Category: Freelance Writing
4 Signs You Need to Reevaluate Your Writing or Publication Goals
To be successful, writers need to step away from their career goals (whether that’s getting a book published, maintaining a personal blog, or freelancing for national magazines) regularly. We need to jump off the merry-go-round of pitching ideas, researching books or articles, and blogging our hearts out to figure out where our career is going! [...]
How to Fail and Bounce Back as a Writer, Blogger, or Freelancer
Feel like a failure as a writer, blogger, or freelancer? You’re not alone. Use these tips for failing and bouncing back as a writer to help you overcome rejection, criticism, and hard knocks. I’m driven to write this because I’ve recently received criticisms on both this website and Quips and Tips for Couples Coping With Infertility. Criticisms [...]
Example of a Query Letter for Unpublished Writers
This example of a query letter for unpublished writers (writers who don’t have magazine clips yet) will help writers land their first magazine assignment – I hope! I’m posting this because a reader asked for an example of a beginner’s query letter on my Tips for Improving Your Query Letters article. Before the query letter [...]
Ideas for Writers Who Travel, But Who Don’t Write About Traveling
I’m a writer who travels often, and I’m ashamed to say I don’t write about traveling for magazines or websites. In fact, travel writing is my least favorite type of writing (and reading, really) – but, luckily, there are other things to write about while traveling! Before my “travel” writing tips, a quip: “For my part, I travel [...]
The Best Ways to Invest in Your Writing Career
Entrepreneurs – whether they’re successful writers or just launching a freelance career – need to invest financially in their business. Here are the best ways to invest in a writing career, ranging from getting organized to buying a Mac (but I’m not sold on Macs yet!). “Sometimes, you have to spend money to make money,” [...]
5 Over-Used Words and Phrases for Writers to Avoid
Want to improve your writing? Avoid these five over-used words and phrases! These writing tips are from a successful writer who isn’t just my regular guest blogger – she’s a recent Top 10 Blogs for Writers winner. I’ve learned a lot from freelancer Susan Johnston – such as how to increase my blog readership, earn [...]
Networking Tips for Successful Writers – How to Get More Writing Jobs
One of the best ways to land freelance writing gigs is to network with successful writers – and here are several tips that will help you do that, and get more writing jobs! P.S. None of them involve bidding on jobs or visiting Craigslist or exploring Elance (not that there’s anything wrong with that)… Before [...]
Magazine Writing Jobs – A List of Magazine Editorial Staff
Whether you’re looking for a magazine writing job or pitching an article idea, you’ll find this list of editors and writers helpful. Magazine editorial staff ranges from the editor-in-chief to the editorial assistant — and both jobs contain their share of joy and pain! Here’s a taste of what a magazine editor-in-chief can do: “Not [...]
How to Write an Author Bio to Accompany Your Byline
How do you write an author bio (biography) to accompany your byline? Here are examples of long and short author bios, plus tips for writers of magazine articles, book contributions, book proposals, or blog posts… Just the other day I was asked how to write a bio by a fellow writer on Twitter. The same [...]
5 Essential Tips for Better Writing From a Publication Coach
Publication coach Daphne Gray-Grant offers five tips for better writing, which range from writing in “dribs and drabs” to creating a mind map. She also explains why it’s crucial to separate writing from editing — and says this is her most essential tip for better writing! Here’s what Gray-Grant thinks about how schools teach writing [...]
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