A friend of mine told me over lunch the other day how her being a hyperactive child had been a nightmare for her parents for years. This being India, her mother asked every neighbor, friend, and relative for advice, even dragging her along to astrologer after astrologer to find out what was wrong with her […]

I’m working on building a professional website, and plan to include an About, Portfolio and Contact page. Is there any other information that, in your experience, an editor would want to find on a freelancer’s site? On a basic level, these categories are fine. But I do think you can offer a bit more than […]

Talk to any successful freelancer and a few things will come up repeatedly: Don’t take rejection personally, approach it as you would any other business, set up a website, network, pitch, pitch, pitch.  I’ll add another thing that has been crucial in my success as a freelancer: Know that you CAN. This month, I’ve heard […]

You announced your pregnancy pretty openly and I was wondering what kind of response you got from your editors? Do you think you may be getting fewer assignments as a result of this or that editors might find that you’re less dependable if you’ve been keeping sick? My husband and I are planning a family […]