“Great!” I said. “But you’re aware that half of writing a blog is promoting it and getting it out there, right?”

If you’re a freelance writer, you’ll probably need to do an interview or two or a dozen in your time, whether you’re writing a profile or feature on a person and their work, or simply need some experts for an article. Here’s my process for conducting an interview.

Take the anxiety out of writing — especially freelance writing, which is compounded by having to create great work for others — by simply pounding out a shitty first draft.

I’ve recently started using an approach to my writing that’s keeping everything much more organized, and makes the act of writing much less daunting. What is it? Writing in Excel.