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The housewives guide to competing for freelance work

How to actually find rewarding work from home?  Chandrika Gadiewasam for kathru.com Be available. Be dependable. And deliver on time!  You know who they are, they sidle up to you at various functions and say that they are looking for work, and giggle bashfully and say can you send some work their way.  Comfortable looking,…
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November 20, 2023 0
5 ways Sri Lankan freelance writers can be successful

5 ways Sri Lankan freelance writers can be successful

A short guide on how to find great clients and how to fire bad ones.


July 15, 2022 0

Pricing your work as a freelance writer

One of the biggest problems I see among freelance writers is pricing. More specifically, clients haggling for lower rates.  “Can you give me a better rate?”  I’ve been a writer for ten years now and to this day, it erks me when clients still try to bargain for the value of my work. It’s surprising…
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September 26, 2021 1

How to find work as a freelance writer in Sri Lanka

Writing is a skill you learn and build over time. It grows with you and evolves when you run with it. Once you start, it’s a matter of consistently applying yourself to it. I already spoke about setting up the basics to become a freelance writer in Sri Lanka. This article is part 2 of…
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January 6, 2020 0

How to become a freelance writer in Sri Lanka

I’ve been writing for eleven years now in both a freelance and full-time capacity, and my answer to that is, “There is no one degree/qualification that you can do in Sri Lanka to make it, other than, to write and write and write.”  There are a few things that worked for me, which I’d like…
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August 27, 2018 2