We had such great success with our new Renegade Writer courses that we’re offering them again! Check out the new dates…we have courses starting on April 28 and May 5. And keep an eye on that page…we’ll be adding courses on travel writing, idea generation, and more exciting topics.
Here’s what students have had to say …
Mar 14, 2008 Classes, News you can use
I recently read an article on how to beat the competition — in any kind of business. In short, the author says that you should do the work that others can’t or won’t do.
That concept has really worked for me. Several months ago, on the advice of my life coach, I started billing myself as …
On a writer’s board I belong to, journalists are buzzing about the latest scandal to hit the memoir-writing industry, the story of Margaret Seltzer a/k/a Margaret B. Jones, who wrote a book about her foster childhood in south central LA running drugs for a gang. Minor little detail: Margaret was raised by her biological family …
Mar 5, 2008 Personal yammerings, Rants
Novelist and magazine writer Allison Winn-Scotch posted some terrific advice today at Ask Allison for newbie freelancers. And may I say, it’s great advice for those of us who’ve been around the block and back again. I laughed when I read, “I honestly couldn’t give two figs if a pitch or an article gets rejected. …
Mar 5, 2008 Advice, News you can use
Whenever my husband Eric has to get a shot, he pinches the skin on his hand so hard that the injection feels like nothing in comparison. Sure, the pinch hurts, but it makes Eric feel better that he’s the one controlling the pain.
We can do the same with rejections. If rejections from Family Circle and …
Mar 3, 2008 Advice, Query letters, Self improvement
