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…
Author: jrward42
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…
Fake mermaids and real baboon train employees
It has been an incredibly busy month but I still managed to squeeze in a story about a fake mermaid and real baboon. Annoyingly, the…
Plagues, cats, ghosts, Thailand, Ancient Rome and Madame Tussaud
Here are some of the stories I have written over the past month or so. Only a maniac wouldn’t find at least one of these…
Increasing my Fiverr prices weirdly resulted in more work
I don’t mean for this to be a shameless promotion for my Fiverr gig. It is just that something unexpected has happened recently and for…
You have more than five senses and other stories
Last month I posted five of my top stories and to see what happened and the experiment went well. Really well. I rejoiced that my…
Fascinating true stories – a selection of the best
I have been writing a lot recently and some of the stories such as The Gorilla Who Was Brought up as a Boy in an…
Going viral on Medium boosted freelance earnings to pre-covid levels
I went viral and it has changed a lot of things. If you are starting out as a freelance writer, take heart – it can…
I’m loving writing on Medium right now. Is a niche even needed?
Something weird has happened with algorithms on a few sites where I do side-hustle stuff. One has gone hugely up in terms of earnings and…
If You Write Fiction, You Should Write Short Stories
When writers think of fiction they often focus on the novel. But short stories can play an essential role. The popularity of short fiction has…