Imposter Syndrome and freelancers If there’s one thing that raises its ugly head from time to time, and threatens to undermine all freelancers, it’s imposter syndrome. I don’t know a single freelancer who hasn’t been hit with it at some point. It starts off as a niggle … ‘Oh, I do that differently to Freelancers R…
Right, let’s admit something right at the start. Talking to someone you don’t know, even if it’s by email, is scary (don’t even get me onto phone calls!). We always worry about seeming too formal/informal/pushy/weak/ignorant etc. It can be worse when the communication is about hiring someone – do you know enough to hire the…
The facts about editors Whenever the dreaded topic ‘what do you do for a living’ rears its ugly head, it’s time to take a deep breath. There are so many career myths out there, but being an editor has its own. Many people don’t actually know what we really do. The word editor either springs…