This week, I read an article about a library director who (allegedly) said 9-year-old Tyler Weaver, who read a staggering 63 books over a 6-week period this summer, “hogs” the prizes each year, and should “step aside”, and let other kids win…
Hi Angela,
Sorry I didn’t get to your column last week, so would like to comment now. My beef is with all of the writers – many of them professional, career writers – who send their stuff to the Huffington Post for FREE! I was at the National Society of Newspaper Columnists conference last month and I was astounded by how many people submit to that outlet. It is not like they need the “exposure” so I don’t know why they do it.
Thanks for letting me question and rant!
P.S.
What do you charge for website copy? What about blog articles? Do you charge per page or per word? How about a sales letter? What are your rates for those?
Those are typical questions for clients to ask a writer these days…
I was a closet writer for years. I read dozens of books on the subject of writing, kept a journal, and attended writer’s conferences, workshops and writer’s groups. But, until I moved to a rural community in cottage country, I had never submitted a thing. I was afraid I was not good enough to get published. The community we moved to had quite the reputation. It was considered the place to live if you had any aspirations as an artist. There were dozens of studios and even a few well known authors. I felt I could not be in a better spot than this to be motivated…
When I launched WritersWeekly so long ago, Frank was only five years old. Where have the years gone?! 🙂
There has been an ongoing controversy about writing jobs that pay crappy wages. Last week, I asked you how much you’d write for. This week, we’re featuring the answers…
See this week’s letters in Angela’s article: WRITERS ANSWER – How Much Would You Write For?
Copywriting and copyblogging are two highly lucrative writing fields yet too many freelance writers continue to “grind it out” at small-time blogs, “mom-and-pop” businesses and non-profits. In some cases, these freelance writers assume that they don’t have the right credentials to land a corporate gig. In other cases, they are intimidated by the corporate world and its profit-centric terminology such as ROI, KPI, sales copy, landing page, marketing collateral, etc.
However, aside from being prefaced by the word “copy,” copywriting and copyblogging still involve writing well for an audience…
I realize I’m getting ahead of myself here as I’m yet to publish anything, but on the day I do…is choosing not to list with Amazon a realistic option?
Caleb has been here a little over a week now. He spent the first part of the summer being a private chef on yachts in Bar Harbor, Maine. Since he arrived, we’ve been taking full advantage of his culinary talents…
