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To Plunge or Not to Plunge? Becoming a Fulltime Freelancer

dogbert — Wed, 24 May 2006 03:59:27 -0500

Wouldn't it be great to quit the rat race? To leave bosses and
timeclocks
behind, skip the commute, ditch the heels or tie, and work in the same
clothes
you wear to weed the garden?
It's called "taking the plunge," and if you're at all serious
about writing, you've probably dreamed about it. But you may also have
regarded
that dream as, at best, nothing more than an improbable fantasy.
Writing may be
the career you love, but chances are it's not the career that's keeping
food on
the table and a roof over your head.

What do you look for?

daisy — Tue, 23 May 2006 12:09:19 -0500

I have always been curious... what makes an employer hire a freelancer? As in, zero in on one out of all? I can understand money quoted being one of the factors? But what about situations when employers rope in people who quote higher than the average?

Always helps to know the mind of an employer...

:-)

Freelancer

Thu, 18 May 2006 03:26:49 -0500

A freelancer or freelance worker is a self-employed person working in a profession or trade in which full-time employment is also common. The word's etymology was apparently invented by Sir Walter Scott, the 19th-century poet, to refer to a medieval mercenary, a "free lance," a knight who was not attached to any particular lord, and could be hired for a given task.
Fields where freelancing is especially common include journalism and other forms of writing, computer programming and graphic design, consulting, and many other professional and creative services. But the practice is widespread: for example, bounty hunters and mercenaries are freelancers, with their full-time counterparts being, respectively, the police and the military. Many sex workers are also freelancers.