The life of a freelancer can be wonderful, you get to work from home, how and when you like, you have no boss breathing over your shoulder or telling you how things should be done and you can spend the day working in your dressing gown.

Of course, that’s only if you are getting paid.

A few minutes ago we did a sneaky update. It added two features, comment reply notifications and a facility for our writers to put their own private thoughts on the site. These are mine. Enter at your peril.