As a full-time freelance writer without a Journalism degree, I’ve learned things the hard way. Here are 8 lessons I’ve learned from writing for magazines. 
First, a quip for writers from Natalie Goldberg: 
“A student in a workshop walked up to me swinging his briefcase. “Hi, I’m an engineer. I make $46,000 a year. How long do [...]

Earning a living as a full-time freelance writer is easier when you know what it means to be a good employee/entrepreneur. Check out these 10 characteristics of a busy freelance writer.
First, one of my favorite writing quips:
“In the end, writing skills are mostly absorbed, not learned. Like learning to speak as a native speaker, learning [...]

Your introduction or lead could very well be one of the most important parts of your article, book, essay, or menu. Since effective writing is about great introductions, here are three examples of gripping leads from Between Interruptions: 30 Women Tell the Truth About Motherhood.
So, I’m reading this book about writing called The New Writer’s Handbook, [...]

What sort of writing advice do you need? I’ve got a great link to the newest writing niches, encouragement for writers, interviews with novelists, poetry about the challenges of writing, and some writing resources.
Check out this Writing Carnival on Missy Frye’s Just Write Blog Carnival. A writing carnival - or any type of online carnival [...]

Book publishers and editors make mistakes all the time. Publishers buy books and articles that turn out to be duds, and refuse ones that could have launched their publishing careers. Here’s why you shouldn’t feel skewered if a book publisher or magazine editor doesn’t accept your writing.
But first, a writing quotation from Blaise Pascal.
“If a publisher [...]