Kate Bohdanowicz

AS we’re eight days into 2015, it’s possibly a little too late to say: ‘Happy New Year’, but still perfectly acceptable for ‘Happy Newish Year’. So Happy Newish Year reader (or readers if my mum is…

It’s been a year since I started freelancing. This is what I’ve learnt.

It’s unpredictable but never dull. One pitch. You’re one pitch away from a new project. I’ve woken up…

Any freelancer will tell you times are hard. There’s less money to go around and more of us are carving out ‘portfolio’ careers having been freed - or let go - from the secure but staid shackles of…

I’m writing this from bed.

Yes it’s gone noon but I’m not bone idle. I’ve been on my laptop since 7am and so far I’ve got quite a lot done. (I’m copywriting for a website and I’ve sent some…

I spent half-term working six days on the features desk of a national newspaper. It was great. Not only did it boost the coffers in a way that my eight-hours a week teaching job doesn’t but also, after…