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✍️ How to Build a Full-Time Freelance Writing Career with Allison Lau

A look into what it's like to pivot careers and build a successful freelance writing career from scratch with Allison Lau.

Today's guest is Allison Lau — published author, PhD scientist, developmental editor, and ghostwriter — which, when you think about it, makes her the perfect person to help writers tell their most authentic stories, because she's living that process herself in real time.

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Allison Lau writes the Substack Monkey Girl, where she serializes her STEMinist romcom Love Letter to Wanderlust, chronicles her path to getting agented and published, and writes beautifully honest essays about reclaiming the pieces of yourself you thought you'd lost.

Another piece of this interview that’s exciting is that Allison found her path to freelancing in part through the ✍️ Make Writing Your Job community and has landed several featured jobs from our writing job board.

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