A guest post by Ali Hale for Write to Done
“I’m going to quit my job and be a freelance writer.”
They probably weren’t words my then-boyfriend, now-husband wanted to hear. We lived in London at the time – not exactly cheap. I had a “good” day job – one which paid pretty well, considering that it was my first job out of college.
Oh, and it was spring 2008, and we were at the start of a recession.
But … I’d been dipping my toes into the freelancing waters, and I’d realized that it was a great time to be a freelance writer. That was three years ago – and today’s new freelancers are in an even stronger position.
Why do freelance writers have it so good right now? In short, the internet.
The internet has created an unprecedented demand for new... More...
