Suite 101 writer Rosemary Gemmell answers the question I’m often asked: “Why do you write for Suite 101?” Here, Gemmell shares ten benefits of online writing from her own experience.
Before we jump into the reasons she loves writing for Suite, I gotta say that three out of four members of my writer’s group have written for [...]

These quick tips for writing a long or short author bio for magazine articles, book contributions, or book proposals are at the tweeted request of a fellow writer. I love getting requests – please feel free to ask me questions about writing!
As synchronicity would have it, a different author emailed me the very same day and asked [...]

These tips for maintaining more than one blog will help you become a more organized, better blogger. Many of these tips are applicable even if you just have one blog – and they’re especially important if you’re considering starting a second or third blog!
Here’s my inspiration for this post:
“How you maintain your five blogs and [...]

Financial expert Brandon Wilkins describes how successful writers can create multiple income streams – and why we want to!
Before the tips, a quip:
Never work just for money or for power. They won’t save your soul or help you sleep at night. – Marian Wright Edelman.
The ideal way to earn money is to find something that fulfills [...]

I’ve been transitioning from full-time freelance writer to full-time blogger (and will accept magazine assignments when assigned, my editor friends!). Here’s what I’ve learned so far – my tips for writers who want to blog full-time.
First, a quip from Sylvia Plath:
“And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing [...]

In this guest post, writer and syndicated blogger Lisa Nichols offers several basic ghostwriting and copyrighting tips.
“My first experience ghostwriting for someone else was some years ago” says Nichols. “I had to write quotes to be included in press releases, content for newsletters and a number of other communications as if they were written by members of senior level [...]

These seven tips for writing with a chronic illnes are from Suite101 writer Barbara Melville.
“Writing always poses challenges,” says Melville. “Having a chronic illness, disability, or indeed any circumstances that makes us housebound, can make the writing life seem overwhelming. I took a year out to write, but badly injured my back at the very [...]

These Blogging 101 key tips for web writing are from Vancouver technologist and writer Darren Barefoot, who just posted his 5,000th article on his blog. He spoke at the Surrey International Writers’ Conference in British Columbia about the fundamentals of blogging – and here’s what I learned!
First, a quip about writing:
“You don’t write because you want to [...]

These three ways to earn more money as a freelance writer occurred to me during my massage the other day. I realized that my massage therapist could only earn money while she was actually working. But the best way to get rich is to earn money on something(s) while you do other things. For a [...]

If you’re an aspiring author thinking about jumping into web writing, here are ten reasons Suite101 can be a worthwhile step in your writing career. I rounded up these tips to commemorate my two year anniversary (since I didn’t get a watch!). I started writing for Suite on October 1, 2006 and love it so much, I wanted to share my top 10 [...]