HOW TO BREAK INTO THE WORLD OF SITCOM WRITING By Peter J. Fogel
Ever watch your favorite sitcom on television and think: “I can write that.” Better yet, ever…
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WRITING JOKES FOR STAND-UP COMICS By Peter J. Fogel
If you’re self-motivated and have a “funny bone” you can explore a career writing jokes, or…
WRITE WHAT YOU KNOW…NOW, JUST WHAT IS THAT? By Kimberly Ripley
Stop looking at age as a deterrent! In fact, you should regard your more "mature" years as a gift—especially with regard to freelance writing.…
HOW TO KEEP THOSE IDEAS FLOWING By Susan Miles
Like most of you, I carry around an “ideas notebook” to jot down story and article…
FUNDING WRITING PROJECTS WITH GRANTS By Danielle Westvang
Don't most writing projects start out with a big idea? It could be something that came to you while you were stuck in traffic, doodled on a scrap of paper during a boring staff meeting, or penned on a coaster while waiting for friends at some trendy new club. If you are anything like me, your best ideas come to you when you're not really trying to come up with anything brilliant...…
WRITER IN AUGUST—DOLLARS IN DECEMBER By Orpha Thomas
I can still see it. A small plastic poinsettia in faded red with three tiny lights…
STRINGER SURVIVAL By Callie Lyons
I have the best job in the world. I don't keep office hours and I'm a writer. My work is published several times a week for a readership of over 13,000 people. …
DIRECT MARKETING FOR WRITERS: TAKE A LESSON FROM COPYWRITERS WHEN PROMOTING YOURSELF By Sesselja Bigseth
Forget query letters for a while and think direct marketing instead. Not for you, you say?…
PAYING FOR REVIEWS – 2 THUMBS DOWN By M.J. Rose
A little over a year ago ForeWord Magazine began a pay for review site that created…
WHY BIG PUBLISHERS MEAN SMALL PUBLICITY By Chris Gavaler
There are six major publishing conglomerates in the United States. Each conglomerate controls any number of…
KEEP THE CASH FLOWING By Rosemary Ann Ogilvie
Every career writer has been there: weeks without a single check arriving in the mail, nails…
HOW TO LOCATE MORE MARKETS By David Geer
I don’t own a copy of Writer’s Market (the book published by Writers Digest Books). No…
A BOOK REVIEW SCAM…AND HOW TO AVOID IT – by Beth Ann Erickson
The old bait 'n switch book review scam!…
PLAY THE AGENT GAME! By Chris Gavaler
Picture an actual playing board with plastic pieces and a spinner in the middle. The spinner…
10 WAYS TO MAKE DEADBEATS PAY UP…FAST! By Angela Hoy, WritersWeekly.com
These days, publishers and editors can be pretty creative when coming up with reasons to not pay writers. We've heard it all at WritersWeekly.com Warnings! …
FOUR WAYS TO INCREASE YOUR FREELANCE INCOME By Lisa Beamer
Freelancers do what they do for a variety of reasons, not the least of which is…
FREELANCING FOR THE EDUCATIONAL MARKET! By Elaine Grannis
Working as a sales representative for an educational publisher has opened up an entirely new world…
WRITING FOR BUSINESS IS SERIOUS BUSINESS By Lloyd Lemons
I started writing for money over 20 years ago. I had no experience, no direction, no…
FABULOUS FOOD – FODDER FOR WRITERS By Christina Spence-Maharajh
Food, glorious food! There, I have your attention. We all love food, as it nourishes more…
Deducting the Home Office By A.J. Cataldo, Ph.D., CPA, CMA
What is the easiest tax form of them all? Hint: It only takes 5 minutes to…
Writing the Extraordinary Stories of Ordinary People: How to Become a Personal Historian By Stephanie Kadel-Taras
When I wrote the story of my grandmother’s life, I’d never heard the term “personal historian.”…
Turn Gigs You Already Get Into More Writing Income! By David Geer
Seven practices to give yourself a bonus! ASK FOR A BETTER CONTRACT Ask for a better…
Reselling the Sold: Ten steps to Repackaging An Article For Resale By Carolyn Burch
In sales, reselling is not usually an option unless a thing can be mass-produced, which is…
Re-Work It; Re-Write It…Re-Sell It! By Christina Spence-Maharajh
Nothing thrills a freelance non-fiction writer as much as a new sale. Chocolate may make me…
HOW TO GET BOOK SIGNINGS IN BOOKSTORES By Rickey Pittman
A new author who uses a small or P.O.D. publisher must make some important decisions about…
Should You Hire A Writing Consultant? By Peggy Vincent
After finishing my first book, BABY CATCHER: Chronicles of a Modern Midwife securing an agent and…
Writers Wanted – A Parody By Linda Avey Bullock
PUBLISHER’S NOTE: We have never run humor in this column before, but we couldn’t resist this…
Why Niche, Why Now? By Nancy Hendrickson EXCERPTED FROM: Make Money Writing for Niche Markets
This article may be freely reprinted/redistributed as long as the entire article and bio are included.…
Use This “Joke” to Land Your Next Assignment! By Angela Hoy
This article may be freely reprinted/redistributed as long as the entire article and bio are included.…
What You Must Know To Make It In Advertising By Michael Meanwell EXCERPT FROM: The Enterprising Writer: How To Earn $111,245 A Year, Writing What You Like, When You Like
Advertising says to people, ‘Here’s what we’ve got. Here’s what it will do for you. Here’s…
HOW TO MARKET AND NEGOTIATE SALES OF YOUR BOOK TO STORES By Rickey E. Pittman
I have had some success with getting my book into stores, and I want to share…
Prospecting for Markets By Larry Tritten
Freelance writers are very much like prospectors, those itinerant gold seekers represented in popular fiction as…
300,000 Copies Sold! By Kim Rose
It used to be that the label “self-published author” was loser-speak for “I couldn’t get published…
