Then submit a stick figure drawing!
One of the contributors in Danny Iny’s book Engagement from Scratch: How Super-Community Builders Create a Loyal Audience and How You Can Do the Same! mentioned in passing the idea of using stick figures as blog images, and the idea — pardon the pun — stuck with me.
I also …… Click here to keep reading…
Apr 22, 2013 Blogging
By Nina Amir
Writers don’t like to write for free. I know this. I’m trained as a magazine journalist. One of the first lessons I learned in journalism school was, “Don’t ever write a word unless you know you will get paid.”
Yet, I’m a blogger. Bloggers blog for free not only on their own sites …… Click here to keep reading…
I mentioned this on my mailing list last week, but thought I’d post it here on the blog as well.
My mailing list subscribers get first dibs on all kinds of goodies, so if you want to be on the cutting edge of Renegade Writer announcements, contests, and offers — as well as get free …… Click here to keep reading…
Jun 21, 2012 Blogging, Money, News you can use
I read a lot of writer blogs, and every so often I like to share my top finds with my readers. So here goes!
1. Kelly James Enger posts The State of Full-Time Freelancers’ Income on the Dollars & Deadlines blog. The good news: 7% of freelancers make six figures.
2. My buddy and Freelance Writers Blast …… Click here to keep reading…
Since I blog, I read a lot of blogs about…well, blogging. And coming at it from a magazine writer and journalist perspective, I can see that much of the advice offered is BS. Blogging “experts” are spewing pronouncements, but (1) they don’t understand that different tactics work for different bloggers, and (2) most of them …… Click here to keep reading…