Quiet Rebel Writer

Hello all. The QRW will now take a break from the regularly scheduled program to have a little vacation. But don’t you worry - I’m not leaving you empty handed in my time of R&R. Herewith: some of the QRW’s greatest hits for your enjoyment!

How to Be a Freelancer (And Still Respect Yourself in […]

I’m always up for a challenge when it comes to reading. And as this week is very bookwormy over here at QRW, this post from Krisan got me intrigued.
So apparently the majority of adults suck when it comes to reading, both in frequency and in what’s actually read. This list from National Endowment for […]

Loyal readers will know that I loves me my sci fi. But I have qualifications. Sci Fi must not be cool and high-tech and edgy just to be all those things. Just as with this blog, where rebellion is not an end in and of itself, the mind-blowing coolness of sci fi must have a […]

Hello and welcome to the week! For those of you who caught Word Porn on Friday, you might have noticed the quick mention of my weekend plans. If any of you were concerned I had stepped out of the house looking like a hooker, going to the weekend’s Miami Vice-themed party as an homage to […]

Great testes of fire, am I glad it’s Friday.
This week the QRW was excessively productive and disciplined in her professional life, I’m happy to report. It was a week with much work to be done, and instead of backing myself into a corner of Thursday night hell, I worked my boobies off each day […]

It’s true that as freelancers we take abuse. We are at the mercy of a cruel, cold, bleak world of shitty rates, batshit crazy taxes, and isolation. All around us mediocrity reigns, whether it’s the latest reality hit of So You Think You Can Be A Crazy Cat Lady or the less than coherent diatribes […]

Hello and welcome to the week, one and all. Hope your weekends were filled with dry land, sunny skies, and some well-deserved indulgence.
On to business. If you take a look around at these internets, you’ll see a few prevailing themes surrounding freelance writing. Beneath all the articles and posts lamenting the sorry state of […]

Welcome one and all to a Friday the 13th that is (so far) free of freakish mass murderers who like to use farm implements. So we got that going for us. Not all is well in the world, of course - my hometown is under water, as is pretty much the entire state of Iowa. […]

Remember Tuesday? Glorious good times. It was on Tuesday that we talked rebellious resources for freelancing. We talked about being realistic freelancers, and our occasional need to scrounge up some background/research/inspiration pronto when we’ve promised the world, and must deliver. And then I showed you the goods, the resources under the hood and skirt that […]

We’re alone. But we’re not. See, freelancers, in many ways, have only their little ol’ selves to depend on when it comes to getting work, doing that work, getting paid, and staying sane. But you know what? This internet thing - it could just catch on.
Let’s back up. Sometimes being rebellious means being realistic. […]