Gone are the days when you could graduate from college, find a respectable employer, and remain at the same company until you received that 50-year anniversary gold watch, a generous retirement package, and a nice pension. And even if the old-school work model was still available, I suspect many of ...

Good Monday morning readers! Today, I’m shining the spotlight on Emma Johnson, a freelance writer who specializes in business, finance, and money topics. She’s written for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Entrepreneur, Psychology Today, USA Today, and dozens of other publications...

Ever get an interesting assignment, land some great interviews, and then struggle for motivation when it’s time to start writing? A freelancer friend of mine was having a crisis of this sort recently and talked about it in one of the writers forums I belong to. There were a lot of people who e...

“To survive and succeed, every organization will have to turn itself into a change agent. The most effective way to manage change is to create it.” —Peter Drucker The creator and inventor of modern management had it right about change—the best way to manage change is to create it. Of...

Have you ever written a story, blog post, or any other piece of writing, and even after spending hours crafting your prose, you keep combing through your words over and over and over again? How do you know when enough is enough? How do you know when your best efforts are okay? How do you know when y...

You probably have editor’s brain if you’re always writing five words and deleting four, if you automatically critique every word choice (and everyone else’s), and you can pick up a newspaper or read a book and automatically spot the one error on a page. Editing skills are great to ...

Is it possible to have enough brainpower left over for freelance work after a full day at the office? That depends. As some of you may recall, I started working a full-time job a couple weeks ago and am now freelancing part time. Under “normal” conditions, starting a new job can be menta...

Good Monday morning readers! Today I’m shining the spotlight on food writer and author Monica Bhide. Monica has written food, travel, and lifestyle features for The New York Times, American Baby, Parenting, Food & Wine magazine, SELF, Health, Prevention, AARP—The Magazine, The Washington...

“Free” in “freelancer” does not mean writers should write for free. But is there ever a time when a no- or low-pay assignment makes sense? Every writer has a different take on this, and there’s certainly no one-size-fits-all answer. But in my opinion, sometimes writing ...

When was the last time you had ink-stained fingers after reading an article? It’s been a while for me. As someone who grew up around newspapers, I am almost ashamed to say this: I can’t remember the last time I picked up and read an actual newspaper. These days, I read all my news online...