<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">The advantage of freelancing is that you can fire clients who are too much of a pain in the ass. Or at least charge them more.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Mon, Oct 1, 2018 at 8:03 AM Grant Gross <<a href="mailto:grantgross@gmail.com">grantgross@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:small">Thanks for the advice, Tom</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:small">It's not so much that I don't have enough work (although I can almost always use more), it's dealing with (some) of the clients I have now. One is making me jump through several nonstandard hoops to start working and another is complaining about the quality of work when he asked me to complete two stories under a very tight deadline. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:small">Grant</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="m_-7616519749935727847gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><font face="garamond, serif" size="2">Grant Gross</font></div></div><div><font face="garamond, serif" size="2">Freelance editor, writer, and tech policy reporter</font></div><font face="garamond, serif" size="2"><a href="http://www.grantgross.com" target="_blank">www.grantgross.com</a> <br></font></div></div><div><font face="garamond, serif" size="2"><a href="http://linkedin.com/in/grantgross" target="_blank">linkedin.com/in/grantgross</a><br></font></div><div><font face="garamond, serif" size="2">(240) 294-4921</font><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Mon, Oct 1, 2018 at 9:51 AM Tom Henderson <<a href="mailto:thenderson@extremelabs.com" target="_blank">thenderson@extremelabs.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p>Make a list. Call or email ten editors. Think of five pitches,
tailor them for each editor. Rinse, repeat.</p>
<p>Uber is definitely easier. Go to Monster.com and look up tech
writer gigs in your area-- there are plenty of them, contract and
W2. Wash your chinos and a nice shirt, shave, and do interviews. <br>
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<p>Today is a good day to start, because each day, your overhead
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<p>Best of luck!</p>
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ExtremeLabs, Inc.
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