1) Exclusively Anglo word 2) Exclusively Saxon word 3) Function independently 4) Home work 5) Kind of writer 6) Like many writers 7) Like most paparazzi 8) Like some writers 9) Not on the payroll 10) Self-employed 11) Self-supporting 12) Work on spec 13) Working for yourself 14) Word with Anglo-Saxon origins 1) Independent 2) Paid 
In business on your own, selling your own services. A freelance writer, artist, plumber and so on.
[n] - a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them
In business on your own, selling your own services. A freelance writer, artist, plumber and so on.
self-employed adjective working for yourself