By novelist, trainer and journalist, Sue Walker Combating Isolation One of the wonderful upsides of working freelance is that you’re not stuck in the same workplace with the same colleagues day after day (some of whom may well drive you mad!). But the downside can be...
Four strategies for success By tutor and life coach Muriel McClymont I remember watching the former co-founder of Apple Inc Steve Jobs addressing students at Stanford University a few years ago. I found it spellbinding and motivating and recommend you watch it. Jobs...
Diversifying your talents By novelist, trainer, and journalist, Sue Walker ‘But I’ve spent all these years training and slogging to get where I am. I don’t want to do anything else. I can’t do anything else.’ Many of us will empathise with this sort of comment. It’s...
Staying motivated when the work dries up By tutor and life coach Muriel McClymont As a freelance, I have on occasions plotted out my workload for the next six months and realised I have more quality ‘me’ time available than is healthy for my bank balance. In the past,...
By Novelist, Trainer and Journalist, Sue Walker Networks, chance meetings and speculative approaches Who do you know? Yes, working in the creative industries is indeed about having, talent, skill and great ideas but that old adage of who you know is as true now as...
Pitching for work face-to-face By tutor and life coach Muriel McClymont As skills for life go, learning to sell yourself effectively, has got to be right up there as a survival skill for freelances. It’s no good being the best at what you do if, when you get the...
By novelist, trainer, and journalist, Sue Walker CVs - the ultimate writing challenge? ‘I’ve got too much to say’; ‘I’ve not done enough’; ‘I don’t know what I’ve got to offer,’ are just a few of the typical responses I get when running CV workshops for freelances....
By actor-writer Kate Willoughby Coworking: from little acorns... From what I've seen, coworking is well suited to creative freelances. It gets you out of the house, enables you to meet like minded freelances and encourages you to be productive. No wonder it’s going...
