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Today we’re featuring a free excerpt from Writing Lessons Learned: We Learned The Hard Way So…
The term Resident Scholars creates visions of poet laureates or literary masters in a college setting…
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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.…
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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...…
I can still see it. A small plastic poinsettia in faded red with three tiny lights…
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. …
Forget query letters for a while and think direct marketing instead. Not for you, you say?…
A little over a year ago ForeWord Magazine began a pay for review site that created…
There are six major publishing conglomerates in the United States. Each conglomerate controls any number of…
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The old bait 'n switch book review scam!…
Picture an actual playing board with plastic pieces and a spinner in the middle. The spinner…
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! …
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Food, glorious food! There, I have your attention. We all love food, as it nourishes more…
What is the easiest tax form of them all? Hint: It only takes 5 minutes to…
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Nothing thrills a freelance non-fiction writer as much as a new sale. Chocolate may make me…
A new author who uses a small or P.O.D. publisher must make some important decisions about…
After finishing my first book, BABY CATCHER: Chronicles of a Modern Midwife securing an agent and…
PUBLISHER’S NOTE: We have never run humor in this column before, but we couldn’t resist this…
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