You could also think about freelancing with a business partner who does the majority of the face-to-face or phone work with clients. I ran across this interest

You could also think about freelancing with a business partner who does the majority of the face-to-face or phone work with clients. I ran across this interesting freelance/consulting contract yesterday: https://github.com/ashedryden/freelance-contract https://github.com/ashedryden/freelance-contract. It stipulates that all the day-to-day communication is text-based, with in-person or phone meetings as needed but scheduled 2 days in advance. With that kind of contract, you could realistically avoid dealing with most in-person/phone client stuff, or do it alongside your business partner if needed. I don't think this kind of arrangement would look abnormal to a client. There's efficiency reasons for wanting everything text-based (IM, Basecamp, etc.) and for having a single point of contact for phone/voice meetings (your business partner).