Freelance Tips - Jenn Hollowell

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Tools of the Trade

May 13th 2008 16:53

Spiral Bound Notebooks

Every new freelance writer wants to know, "what do I need to stock up in order to kick off my writing career?" It's a valid question, true, but it tends to be over-thought by some. Really, these things don't need to be pondered so much. How you use these tools deserves better thought and attention, I think.

Anyway.......

My number one "tool of the trade" is notebooks, preferably with a spriral binding. I pick them up in bulk during back to school sales. From time to time throughout the year, too, I'll pick up some fancier ones with a hard cover, a designed cover, or a spiral along the top of the notebook.

What is your number one "tool of the trade"?

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Posted By: Jenn Hollowell - Category: miscellaneous

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February 5th 2008 22:48

As I mentioned over on Writing Words, I have moved house and have had broadband issues ever since.

As I have accidentally stumbled several steps up the career ladder and am in charge of an important division of our new project at the day job, being offline does not have any professional consequences.

But let's just suppose I was relying on my freelance career for my income. As a freelancer I would need to be online during office hours. If I already had regular clients, many of them would contact me via e-mail or instant messenger. If I were still working on building a loyal client base, I'd need the internet for job hunting. Being offline would seriously injure my business.

In my last post I mentioned that I would like to keep pursuing my freelance ambitions. Needless to say, I haven't done any freelance work since I've moved. I hope that will change soon.

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December 17th 2007 18:23

I find myself in an unusual position. My career is moving at a pace it has never moved before and I can hardly keep up with myself. Unfortunately - not really, I love my job at the moment -, it is not the freelance career that is on speed.

Obviously, I have to devote a lot of time to the day job at the moment. But I do not want to give up on my freelance career. I just have to settle into my new role and find out how much time I have left and how to divide that between the things I need to do and the things I want to do. Further developing my freelance writer career is one of the things I want to do. After all, you need above-average scheduling skills if you want to make it as a freelancer, anyway.

It is not what I had in mind for this blog, but it looks like it will be about my attempts to balance my various lives, with focus on the freelance part, obviously.

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