The Freelance Fraud
Diyora Shadijanovapractical advice for freelancers in media and creative industries
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On sharing creative work in the age of *content*
I meet so many talented people all the time. The other week I was at a literary magazine launch and sat next to a young woman in the audience. She was bright and bubbly and her head was full of thoughts. Currently a student, she said she da...
Where's my money!? How to handle late payment
Overdue payments cause some of the biggest stresses in my life. Sure, it might take me a billion years to invoice a business for my work, but once I have sent all the relevant bits and pieces, I expect the money to be in my account around t...
Reality check: the importance of a stable income
So… it’s been a little while — almost two years, to be precise.
Welcome back to The Freelance Fraud, the newsletter where I write about my personal and professional struggles as a freelance writer and journalist with actual, practical advi...
The freelance journalist toolkit - what equipment do you *actually* need?
Welcome to The Freelance Fraud, the newsletter where Diyora Shadijanova writes about her personal and professional struggles as a freelancer with actual, practical advice. This week, she’s kindly handed the reins over to me (Moya Lothian-Mc...
Dealing with pitch paralysis
Happy New Year! And welcome back to another series of The Freelance Fraud.
I was doomscrolling the other morning and saw an article about something I’ve been thinking about for the past FIVE MONTHS. It was a trend I spotted on TikTok in th...
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