This is a guest post by Anna O’Brien, a mixed animal veterinarian and writer based in Maryland. I know you’ll all enjoy learning about her experience and strategies for building a business as a freelance writer focusing on pets and other animals.

Hi, folks! Elliott asked me to write a short bit on my experiences as a freelance writer in hopes that I may impart some helpful tips for those out there who may be writing and not getting published, or not getting paid, or otherwise not getting where...