
This is a Q&A with Sage Cohen, the author of The Productive Writer and Writing the Life Poetic, both from Writer’s Digest Books, and the poetry collection Like the Heart, the World. Her writing has appeared in publications including Writer’s Digest Magazine, Poet’s Market 2011, Cup of Comfort for Writers, The Oregonian, and How to …
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Jan 6, 2011
Advice, Motivation, Organization, productivity, Writer Q&A
Jenny Cromie over at the Golden Pencil featured our own RW travel writing instructor Alison Stein Wellner last week in her Successful Freelancer Spotlight. Yay Alison!
I’ve pasted this quote from Alison in my motivation file: “My advice is, as much as possible, to forget all about this economic environment. I agree that it is scary …
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Jan 10, 2009
Advice, Classes, Writer Q&A

I was enjoying my morning cup of java when my eye caught a headline on CNN.com: “Adult films doing well in bad economy.” It was funny because a few weeks ago I was having a conversation with a fellow writer about subject areas where a freelancer could do well in a flaccid economy, and sex …
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Jan 9, 2009
Blogging, Classes, Opportunities, Writers, Writing
Many of you are probably too young to remember the bestselling book, How to Make Love to a Man. When I was in high school, a friend and I pooled our money to buy a copy. My mother discovered the book tucked between my mattress and box spring and promptly tossed the book out, so …
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Jan 6, 2009
Blogging, Money, Writers
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 …
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Nov 20, 2008
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