This is a guest post from Amy Paturel, who teaches our 6-week e-course Essay Writing: How to Find the Story in You — and Sell It, which starts on August 31. Amy has published essays in major women’s magazines, regional newspapers, niche publications, and general interest magazines. She has been featured twice in Newsweek’s “My …… Click here to keep reading…
Aug 13, 2009 Writing
As a full-time freelance writer who typically juggles as many as 13 assignments at different stages of completion at one time, I’m very interested in increasing my productivity. I want to be handling my various tasks, from interviewing and researching to writing and invoicing, as efficiently as possible.
Why the big push for productivity? Why …… Click here to keep reading…
Aug 9, 2009 productivity
Pat Curry, who teaches our Writing for Trade Magazines e-course, is holding a drawing for free entry into her premium course that starts on September 14. But she’s making you work for it: You can find instructions on how to enter somewhere on this page of Pat’s website. Deadline for entries is August 18, so …… Click here to keep reading…
Aug 6, 2009 Writing
Because of an overwhelming number of signups, we’ve cut off registration for the September 7 session of Monica’s Bhide’s Introduction to Food Writing course. Monica will be teaching this super-popular course again, though, starting November 2. Registration is now open for the November class, so sign up today — we anticipate this session, too, will …… Click here to keep reading…
Aug 5, 2009 Writing
Last week, I quit a writing project that was worth more than $10,000.
When I got the project, I was coming off of a four-month famine, and I needed the dough. So I ignored the red flags. First, the expert co-author took so long playing hardball with the publisher that the deadlines were crunched. Then, she …… Click here to keep reading…
Aug 1, 2009 Book authoring, Observations, Personal yammerings, Rants
