Editor’s Note: Since this post was originally published back in 2015, FreshBooks has rolled out newer versions. This post has been updated in 2024 to reflect perks, tips and tricks available for the latest FreshBooks platform — which is what you’ll get if you...
Invoicing is something every freelance writer has to do. After all, earning money is what distinguishes us from the “writing just for fun” writers — but to earn that money, we have to actually invoice our clients. While you might start by learning how to make an...
It may be fun to wax lyrical about the nostalgic days of click-clacking away at a typewriter or scrawling your novel into a leather-bound journal, but those romantic ideals are impractical for the modern-day writer. Nowadays, a writer’s laptop is their best friend....
Your dog is the smartest and cat is the cuddliest. Surely, you have a tale or two about the time Charlie ate the couch cushions, or Daisy unboxed the UPS delivery. Pets can be a wonderful inspiration, and there are many outlets looking for your stories. Study the...
Regarded as one of the greatest writers of all time, it is no wonder that Ernest Hemingway has not only a catalogue of great books he has written, but also individual quotes that are considered great too. Today, we’ll be sharing 26 of the greatest Ernest...
Early in my writing career, I discovered a troubling truth about those arguments I’d had in my (very, very cool) adolescence about spelling, commas, pronouns and other conundrums of the English language. No right answers exist. No definitive tome rules over all of...
Writing is an amazing pastime, but for many, getting paid for doing it can seem farfetched and unrealistic. Of course, making this happen isn’t always easy. Finding good freelance writing jobs can be challenging even for experienced writers, and breaking into the...
It is hard to believe that 2023 is over. If you never managed to submit to a short story contest, or did so and weren’t accepted, then fear not. A brand new year is upon us, and with it comes a whole raft of brand new opportunities to entering short story...
Your writing could always be better. It’s an unfortunate reality of this job: No matter how long you do it or how much you learn, everything you write has room for tweaking to get a little closer to elusive perfection. You could go cross-eyed re-reading a piece before...
There’s a ton of advice out there about how to carve out moments in your day to create time to write: wake up an hour early, write in 10-minute intervals to get something down, write during your lunch break at work; the list seems endless. In between juggling...
