Essential Truths All Freelancers Should Know

The author working from the beach.

This year (2023) marks my five-year anniversary as a full-time freelancer. After another initially promising career imploded and left me jobless and homeless with six mouths to feed, I sort of fell backward into freelancing — I had to find some way to earn a living. I had some writing skills and experience, so I began searching online for ways to use what I knew.