Are you looking to start a career as a freelance writer? I'd love to help!
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Welcome! I'm so glad you've come to visit my small, cluttered corner of the Internet.
My Mission is to Help You Get Paid to Work from Home as a Freelance Writer
How will I do this?
- By bringing you time-scheduling tips to help you keep control over your calendar,
- By providing well-researched learning opportunities and courses designed to teach you how to launch or further your career, and
- By teaching you ethical, reliable ways of marketing your freelance writing business and drawing in new clients.
My Values
When it comes to working from home as a freelance writer, there is a lot of misinformation available. Innocent miscalculations from well-meaning people trying to help, and even outright lies and scams from people looking to make a quick buck.
I aim to be different.
I'm not going to run you through pages and pages of a sales ad to try to convince you that I can help – I'm going to show you that I can help you by actually helping you.
- Actionable content: my goal is to answer your questions, not leave you with more. Wherever applicable, I will give you real tips you can implement right away to start seeing a benefit.
- Fewer distractions: I understand the visual appeal of all those fancy fonts and widgets. But when I am looking for an answer, those things tend to get in the way and just make a lot of noise. I want to make sure you get the answers you came here for.
- Well-researched answers: Like I said, there is a lot of misinformation out there when it comes to working from home as a freelance writer. And if there's one thing I've learned from my 17 years working as a freelance writer, it's this: even I don't have all the answers. But I'll make sure you do.
I believe transparency is the fastest way to build trust, so I will always tell you exactly what I'm doing and why.
A bit About Me
Help Me Naomi started out as one-half of a blog duo (the other half being The Invisible Author, which housed most of my content that focused specifically on me as a ghostwriter). Now, those two sites have merged and evolved into a blog dedicated to helping new freelance writers enter the field without all the misinformation and backtracking.
A place where you can find actionable advice on how to start working from home as a freelance writer now.
I started this journey in 2002, working as a freelance web developer for Drupal (then the most powerful CMS available). In 2006, my career evolved to include content development and writing. At this time, I would write about anything: if you had a book you wanted to write, I probably bid on your project.
In 2008, I expanded my services again to include book editing and formatting. By 2012, I was ready to quit it all. I was feeling overworked, underpaid, and guess what?
I was!
I was still chasing every freelance writing job that came my way. Then struggle to balance these projects and cry all the way to the finish line.
I was so done, I quit writing to return to school and received my Master's degree in counseling and human services management… I was done and I was ready for a career change. I even wrote a parenting book that went on to be an Amazon Bestseller – just to solidify that I was getting out of the freelance writing game.
In 2014, my baby girl was born, and she changed my life. Not just by making me a mother, but because telling the story of that whole ordeal renewed my love of writing and my determination to work from home so I could be with her.
Only this time, I was determined to do it right. Ten years as a freelance ghostwriter who made barely enough to scrape by because I was “paying my dues” taught me that being a good writer wasn't enough.
You had to know how to run and grow a freelance writing business.
If you're struggling with how to get started as a freelance writer, then I'm here to help. If you're looking for advice on how to increase your revenue as a writer, then you're in the right place. If you're tired of working so hard to make so little, of not having the freedom to take a vacation, or of biting your tongue just to keep that client from firing you… I'm here for you.
Not just because I am an expert at these things, but because I'm just like you. And I get it.
I've struggled through all those things and I am here to tell you: you don't have to. There is no such thing as “paying your dues” as a freelance writer. You have the skills, you just need to make others see that.
And, oh yea, I'm a geek. And I'm raising geeks. So you may see the occasional frequent reference to Star Trek, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Firefly, and anything else that tickles my geek-bone. You may also see me geek out over the things most people don't normally like to even think about: numbers, technology, research, and more numbers.
Mostly, I'm here to help you launch your writing business, your blog, and/or your book, give you some pointers on how to market your new business, and how to do it all without burning out racing the clock.