The Freedom of Freelance
In our Internet connected world, with the right credentials you can be on the editorial staff of a major magazine or other publication and only go as far as the next room to sit down at your computer. More ...
Writing e-Newsletters ? Tricks of the Trade
An emailed newsletter serves much the same purpose as a traditional company newsletter. Think of it as a short newspaper ? but instead of relating to a town, city or country, it relates to your business. More ...
Writing For Local Businesses
Many writers concentrate all their efforts on trying to sell their work to national publishers and magazines. And yet, by doing so they are overlooking a huge potential market which is literally on their own doorstep. More ...
The Realities of Being a Writer
When I tell people I'm a writer, they step back, their eyes go wide and they say 'Wow. That must be exciting!' The writer's life must be such a thrilling life. There is a vast difference between the fantasy of being a writer and the reality of being a writer. More ...
How to Write Dialogue
Dialogue is an essential part of a story and writers strive to make sure the conversations written in stories, books, plays and movies sound as natural and authentic as they would in real life. More ...
Becoming an Online Word Compactor
Writing for online publication differs from writing for print. One difference is length; online pieces tend to be less than 1,000 words in length. Long text passages are difficult to read on-screen, so the key to writing successfully online
is to become a "word compactor". More ...
Different Tasks of a Copywriter
It is difficult to come up with an exact description of a copywriter. The best way of doing so is to show what exactly what a copywriter does. More ...
Get Paid Writing For The Yahoo! Contributor Network
Yahoo! Contributor Network is a system that allows you to submit your own reviews, news, articles and other material to Yahoo! If they use it on their network of websites you get paid for it. More ...
12 Ways to Improve Your Newsletter's Format
Has your newsletter kept the same format for over a year? Is your newsletter's format based on a currently available template? If so, you may be losing subscribers and money. Over the last year, several major changes have occurred on the Internet. More ...
Three Overlooked Keys to Making Outstanding Games
In my many years of independent game development and watching with other independent teams there are three main crucial points that I see young game developers completely miss over and over again. More ...
Popular Young Adult Fiction Themes
Young Adult fiction has exploded over the past few years. The Young Adult audience (pre-teens and teens between 13 and 18 years old) is a hot market, steadily growing in popularity and garnering the attention of young readers. More ...
Freelance Writers Marketing 101
The one thing all freelance writers should begin doing at some point in their career is marketing themselves. There are so many ways to do that these days that the list is literally off the charts. So what can YOU do to help market yourself as a great freelance writer? More ...
Seven Online Writing Jobs
Many have been pulling themselves out from the 9-5 rat race. They're looking for an alternative way to earn a living without the rigors of daily grooming, the workplace settings, health concerns, car repairs and more. Well, rest assured that there are many online opportunities that are waiting for you. More ...
How to Rewrite Someone Else's Story
You don't need to come up with your own story from scratch, there are tons of short stories out there that have potential, but they need you to give them a little improvement. More ...
