Before I created my website - theAdventurousWriter.com - I really struggled with whether it was worth the effort. Plus, I thought it was a little egocentric. “Look at me, everyone! Look what I can do!” It was only after creating my website that I realized how important it is. 
Here are the benefits of creating a [...]

Can you earn a living as a freelance writer? That depends on how much you want to earn, how you define “freelance writer”, and what you’re willing to do.
Here’s a writing quip from Robert Bly’s Secrets of a Freelance Writer: How to Make $100,000 a Year or More. (Click the book cover for more information about [...]

Here’s one of my writing pet peeves: “Ideas for articles are everywhere! All you have to do is stand in line at the grocery store, and you’ll overhear a conversation that’ll lead to a fascinating article idea.” Please. Who wants to read about grocery store conversations? 
Even if ideas really were everywhere, would Ladies’ Home Journal [...]

Professional writers - whether they’re freelancers or hold a permanent paid position - have several things in common. Here are 7 of those traits.
First, let’s see what Elmore Leonard says about writing success…
“Success seems like kind of a fluke to me. It’s not based on merit, since not everyone has the same opportunities. For me, it was [...]

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 [...]