance writer pay. Some of these will have a specific focus, for example, what bloggers get paid, while others will be more general. Professional writers should make X. Either way, there [...]
Why, do so many job postings or Requests For Proposal demand an ability to use AP Style? Most often, it is short hand for, “You have to be able to write better than the average non-professional writer.” I once heard someone say that photography and writing are the two professions that everyone thinks they can [...]
