How to create your content with searchers in mind and help your work get seen using SEO best practices. — I’m learning more and more that, despite being said too often by those offering advice, one aspect of freelancing is still very much true: a freelancer is running a business. …

Knowing the mechanics in theory is one thing, but knowing how to play the game is another. Here is my favorite advice for new players. — I made a lot of mistakes when I first started playing Dungeons and Dragons that made my introductory experience frustrating, confusing, and a big hassle for way longer than it needed to be. …

Setting up a new campaign is fun, but the prep begins long before session one. Here’s how to run a successful session zero. — You’ve picked the module you want to run or finished establishing your homebrew world. Your players all have characters ready to go, and you’re excited. So…now what? Do you just jump into the campaign? Well, you definitely can, but you can make your life and the lives of all of…

Everything you need to know to get started as a freelancer on Upwork, from profile creation to landing your first job. — I first started freelancing because I happened to see an advertisement for Upwork somewhere, I can’t remember where. …

A relatively easy website builder designed by writers for writers — no coding required. — I was recently contacted by a marketing team member for Thrive Themes. Having never heard of the company before and being intimately familiar with scam emails, I was skeptical, but this particular representative (Hi, Alvin!) was lovely to speak to and responded to my questions quickly. …

A freelancer’s tips for keeping calendars, breaking down projects, and tracking your billable time. — I’d say that one of the hardest things to figure out when I first started freelancing was time management. When you’re working as someone else’s employee, your time is structured according to their schedule; you have a set shift with a start and an end time, you have specific tasks…

Being someone who uses research as a part of her daily life and work, it was inevitable that I was going to get curious about the history of my chosen profession. Surprisingly, the concept of freelancing actually goes back much further than many people think. …

A review of Nymeria Publishing’s newest dark poetic offering. — “Hello, my wicked darling, How does evil fare tonight? Much better than your heart? Which is more empty than mine?” - From The Devil’s Proposal, by Will Winters Yet again, I have had the absolute pleasure of joining Nymeria Publishing’s ARC program — this time, to review a sharp poetry…

From fiction to essays, learn how to map out your writing so you don’t get lost. — Writing is hard. Shocking, I know, I’ll wait for you to catch your breath after that massive revelation. It’s hard for a lot of reasons, but the writing pitfall that tends to grab me is, once you have an idea, how do you move it from your head to your…