Lindy Alexander - Creating success as a freelance writer

enApril 10, 2023

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About this Episode

In this episode I’m chatting to Lindy Alexander. Lindy Alexander is an Australian freelance food and travel writer who regularly contributes to international publications such as The Telegraph, The Guardian, The Sydney Morning Herald and more. Lindy is the founder of The Freelancer's Year - a popular blog and hub for online writing courses and resources for aspiring and established freelance writers. In this interview we chat about how Lindy created a successful freelance writing business, and then also went on to create a second course creation, coaching and mentoring business supporting other writers to do the same.

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