I’ve been a freelance writer for nearly 10 years now. It seems such a crazy thing to say, given that in my 20s I couldn’t ever imagine a time when I wouldn’t be a social worker.

When I started freelancing, I never had a vision to become a full time freelance writer, I was simply seeing if I could write something that someone wanted to publish.

It’s been a lovely, organic journey, but it does mean that there are things I wish I had done differently.

Over the past three years, I’ve invoiced for over $100K each year. And in 2018 and 2019, I only worked 3 – 4 days a week. I’m not saying this to boast, but as an antidote to all the industry doom and gloom about how hard it is to make a living as writer.

So if you want to make $100K (or more) a year from your writing or even if you just want to boost your income, here are my secrets to being a six-figure freelance writer.

If you’re like me, you’re probably feeling as though you are limping to the end of 2019. In fact, I debated if I would even write blog posts for the next couple of weeks because I figured that most freelancers are ready to switch off for the year. But, I’ve been writing this blog for three full years and I haven’t missed a weekly post in all that time, so I wasn’t about to start now. But this post is short and sweet. I promise.

Okay, so I know the title of this post could be misleading. I don’t mean to say that there is only one thing freelance writers should never do. Because, of course, there are multiple sins in the freelance world. But recently I’ve had similar conversations with different editors and all have mentioned one thing that freelance writers do that was unforgivable in their eyes.

While I love freelancing, there’s no doubt that at times I steer my ship in the wrong direction. Each year I write down my goals