latenightwriter

Hello. Welcome to my blog. It is a brand new year and this is a brand new venture for me. If you are interested in freelance writing, then you have come to the right place. I am an active freelance writer and have been at it for over seven years now. I started out many years ago trying my luck at fiction writing but that didn’t pan out. I was writing short stories and essays and submitting them to prospective markets but wasn’t selling anything. I put my dreams of becoming a writer on the back burner and got a job like the rest of the population. But the writing bug kept creeping back into my subconscious and I would try to resurrect my writing dreams again. One day, the hubby and I purchased a new computer and went online…that was it…I was determined to give my writing dreams one more chance.

I would say my first big break as a freelancer came when I wrote a short humorous piece for www.absolutewrite.com. In exchange for payment, I received a copy of one of Jenna Glatzer’s books on freelance writing. After reading her book, I learned how to write a great query, and started writing and selling non-fiction articles for print and online publications. I wasn’t making much money but I was selling my work and that was enough inspiration to keep my momentum up. To date, I have sold hundreds of non-fiction articles on an array of subjects including parenting, careers, eco-friendly, health, internet safety, freelance writing, home and garden, frugal living, interviews, website reviews, book reviews, essays, and just about anything else you can think.  Over the last few years, I have actively tried to expand my portfolio and offerings and have written website content, resumes, covering letters, job descriptions, product descriptions, proofreading.

Over the years, I have earned enough money to classify my freelance writing as a part-time venture however I don’t think I will ever get rich from it. Ideally, I would like to earn enough from my writing that it earns me the equivalent of a fulltime wage however; I am doing better than a lot of other freelancers out there so I am grateful. My oldest son is headed to university this coming September so I feel this extra push to earn as much money as possible from my freelance writing efforts.

I guess my staying power has to do with perseverance; despite numerous rejections in the early ‘learning’ years of my freelancing journey, I have stayed with it and kept plugging away. Another part of me cannot turn my back on my urge to write, it is in my blood.

I hope that my blog, appropriately called Late Night Writer, will inspire you to stay on your writing path and lead you to success in the freelance writing world.  

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