January 13, 2010
Somewhere along the line I started reading the website Coding Horror, which is kind of ironic considering that I am a basic level programmer at best.
Sure, I understand the structure of a For-Next Loop and I can work through an If-Then-Else statement, but I’m typically much better at sorting through someone else’s code than I [...]
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December 28, 2009
We started the freelance writing blog here at ArcticLlama with the goal of making it easier for freelancers to understand how to succeed as freelance writers and for businesses and clients to have better success working with freelance writers. While we always strive to improve, I think we have done a pretty good job. [...]
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December 16, 2009
Congratulations on starting a work from home business. You’ve avoided the common work at home scams, you’ve set up a professional business structure, and you’ve even gone out an got some good paying clients. Whether its a professional freelance writing business, or something else, take a moment to bask in the glory of your [...]
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December 10, 2009
From time to time I’ve tossed out some of my ideas about how to run a freelance writing business. One of my key concepts for starting a successful freelance writing small business is that you have to be able to fill in those time periods where the business does not have enough freelance writing [...]
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August 5, 2009
The local newspaper has an interesting story about what they term "gigonomics". Gigonomics is just economics with eco replaced with gig, so Gigonomics means the economics of being gig based as opposed to job based. The Denver Post is seldom cutting edge, so I’m sure the term comes from somewhere else, but it was the [...]
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August 4, 2009
Want to increase what your freelance writing is worth? Stop explaining, and start doing something.
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July 30, 2009
Is it acceptable for a professional writer to cite Wikipedia as a source? Sometimes, but sometimes not.
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July 1, 2009
When we started the Arctic Llama professional freelance writing blog our missions was clear, to help inform, educate, recommend, and inspire both those who hire freelance writers and those who are, or wish to become freelance writers.
Over the last several months, our little blog has drifted off course with all manner of posts regarding [...]
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