Author Archive: Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen
Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen is a full-time wordsmith and blogger in Vancouver, BC. Known as the Adventurous Writer, she created six "Quips and Tips" websites, and has written four "Quips and Tips" ebooks.
Should I Quit My Job to Work as a Writer for Hire?
The $1,000,000 question: “Should I quit my job to work as a writer for hire?” Here are a few tips to help you figure out if you’re ready to work as a freelancer full-time. For me, the biggest sign that I didn’t want to continue working as a freelancer was that I quickly wearied of pitching new article [...]
How to Start a Writing Blog – Tips for New Bloggers
Knowing how to start a writing blog is less important than just jumping into the fray! Nevertheless, these tips for new bloggers will help you blog better – whether you’ve been blogging for ten years or ten days (or you’re just thinking about blogging….). Before the tips, a quip: “Writing a book [blog] is an adventure: To begin with, [...]
Business Writing Jobs and Rates – How Much Do Writers Make?
This list of business writing jobs and rates will answer the question, “How much do writers make?” Note that these are business writing jobs and rates – they don’t include web writing, print magazine articles, book royalties, or blogging income. If you want to make money as a freelance writer, you need to read Robert W. [...]
10 Blogging Guidelines to Set Before Getting Paid to Blog
Setting professional blogging guidelines will protect you and your client. Before getting paid to blog – or hiring a blogger – get these business blogging guidelines in writing. “Typically, business bloggers are paid an hourly rate, a rate per post, or a monthly fee for a set amount of work,” writes Susan Gunelius in 30-Minute [...]
Yes, You Can Make a Living as a Writer! 5 Money Writing Tips
Do not listen to the nay-sayers; you can make a living as a writer. These “money writing tips” will take your freelance writing to the next level – even if you only follow one or two of my suggestions! Making a living as a writer isn’t as hard as people say, unless you’re a literary [...]
Freelance Writing Pay Rates – How Much Money Do Writers Make?
These freelance writing pay rates will help answer the typical question: “How much money do writers make?” This list of writing jobs and rates for magazines and newspapers is from one of my favorite freelance books: Writer’s Market. “If you’re a beginning freelance writer, or don’t know many other freelancers, you may wonder how anyone manages to earn [...]
Examples of SMART Writing Goals for Getting Published
Writers, the best way to achieve your goal of getting published is to set SMART goals. These examples are based on my success as a freelance writer and blogger… Before the tips, a quip: “Don’t try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say. It’s the [...]
How Do I Write a Book? Fiction Writing Tips From a Bestselling Author
Asking “How do I write a book?” is the first step to getting published! These fiction writing tips are from bestselling author Barbara Taylor Bradford. She’s written dozens of books, and her advice applies to writers of all genres — including freelance writers, bloggers, and web writers. Here’s what Bradford says about getting published: “Basic writing ability is [...]
What Should I Blog About? 5 Tips for Bloggers Who Have No Ideas
All bloggers eventually ask, “What should I blog about?” These blogging tips will help if you have no ideas, and catapult you from “casual blogger” to “professional blogger” (a blogger who makes money blogging…it’s a sweet ride, fellow scribes!). These tips focus on writing blog posts — not creating new blogs. Before the tips, a [...]
Need Story Writing Help? 6 Ways to Write Better Fiction
Need story writing help? Check out these six ways to write better fiction. Don’t just read these story writing tips; apply them to each sentence, paragraph, and page of your writing. Reading tips is easy — actually putting them into action is the hard part! Before the tips, a quip: “A writer is somebody for whom writing is more [...]
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