Janice Hally's first blog post!

Posted by Janice Hally Oct 26, 2008

From my study at the top of the house, I look across a valley full of fruit and walnut trees which is scattered with medieval chateaux and small villages built of golden stone. There's a clear blue sky, and the autumn colours in the trees are dazzling in the sunlight. My home is a 200 year old farmouse in a tiny hamlet in South West France, and it's a long, long way from Glasgow in my native Scotland. To live and work here in France is a move I could never have made if it wasn't for the fact that I'm a freelance writer.

While it may be a life of insecurity, never knowing where the next job is coming from, there's no denying that the freedom to live and work wherever you like is one of the great benefits.

And it's all thanks to the internet. As long as you have internet connections, it's possible to be in contact with editors and publishers all over the world. In a second, your article or manuscript can be in the hands of someone10,000 miles away.

This is my first blog as Feature Writer for Freelance Writing, and I hope that the articles you find here will show that the world is a very small place when it comes to working as a freelance writer and selling your work. Whether you're in Beijing, Baltimore, or Budapest, this is the place to be.