Two things that will ramp my productivity this year
My productivity has shot up for the first month of 2023, and it is down to two separate things. I apologise for being so cryptic,…
Author: jrward42
How to switch to writing more fiction
It always surprises me when I meet writers who don’t read fiction. Of course, nearly all writers enjoy reading, at least the successful ones, but…
New clients, prices, and some Marathon Monks.
I have changed clients, and life is so much better. It almost feels like getting a promotion. More on that in a second. I recently…
This is why online writers should try (some) content platforms
I’ve been writing for over 30 years but mostly in print, so I still feel like a relative newb in the online freelance world. However,…
I am writing this in VR on an Oculus Quest 2
This is going to sound at tad tech obsessed, but I am writing this on a programme called Immersed in VR on an Oculus Quest…
I’m still writing on Medium, just a lot less
Writing on Medium just doesn’t seem as rewarding as it used to be. I mean that both figuratively and literally. I once made $2700 there…
My first full year as a freelance writer
I have just completed my first year as a full-time online freelance writer. I would love to be dramatic and say it has been a…
The pros and cons of ghostwriting. Is it worthwhile or soul-destroying?
I do a lot of ghostwriting, and it has its good and bad points. Obviously, given that I do a lot of it, I am…
Being a freelance writer is different from what you’d expect
I’ve been a writer since I was 18, but going full-time freelance has been different from what I imagined. Not necessarily better or worse, just…
Lab-grown meat and the cat who ate a species
This month I wrote two very different stories that are both about eating meat of one kind or another. One is science-based and a look…