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Freelancing 101HOW TO THRIVE AS AN INDEPENDENT EDUCATION WRITER
Find your niche Higher Education K-12 Foundations Online
Find your niche Higher Education K-12 Foundations Online
Pitch Pitching to connect with editors Figure out what they want How to pitch, with email, links, call back Finding stories
Develop contacts Work within professional writing organizations EWA, CASE Editors Forum
Hit Deadlines Reliability is essential Getting stories in before deadline is a good thing The editors are always right on rewrites You only get more work if the last story was good
You are in business Hire an accountant Use spreadsheets to keep track of invoices, stories in
progress and pitches Marketing Health insurance
