Need a little boost before your fifteenth Zoom meeting of the day?
Are you looking for somewhere to turn when the freelance workday sh*t hits the fan?
Do you need something to cushion the blow after the latest client stinging zinger?
Find relatable tales in this self-inflicted lot in life with the Freelance Times!
The Freelance Times is your walk through the life and times of freelancing as covered by the tireless news crew in Freelance Valley, a semi-fictional place where all your worst possible freelance nightmares are fully functional and coming at you as bad satire.
The Freelance Times is your go-to newspaper, born from unbelievable tales’ freelancers actually experience*. It’s your place to read all the hyperbole, bollocks, and complete and utter WTAF*ckery that makes up this here freelancing life.
Come here to share the glory and the gore of freelancing in New Zealand’s third and fourth islands**. We’ll explore common issues like:
- The good, bad, and completely outrageous side of client wrangling
- What it’s like to live on thin air in a financially reaming economy
- Those freelance peer moments that deserve Grace Tame-sized side eye
- Why your family is convinced you’re completely unemployable
- Marketing mayhem that brings all the freelancer milkshake to the yard
- The continued rewards of being a good little capitalist
All delivered irregularly with a dose of (hopefully occasionally funny) absurdist realism crusted in a delicate salting of freelancer’s tears.
Brought to you by:
Rebekah Lambert (creator, writer, lived experience expert in truly screwing this up)
Jessica Harkins (designer of merch, holder of hands, dazzler of clients)
Occasional bit of editing*** and way too much encouragement by Marian, Rah, Amy, Grace (who really didn’t expect to be named in this, so if it all goes wrong, it’s really not their fault).
Reviews
“It’s good that at least someone finds your questionable life choices amusing.”
Bek’s Mum
*experiences of the Freelance Times may vary. Reader discretion is advised.
**we’re hoping to be popular in Tasmania. (we see you baby, shaking that isle!)
***they’ve done a lot of editing. But sometimes I ignore them and it’s not their fault here, either. Take this blog for example…