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An Interview with Caelan MacTavish Huntress
What type of freelance writing do you do?
Everything from video game
strategy guides, book proposals
How did you get started in the freelance business
I wrote for a long time for fun
and then I decided I should make money using my skills. I found jobs
online. There is a website called justmarkets.com
that lists freelance jobs. It costs
$10 per month and it’s really incredible.
What kind of educational or professional background did
you have?
I am finishing my B.A. right now.
I worked at the university newspaper and I used those clips, to get work at
other newspapers. Some of the big papers you can query them and they will
accept interesting articles that are well written
What is the toughest thing about your job?
That my salary changes each week.
Can you describe your writing process?
Everyone has to find the way that
works the best for them. I do all my networking and query writing in the
morning then I take a couple of hours break. Then in the afternoon I do the
real meat. I work 6 to10 hours per day, that way.
Besides your work do you do other types of writing?
It is really important to journal
and to keep the writing muscle flexed. If I just do writing for work, my
writing will suffer and get stale.
I try to spend a little time each day doing some creative writing.
Do you have any advice for people who want to break into
freelance writing?
Start as a hobby and keep it on the side until you make
enough money to quit your day job.
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