Seven Years of Freelance Writing
I remember this day (January 13th) every year - it was on this day, seven years back - in 2003, my first article was published in The Hindu's Metro Plus (Thiruvananthapuram edition) as the main story. Since then, I have written for 66 publications and will touch 67th mark in February 2010.
In 2009, I devoted more time for my other interests. In writing, the long-awaited Chicken Soup for the Indian Teenage Soul was published. The anthology has one of my stories - "Grade's Don't Define You." I also sold another personal story to Chicken Soup for the Indian Woman's Soul. I worked on multiple corporate and web content writing projects apart from my regular writing assignments. And more than before, I rejected several of the offered assignments either because they wanted to work for very low rates or the topics weren't of interest to me.
For now, I am trying to win assignments from a couple of national publications. And hope I can find time to fulfill my much-cherished dream of becoming an ebook author.
Note: Check out http://indian-chronicle.blogspot.com. This week, I have posted an interview, personal essay and pictures of Indian Science Congress Expo and Kerala Gramam, held at Thiruvananthapuram during Jan 3-7, 2010.
In 2009, I devoted more time for my other interests. In writing, the long-awaited Chicken Soup for the Indian Teenage Soul was published. The anthology has one of my stories - "Grade's Don't Define You." I also sold another personal story to Chicken Soup for the Indian Woman's Soul. I worked on multiple corporate and web content writing projects apart from my regular writing assignments. And more than before, I rejected several of the offered assignments either because they wanted to work for very low rates or the topics weren't of interest to me.
For now, I am trying to win assignments from a couple of national publications. And hope I can find time to fulfill my much-cherished dream of becoming an ebook author.
Note: Check out http://indian-chronicle.blogspot.com. This week, I have posted an interview, personal essay and pictures of Indian Science Congress Expo and Kerala Gramam, held at Thiruvananthapuram during Jan 3-7, 2010.
Comments
suneetha
I have gone through the articles some are inspiring some usual stuff, the photos of Science conference are good.
But I have one question as a freelancer rather than fame or recognition is there any monetary benefits?
Why dont you write a pulp fiction instead, and earn a few bucks
Keep your business growing and exploring!
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