Freelance writers are a gift to today’s business world, and they may just be the best thing that ever happened to you. Here’s why.

Preparing for the financial peaks and valleys of freelance life and living it are two wildly different beasts. I learned that the hard way, but I’m ready for the next valley. Are you?

We expect success to be the result of sweat and tears and outrageous hours, but does it have to be that way? What if I can work thirty hours a week and make more than enough to support myself? Twenty-five?

Five months ago I was an intern with an editor, and I still lived in a college dorm. In a few days, I’d have to walk into a room with an unknown number of people who were real, genuine professionals and pretend to be one of them. I would be a phony among these experienced, seasoned folks, and it was intimidating.