Freelance Success Story By Sarah Kolb-Williams
Early this year, I quit my job to edit books full time. In October, I built a website. In December, I printed business cards. And by mid-February, I was free…
“I want to grow my hair as long as mommy’s!”
While Max and Mason don’t go “back to school” (homeschooling) until after Labor Day (we’re on the old-fashioned schedule), the rest of the city started this week. On Monday, on my way to get the boys a haircut, I stopped behind a school bus, and couldn’t help but notice that all the children who emerged had on new shoes. Adorable…
Nine-Year-Old (Almost) Penalized for Reading Too Many Books?! WHAT?!?
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…
WRITERS ANSWER – How much would YOU write for? – Readers Respond
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.
Why I Don’t Post My Rates on My Website By Kathleen Krueger
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…
Keep On Moving On By Diana Burns
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…
Frank’s Turning 21!!
When I launched WritersWeekly so long ago, Frank was only five years old. Where have the years gone?! 🙂
WRITERS ANSWER – How much would YOU write for?
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…
Letters To The Editor For August 14th
See this week’s letters in Angela’s article: WRITERS ANSWER – How Much Would You Write For?
How to Explode Your Freelance Writing Income with Copywriting and Copyblogging By Halina Zakowicz
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…