Archive for May, 2010

Writing for Online Magazines – How to Find Work on the Web

Writing for Online Magazines – How to Find Work on the Web

Writing for online magazines can be profitable and interesting, especially if writers know which sites to write for! These tips for finding work on the web are based on a fellow writer’s questions about online writing jobs… “I have been regularly writing for two publications (both trade publications – one is a magazine and one [...]

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Writing Articles for Niche Markets – How to Freelance Write

Writing Articles for Niche Markets – How to Freelance Write

Some writers believe writing articles for niche markets isn’t the best way to learn how to freelance write, while niche market writers believe specialized markets are the only way to go! These tips for freelance writers will help you figure out if you’re a niche market writer… One of my readers recently pointed out that making [...]

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How to Write Productively — 5 Tips for Finding Your Own System

How to Write Productively — 5 Tips for Finding Your Own System

What are your writing goals – finish the novel, pitch more magazines, contact the best literary agent on Twitter? Knowing how to write productively will help! Here, freelance writer Thursday Bram shares five tips for finding your own system. ”A word is not the same with one writer as with another,” said Charles Péguy, the French editor, [...]

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How to Edit Your Writing – 5 Ways to Prune and Polish Your Words

How to Edit Your Writing – 5 Ways to Prune and Polish Your Words

Why do you need to know how to edit your writing? Because editing will improve your writing more than anything else (even chocolate, coffee, cigarettes, and wine).  “Most writers can’t edit,” says freelance book editor Jason Black. Does that mean most editors can’t write? No matter…if you want to learn how to edit your writing, [...]

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New Writers, Start Freelancing! 10 Tips to Make Money Writing

New Writers, Start Freelancing! 10 Tips to Make Money Writing

Yes, new writers can start freelancing and successfully break into the market. These ten tips to make money writing will help writers establish and maintain good freelance career habits and keep the bucks rolling in. Before the tips, a quip: “For every writer who makes a good living, there are 50 or so who simply [...]

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How to Find Your Blogging Voice – 8 Tips for Bloggers

How to Find Your Blogging Voice – 8 Tips for Bloggers

Knowing how to find your blogging voice – who you are as a blogger – is the first step to loving your blog! These tips for bloggers will help you answer these types of questions: What kind of blogger are you? Do you advise and instruct, or are you sharing your journey? These tips for finding [...]

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How to Write a Google Adsense Ad to Sell Your eBook

How to Write a Google Adsense Ad to Sell Your eBook

Writing an ebook is a great way to earn passive income…if you can sell it! Google Adsense advertising can be an effective way to promote and sell your book, especially if you’re armed with tips. Here’s what I learned from writing my Google Adsense ad for 73 Ways to Fire Up (or Just Fire) the Muse… Before [...]

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Want More Freelance Work? 5 Ways to Be the Writer Who Gets Hired

Want More Freelance Work? 5 Ways to Be the Writer Who Gets Hired

Some freelance writers have a steady stream of work — more writing gigs than they can handle! — while other freelancers are always job hunting. These five tips will help you be the writer who keeps getting hired… Before the tips, a quip: “The three things that are most essential to achievement are common sense, hard [...]

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