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Many of my jobs require that I write a certain amount of words. Here is a cool little app. that can help you with this.
http://allfreelancewriting.com/wordcount-tracker/
Look around, they also have an advanced version.
Showing posts with label freelance. Show all posts
Showing posts with label freelance. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Time management
Ok so here I am bloggin’ instead of writing on my book, but I needed to say that time management is very important.
I have come to the conclusion that I may be slightly ADD as I am extremely distractible. I have shut off twitter, Facebook and email to get real work done. I have to take breaks every hour and shift gears and shift back, but I can only sustain about 6 hours a day of solid writing time and that is a productive day.
I do find when I drink coffee I can stay focused longer. I also do better first thing the morning and then my production starts to waver about 3:00 PM. So I plan and pace myself.
My suggestion is to take a stop watch and time how many minutes a day you are actually typing. Do this for a few days- just hit the timer when you are typing, and when you go on to something else stop the time. See what your productivity is like and remove things that are sucking your time.
I qualify blogging as writing as it helps me focus on what I am doing and how to do it better.
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Freelance Writing Rate Calculator - Freelance Hourly Rate Calculator | All Freelance Writing
Freelance Writing Rate Calculator - Freelance Hourly Rate Calculator | All Freelance Writing
I thought this was a very cool calculator. I can put in how much I want to make, how many hours in a day I want to write, and even how many vacation days I want a year and it calculates how much money I should be charging per hour for my work. The good thing is that I was only .75 cents off from what I really do charge. Check it out.
Freelance Writing Rate Calculator - Freelance Hourly Rate Calculator | All Freelance Writing
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Traditional Magazine Freelancing
The boards are abuzz with magazines closing left and right. This has freelance writers very nervous. In addition, the magazines that are left are holding payments, killing articles or they are not hiring anyone, because there just is not any money.
People are talking about getting $1 a word. Depending on the size of the article, this is may could mean a payment of between $200 maybe up to $1500. That may sound great until you consider that most magazine pay much less than a $1 a word and some writers are waiting months or never getting paid.
Freelance writers, like myself, have to adapt. It is the Internet where the real money is these days. I get all of my jobs from the Internet through sites and word of mouth. I write books, eBooks, ghost write, create articles, and the lists go on. I have clients all over the world.
To those troopers trying to hold onto the dream of making a living as a magazine writer- it is time to adapt or find a new line of work. The days of the paper magazines are limited indeed.
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