I write primarily in my specialty areas, but do take the occasional cash cow (hahaha) assignment from time to time….

As a relatively new freelance writer, I do struggle with this. On one hand, the folks at Mastercard would LOVE it if I took on any old thing that paid. Honestly, that’s kind of the mode I’m in. I will say that the advantage to doing that is that I’m expanding my circle of influence – one job is leading to another and another.

I would love to ultra-specialise. Certainly specialisation would put me in a niche from which I could make myself stand out. Being a purple cow would be cool.

I still think that maybe the way to stand out is to emphasize my writing style, and attempt to bring value to my writing though professional, conversational prose.

Yes there is quite a bit of competition, but a lot of that competition is just plain second-rate. It’s amazing how often I’ll go to a writing site and the style is darn near un-readable. It makes me think, “Hmmm, if this is what the competition is like, then I’ll do just fine!!”

Thanks for the book review. It was truly helpful.

On another note, In the next week or so I’m going to sign up here. I think the idea is sound, and I want to have a focus on my portrait separate from Tumblemoose.

Cheers!

George