7 September 2013
I’m a rather poor soon-to-be graduate student. I need ways to make some money while I am
studying besides the hope that I will have a job in England. Without knowing the job market and
availability of jobs in York I have had to look into other ways to earn some
cash. One of the first things I looked
into, while poor and trying to put food on the table in Spain was freelancing.
I know Kellie and I have mentioned it in passing that we
looked into and eventually starting working on freelance writing to help cover expenses
while living abroad. Since coming back
to the States I have continued to look for work and have had mild success at
it.
The website that I primarily use is oDesk. It has a much easier to use interface and setting
up a profile is simple and straightforward.
Kellie and I did look into Freelancer and Elance but found their set ups
to be difficult to use and understand.
Additionally I feel that the community on oDesk is smaller and thus much
it easier to land a job.
The way freelancing works is you scour through the posted
jobs (once you have set up your profile, that is) and open a few postings that
look like something you are interested and capable of doing. Usually I check out the price first and
whether or not someone has already been hired for the position. If things check out there I read through the
description in order to confirm whether or not I actually want to do such as
job. If I do I apply.
When applying you set your price, your expected time frame
and write a cover letter explaining why you should be hired. Including any information that is specifically
requested in the job posting, then you send it off and hope to be invited to
interview. In reality you have to apply
to several jobs before you are hired for a few.
In the past I have written on so many different topics that
range from food articles, history ebooks, romance stories, science fiction
short stories, product descriptions and book reviews, to name a few. But behind all of the freelancing work is a
desire to create and publish my own material.
I love to write and of course I would love to be paid to write my own
stories. But that it’s in the works at
the moment.
Though on the line-up of personal projects to start I have
an epic space novel that I am very excited about as well as a few shorter
stories for competitions, all in the science-fiction/fantasy genre. I am always looking for feedback and criticism.
Up next in personal work is a short
short story for a Writer’s Digest competition.
The story must be less than 1,500 words.
That is not easy to do. But alas
I shall try! And always I am searching for
additional freelance writing. The search
will never be over.
Next time I hope to have a progress report for the
scarf. Needless to say it hasn't
progressed as quickly as I would have liked, but it progresses nonetheless.
Until next time!
Oh and I can't leave you without a picture, so here is one of my dogs, Ebony, being cute and judging you at the same time.
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| She can be adorable and crabby at the same time. |
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