When I started out in corporate writing in 1997, I relied heavily on Bob Bly’s book Secrets of a Freelance Writer. Now that I’m getting back into the field, I’m reading his book again. It’s brimming with useful information.
You can sign up for Bly’s free monthly e-newsletter called The Direct Response Letter and get …
Nov 26, 2008 Advice, Writer Q&A, Writing
This article is reprinted with permission from Marcia Layton Turner’s fab newsletter Become a Six-Figure Writer.
The road to writing wealth begins with catching a potential client’s attention. This is true whether your goal is to break into book publishing, magazine article writing, web copywriting, corporate writing, or some other writing niche. But getting your email …
Nov 24, 2008 Advice, Marketing, Query letters
Let’s just admit it: this world economic meltdown really sucks. It sucks for everyone, and it sucks for us writers, as we watch magazines fold, pages shrink, websites shut down, editors getting their pink slips (and we all know, another name for a laid-off editor is a new freelancer).
Although times weren’t nearly as bad then …
Nov 21, 2008 Advice, Personal yammerings, Self improvement, Writing
I learned this morning that Lori Hall Steele, the gifted writer who’d been battling ALS or Lyme Disease, passed away yesterday at age 44. I know many of you gave generously to help save Lori’s home earlier this fall. As soon as I learn the address of where to send condolences to her family, I’ll …
Nov 20, 2008 Writers
Yesterday, freelancer and Renegade Writer course instructor Alison Stein Wellner blogged on her website about her very first effort to get published — at age 8! (She even included the actual query letter sent to Highlights, along with the story she was selling. Already a pro before she hit junior high!)
My parents tell me that …
Nov 18, 2008 Query letters, Writing
