The Feisty Freelancer

A Friendly Guide to Visioning, Planning, and Growing Your Writing Business

Suzanne Bowness

• Publisher: Dundurn Press
• Year: 2025
• eBook ISBN:
  9781459755031
• Print ISBN:
  9781459755017

Build your writing business into a thriving and satisfying career.

Are you a feisty, creative person? Independent, ideas-driven, and ready to work hard for the lifestyle you deserve? If so, you may be a feisty freelancer. Freelancing is not for the faint of heart, but it offers many rewards: control over your own schedule, the opportunity to choose projects that excite you, and the potential to build a satisfying business and lifestyle. Whether you're a new writer or transitioning to freelance, this book will guide you through the practicalities of setting up a business, developing an online presence, finding clients, and creating a solid plan for success. You'll even hear from other freelancers in enlightening Q&As.

Your leader through this journey is the original self-proclaimed feisty freelancer, Suzanne Bowness, who brings over twenty years of experience as a freelancer, plus fifteen years of teaching writing courses, and unlimited amounts of unsolicited advice to new writers. Let's get started!

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Contents
• Introduction: What’s Your Freelance Story?
• 1: The Coolest Way You’ll Ever Work (Maybe?)
• 2: Getting Down to Business
• 3: Just the Business Basics, Baby
• 4: Reading Like a Writer
• 5: The Art of the Pitch
• 6: How to Write an Article
• 7: Pitching Corporate Clients
• 8: Collaborating with Editors and Clients
• 9: Productivity 101
• 10: Pricing Services, Getting Paid
• 11: Marketing Your Business
• 12: Staying Motivated While Working from Home
• 13: Advancement Strategies for Successful Freelancers
• 14: AI and the Future of Freelancing
• Conclusion: On Your Way
• Acknowledgements
• Appendix A: Resources for Writers
• Appendix B: A Q&A Chorus of Other Voices
• Index
• About the Author