I don’t often write or blog about traveling, but when I booked my third overseas vacation in a year, I decided to learn a few secrets of the travel writer trade! Here are ten ways to get vacation discounts for bloggers and writers (or what I learned as a travel blogger)…
Before the tips, a quip:
“The [...]

If you don’t have a writing group – but want the support and accountability of other writers – check out these three tips for joining an online writing group from guest blogger Aimee Cirucci. She’s a writer and teacher; here, she also shares how her writing group helps her sell her writing. 
Before her tips, a quip:
“I think [...]

Pitching queries that contain article ideas that actually sell is a huge part of successful freelance writing – and luckily, it gets easier and easier all the time! Here are several tips for freelance writing and generating article ideas.
First, a quip from the best-selling author Lawrence Block:
“I suspect television is a great source for story ideas. [...]

Selling the same article over and over - or different articles based on the same research – is what “selling your reprint articles” is all about. These tips for successful writers are based on info from freelance writer Gordon Burgett, author of Sell and Resell Your Magazine Articles.
Before the tips, a quip:
“To write what is worth publishing, to find honest [...]

Making your writing edgy and quirky will make your manuscript, sample chapters, or articles come alive! Writing in an edgy and quirky manner will help bring your manuscript, book proposal, or article pitch to the top of editors’ and publishers’ slush piles.
Before the tips, a quip:
“During the decades that I served as an editor and publisher, what drew my attention [...]

Finding great ideas for feature articles may be one of the most difficult parts of being a freelance writer. Luckily, it’s a writing habit that can be learned!
Take this writing quip from Jenna Glatzer: 
“Once your brain has opened up to this kind of idea generating, you’ll be amazed by how much more perceptive you’ll become in general,” Glatzer writes in Make [...]

Learn how to write a query letter that a magazine editor can’t refuse! This sample query letter was written by Diana Burrell, and resulted in an article assigned by the editors at Parenting magazine. Burrell earned $2,000 for this freelance piece. 
First, a quip for writers from Doris Lessing: 
“What I did have, which others perhaps didn’t, was a [...]

Are you an aspiring freelance writer? These tips for pitching your article ideas to magazines include a brief sample query letter. 
Before the tips, a quip: 
“The writer must believe that what he is doing is the most important thing in the world. And he must hold to this illusion even when he knows it is not true.” [...]

Most of the reasons freelance writers and novelists need to create a website or blog are about improving their writing skills, building a strong writing platform, networking, and becoming a more successful writer.
After I created my website – The Adventurous Writer – I realized firsthand the importance of websites or blogs for writers! Before setting it up, I couldn’t decide if it was worth the effort. [...]

These ten ways to find ideas to write about for magazine articles will improve your chances of getting published and help you become a successful writer…
First, 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.”
Ideas [...]