With so many writers trying to make a living writing, why aren’t more writers talking about money? Manjula Martin seeks to break the silence with her new anthology, Scratch: Writers, Money, and the Art of Making a Living, which was published by Simon & Schuster in...
It’s no secret that for today’s bloggers, there’s many websites offering free, high-quality stock photography. While lots of these websites are wonderful, the sheer volume of images available on them can be overwhelming to mine through. These sites tend to be...
Imagine a writing job where you get to choose when, where and with whom you work. You have the freedom pick your projects, and any money you earn goes right into your own pocket, because you’re the boss. Of course, such a job does exist: Being a freelance writer...
You made the leap of faith of becoming a full-time freelance writer and are pitching pieces left and right hoping someone bites. Seasoned freelancers know their niche, how and who to pitch, but beginners may feel a bit lost and not know where to get started. While...
What’s the #1 roadblock stopping people from writing their novels? For some people, it’s writer’s block: I don’t have an idea, I don’t know what should happen next, etc. (If that’s you, I recommend reading Monica Leonelle’s guide to beating writer’s block and getting...
First impressions last, so it’s important to knock the first piece for a new editor out of the park if there’s going to be any hope of steady assignments in the future. Fortunately (or unfortunately, if you’re one of them), many freelance writers make small, fatal...
It’s been 30 days since you sent a big invoice to that big client for the work you performed, and they still haven’t paid. So you send a polite reminder note despite the panic and frustration rising up inside. (You don’t want to burn a powerful bridge, after all, and...
It’s every freelancer’s nightmare. You send an invoice, and wait. And wait. After your standard term is up, you send a reminder. And wait. Crickets. You’ve got a non-paying client on your hands. Every attempt to communicate with them is ignored, or brushed off....
Editor’s note: Looking for our most updated list of best writing websites? Here’s our list for 2021. What do you picture when you imagine yourself writing? Are you quietly tapping away on your office desktop computer in the early morning hours? Maybe...
Why do so many writers go ballistic when they get a bad review? Why do we RAGE at the single one-star review on Amazon and ignore the fifty good ones? Why do best sellers perceive a good, but unstarred review on Publishers Weekly as a wrenching rejection? Are we all...
