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Jena Miller
Personal blog · jenamiller.com/notes-from-a-hired-penwritingcareerbusiness
Jena Miller writes Jen A. Miller, a personal blog at jenamiller.com about writing, career and business. Since 2012, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 3 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-11-02, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Jena Miller's blog for posts on freelance technical writing, including a ten-year retrospective on her freelance career. One commenter called the linked article excellent.
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What Hacker News says?
This article was excellent and is still freelancing after 10 years. http://jenamiller.com/notes-from-a-hired-pen/10-years-of-fre... And there are lots of posts out there. There are actually more posts about freelance writing, than about freelance programming. Whenever I look for articles about freelancing it seems that writers have the top spots in the Google. In sum, it's a great field. The need for more content is…
Comment linking /notes-from-a-hired-pen/10-years-of-freelancing-one-house-one-recession-and-the-best-job-in-the-world/
on “Ask HN: Freelance technical writing opportunities”Submitted Freelancers and health insurance as a story · 57 points
HN discussionSubmitted Not paying freelancers is the canary in the coal mine as a story · 7 points
HN discussion