While there’s no “winning formula” to writing excellent query letters, it is good to see how published freelance writers pitch their ideas. So, here’s a query letter I sent to MSN Health, which they accepted a couple days later.
“The most effective query letters get into the specifics from the very first line,” write the experts [...]

New York Times bestseller Vicki Pettersson, who is working on her fourth book, spoke at the Surrey International Writers’ Conference about self-sabotage, goals and habits.
Outwardly, Pettersson looks like a writing success. But, like most writers, she struggles with motivation, time, and energy. She doesn’t feel totally successful…
“I just feel like I’m failing forward,” says Pettersson. [...]

During my massage the other day, I realized that my massage therapist could only earn money while she was actually working. But the best way to get rich is to earn money on something(s) while you do other things. For a writer, this means people paying for your old articles and buying your past books while [...]

Coming up with a brilliant idea only 10% of the battle; getting your book or article published is the rest. Check out these writing tips on getting published - there’s encouragement, practical advice, and hope for both fledgling and professional scribes! 
First, here’s some magazine writing advice from a former executive editor of Working Mother: 
“What we [...]

There are hundreds of excellent published writers out there…and they’ve spilled their secrets here! This is a round-up of “the best writing advice I ever heard” from a huge variety of writing professionals. 
First, here’s a bit of writing advice from writer and editor Sol Stein: 
“Journalists know that short sentences step up pace,” writes Stein in [...]

Here’s a list and brief description of some of the best freelance writing books I’ve read. Most aren’t one-time reads - they’re solid resources for a writer’s bookshelf.
First though, a quip from a “real” writer:
“Books are like lobster shells; we surround ourselves with ’em, then we grow out of ‘em and leave ‘em behind, as evidence of our [...]

Within the past three weeks I’ve created two websites, using themes create by Michael Pollock at Solostream. Here are the top 10 things I’ve learned from creating my blogs (I actually lived to tell about it!). 
But first, I gotta give you a writing quip…else I wouldn’t be doing my job. This writing quotation is from Winston Churchill; if [...]

I’ve been earning a living as a full-time freelancer for almost a year now, and just today landed an assignment from a huge American publication. Here’s my 10 steps to making it as a freelancer - which could just as easily be your 10 steps!
An extra writing tip: I’m not disclosing the name of the magazine I’m writing [...]