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Originally from a small town called Darlaston – about ten miles north of Birmingham – I moved to West Sussex about ten years ago to help develop one of the first online retailers. Having recently moved to Shropshire I am now enjoying the working from home life in a semi rural location.
I have been a freelance writer and journalist for about fifteen years. Eight of them were spent doing various other jobs such as bookshop assistant, print finisher and returns clerk for a large library supplier, with the writing taking up evenings and any of my spare time. As you can see, much of my life so far has been spent working with books and publishing of one kind or another.
My time as an employee came to a conclusion some six years ago with redundancy, so I took the opportunity – and the money – to see if I could survive as a full-time freelance writer. That was five years ago. There have been some lean times – just ask my wife, Joanne. But after tasting the freelance life, there’s no going back.
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I just noticed that Freelance UK’s website has had a radical makeover. The new design looks great. The site has always been a good source of help and advice for the freelance community. They also have the Freelance Alliance that you can sign up for that the site describes as a: ‘network for media and creative freelancers based in the UK. It is a unique sales platform where companies, agencies and indeed other freelancers, can search for freelance workers.’
Comment by Helen James on 30 June 2008:
Just to say thank you for the kind words about our new look and content! They are much appreciated.
Thanks also picking up on http://www.freelancealliance.co.uk - it’s something a bit different; as well as being able to sell your freelance services you can also team up with others to form a ready-made creative team. So as a writer you could form an alliance with other members, say a photographer and graphic designer to land the bigger projects that previously were the territory of ‘bricks and mortar’ agencies. We hope that with the increased flexibility and lower overheads it opens more doors for UK freelancers.
Always good to hear people enjoying the freelance life. Keep up the good work!
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