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This entry is part 1 of 16 in the series Freelancing

This entry is part 1 of 16 in the series FreelancingAt a Society of Editors (WA) meeting tonight, I was asked to …

Five reasons to charge a decent rate

This entry is part 5 of 16 in the series Freelancing

Marisa Wikramanayake discusses why you shouldn’t be afraid to charge a reasonably higher hourly rate for your work as a freelance writer/editor.

Freelancing Friday: How to set your freelancing rates (Australia)

This entry is part 7 of 16 in the series Freelancing

Marisa Wikramanayake is a freelance writer and editor based in Perth, Western Australia. In this post, she provides a detailed worksheet on how to set an hourly rate while taking into account living and business expenses, tax rates, superannuation, savings, profits, and annual and weekly income. Other freelancers need only put in the figures where required.

Freelancing Friday: Globe-trotting as a freelancer, part 1

This entry is part 8 of 16 in the series Freelancing

This life is hard. It is difficult. I see my family once a year on average since I live away from them and when I do see them, I am caught up with deadlines for stories or with finding more clients. In these economic times, freelancing will get you money where you can’t get it from part time or full time employment but it will also require you to be extremely well organised so that there is a relatively steady flow of cash coming in.

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Australia
This work by Marisa Wikramanayake is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Australia.