Jen A. Miller
Notes from a Hired Pen: Playing the “Yes, and?” game as a freelance writer
Notes from a Hired Pen: How to sell an op-ed
Notes from a Hired Pen: What’s the vibe right now?
Notes from a Hired Pen: Update on topics I’ve covered in the last year
Notes from a Hired Pen: Reader mailbag – Do you worry about more competition after media layoffs?
Notes from a Hired Pen: How I handled email while away
Notes from a Hired Pen: Mailbag time! What would you be writing if money were no object?
Notes from a Hired Pen: How to answer a pitch call
Notes from a Hired Pen: I printed out my 21-year-old pitch spreadsheet. Here’s what I learned
Notes from a Hired Pen: Mailbag time! How do I break into feature writing?
Notes from a Hired Pen: How I use LinkedIn (yes really)
Notes from a Hired Pen: 5 things to do during the summer doldrums
Notes from a Hired Pen: Recommendation Round Up
Notes from a Hired Pen: What do you do when a story is killed
Notes from a Hired Pen: Pausa de hidratacion
Notes from a Hired Pen: 2026 half time check in
Notes from a Hired Pen: Writing pitches is easy. Selling pitches is hard.
Notes from a Hired Pen: What do you do if a source insults you?
Notes from a Hired Pen: Put a little pop culture into your work
Notes from a Hired Pen: What an optimal writing process looks like
Notes from a Hired Pen: Recommendation Round Up
Notes from a Hired Pen: Holiday week pep talk!
Notes from a Hired Pen: Three ways freelancers can use the library
Notes from a Hired Pen: How did this get made – Independent Banker
Notes from a Hired Pen: Highlights from England and France
Notes from a Hired Pen: 10 things PR people should know about trying to work with me
Notes from a Hired Pen: Writing your own book reviews – what a concept!
Notes from a Hired Pen: Results of a March Marketing Sprint
Notes from a Hired Pen: Three things I learned while speaking out about AI
Notes from a Hired Pen: The freedom of letting part of your writing dream go
Notes from a Hired Pen: Why did someone call me a scammer?
Notes from a Hired Pen: My letter to the editor about AI slop (and why I gave it away for free)
Notes From a Hired Pen: What scammers called me this week
Notes from a Hired Pen: No, reporters don’t need your “consent” to publish a story
Notes from a Hired Pen: Why I avoid email interviews
Notes from a Hired Pen: Remembering Dan McQuade
Notes from a Hired Pen: Happy 21st birthday to my full time freelance writing career!
Notes from a Hired Pen: Mailbag time! Questions about my year in review
Notes from a Hired Pen: My $115,732.50 freelance year
Notes from a Hired Pen: I made $12,000 by following up this year (maybe)
Notes from a Hired Pen: Independent media that got me through the year
Notes from a Hired Pen: Recommendation Round Up
Notes from a Hired Pen: One thing to do before the end of the year
Notes from a Hired Pen: Has my work been affected by AI?
Notes from a Hired Pen: A little bit of trail magic
Notes from a Hired Pen: You don’t owe clowns anything
Notes from a Hired Pen: Listen to the words of a man who scams freelancers
Notes from a Hired Pen: What do I do about my disorganizated editor?
Notes from a Hired Pen: What to do if the internet is talking about you
Notes from a Hired Pen: 6 things I won’t do as a freelancer
Notes from a Hired Pen: How did this get made? Slate
Notes from Hired Pen: How do you write ebooks?
Notes from a Hired Pen: 21 observations from my time in Italy
Notes from a Hired Pen: Wandering back
Notes from a Hired Pen: Wired and Business Insider duped by fake AI freelancer
Notes from a Hired Pen: Trust the process
Notes from a Hired Pen: The Italian Job
Notes from a Hired Pen: Ciao, for now
Notes from a Hired Pen: How do you deal with procrastination?
Notes from a Hired Pen: 4 freelancer things annoying me right now
Notes from a Hired Pen: What do you do when an editor ghosts you?