Six Creative Ways to Find Paying Clients if You’re a Prepper or Survival Writer + 4 Paying Markets! – by Meg Stewart
Prepping, survival, off grid, and homesteading. You just might have the knowledge these publishers need for their readers! …
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Having a Hard Time Writing Right Now? How to Overcome Creative Paralysis – by Jennifer Brown Banks
Anything that causes grief or extreme stress can affect our ability to remain creative, and to keep working. This, in turn, can result in severe loss of income. Here are some helpful tips on how to keep working through tragic life events. …
The New Attitude Towards CBD – and Opportunities For Writers! – by Hannah Jones
You can eat it, you can drink it, you can vape it, and it's HIGH TIME to get paid WRITING ABOUT IT!…
9 High-Paying Flash Fiction Markets for Writers! – by Chris Saunders
There ARE fiction periodicals that pay writers respectable amounts. Here are nine of them!…
How to Establish RESPECTFUL Limits with Clients (and preserve your sanity) by Jennifer Brown Banks
Do you accept late payments, rigid deadlines, disrespect, and poor treatment to remain in the good graces of your clients? STOP! Stop is RIGHT NOW!!…
Make LOTS of Money Writing About Prepping…Especially in a Pending Pandemic! – by Meg Stewart
Included in this article is a long list of common and obscure prepping topics, one or more of which YOU can write about! With the Coronavirus being featured in every media outlet right now, it won't take long for you to sell some prepping articles!! …
You Gotta Spend $ to Make $…but Are Writers Spending $ on the Right Things? – By Roy Stevenson
From books, to magazines, to conferences, and even a writing coach? Which investments for writers are sensible - and more likely to generate a future profit?…
5 Websites That Pay For Reviews by Karoki Githure
Writing reviews is a good way for writers to make extra money!…
It Happened To Me! Reader’s Magnet Called!! – a humorous contribution by Chris Hanly
I can't believe it! I am sooooo happy. It finally happened to me! After all these months of traveling through earthquakes, snow and ice storms, freezing temperatures, hurricanes, tornadoes, and the occasional sunny-warm days, I finally got to experience it!…
Is Your “People Pleasing” Personality Harming Your Freelance Writing Business and Income? Let’s Fix That! – by Abigail Jane
If you want to be a successful freelance writer with an amazing selection of clients who appreciate your work, then you have to stop trying to please your clients at your own expense.…
Writers, Are You STUCK? Here are 4 Way to Push Past Unexpected Obstacles – by Jane Fazackarley
Every writer has their individual challenges. It could be illness, disability, trying to juggle family commitments, or holding down a day job...…
3 Ways to Earn Passive Income from Your Writing! – by Louisa Miya
These passive income streams may need work in the beginning stages but they can pay off in the long run. Passive income is the true definition of "making money while you sleep."…
Professional Academic Writing Can Be Very Lucrative, and Does NOT Involve Helping Students Cheat! – by Mohamed Saad
Academic writing can be a lucrative income generator. Here are some tips on how to get the most out of this writing genre.…
9 Obscure Paying Markets for Writers – by Karoki Githure
With the explosion of the Internet, and subsequent globalization of the market, writers have an overwhelming quantity of markets to approach!…
10 Paying Parenting Markets for Writers! – by Meg Stewart
Includes pay rates and links to writer's guidelines for parenting publications you may have never heard of!…
How to Enjoy the Christmas Break (and all major holidays) as a Freelance Writer – by Charlotte Grainger
Sleigh bells ring, but you’re too busy working away to be listening. As Christmas looms over you, your hefty workload isn’t letting up. Here's how to manage expectations for your clients, your family, and yourself. …
NEED TO INCREASE YOUR FREELANCE INCOME? How I Created Four Sources of Income from One Idea! – by Maria Ramos Chertok
My desire to write for a living resulted in revenues from tuition, royalties, and coaching fees!…
Sending an Unsolicited Article with No Request for Payment Means NO Money for You by Harvey Randall, Esq.
Make it clear you expect to be paid. Otherwise the law says they can use your article for free.…
5 Amazing Tips to Cure Freelance Business Brain Scramble! – by Jane Fazackarley
Do you ever feel like you're working at a frantic pace just putting out fires, and not actually getting anything accomplished? I used to feel like that, too!…
What It’s Like to Run a Writing Business While Your City is Literally Under Rocket Attack – by Yocheved Golani
RED ALERT sirens were sounding. People in affected areas needed immediate shelter from incoming rockets and missiles! It doesn’t matter if you’re sleeping, awake, hospitalized, disabled, home, at work, on the highway, or elsewhere - these instruments of mass murder are coming, like it or not. …
How to Earn Extra $$ Hosting a Writers’ Group! – By Jennifer Brown Banks
From members' dues to publishing an anthology, you can make extra money by hosting a writers' group! …
Authors: Translate Your Book for More Money … But Do it Wisely – By Bradley Hall
There are more Spanish speakers around the globe than English speakers. And, they buy books.…
Are You an Arrogant Speaker? Five Rules for Enchanting Your Audience by Wendy Hobday Haugh
By following some basic guidelines, and avoiding certain pitfalls, you can make a great impression, and keep your audience enraptured!…
10 Ways to Get Repeat Assignments from a Magazine Editor – by Terry Freedman
The more repeat business you can cultivate, the easier your writing career will become. Use these ten tips to help you get more "YES" replies from editors you've written for in the past!…
We Owe Our Readers a HUGE Apology for Introducing Them to THIS ABUSIVE SCAMMER! – by Brian P. Whiddon, Managing Editor (a.k.a. “Secret Squirrel”)
We genuinely care about our readers, and everyone who has helped BookLocker.com and WritersWeekly.com become successful all these years. We never want to be indirectly responsible for anyone suffering abuse at the hands of an editor...…
How to Write to Length By Darlene Franklin
Being able to quickly and effectively adjust the length of your articles will help you sell more of your work!…
How I Used a Networking Conference to Land a Four-Figure Writing Gig! – Jonathan Rebby John
In this piece, I explain how I used the power of upfront, face-to-face communication (the kind that many of us have forgotten) to land a four-figure gig at a networking conference.…
Give Your Characters a LIFE INJECTION! – by Linda M. Gigliotti
Failure to recognize (and remember) our own emotional reactions, or those of others, can result in our fictional characters being stiff and dead. A good idea is to keep a journal, and catalog those feelings, and what caused them. You should also keep a notebook of details about interesting people you know, or have observed in public...…
Five Paying Markets for Moms Who Love to Write! – by Faiza Zafar
According to a study, more than 40% of women with full-time jobs in science leave the field, or switch to part time, after giving birth to their first child. But, does that mean women must lose their financial independence after giving birth? Absolutely not!…
Six Steps to Writing How-to Articles for Profit by John Riddle
Writing how-to articles isn't difficult and they are a great money making opportunity.…
Scammed! Three Vital Lessons I Learned from Fraudulent Clients – by Akintubi Ayodeji
I stumbled upon freelance writing while reading a tech-related blog. I did some research, and joined…
Writers: LinkedIn is Your Goldmine By Haneef Davenport
You may already be on LinkedIn but are you truly using all it has to offer when searching for new clients? …
Building a Successful Book Selling Model Isn’t Complicated or Mystical. (Psssttt! Here’s the secret…) by Richard Hoy, BoostABook.com
The secret to selling books online is NOT complicated!…