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How to Stay Ahead of Your Writing Competition—Six Must Read Blogs

  By Maryan Pelland | March 7, 2012 - 9:14 am | writing advice
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If you’re going to write books (or write articles) and sell your writing or publish your books, you have to know your industry and stay one step ahead of the competition. Choose your weapons. Do you want to pursue traditional New York style publishers and book agents, or is self-publishing going to work better for you? Maybe your bailiwick is ebooks and digital publishing. Whatever you decide, …(there’s more) Continue reading →

How to Learn from the Best Writing Advice Ever

  By Maryan Pelland | February 19, 2012 - 3:30 pm | writing advice
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  I’d like to share one of the most valuable pieces of writing advice I ever got. It helped me sell more writing and get more readers. Then, I’d like you to tell me, in the comments, what advice really moved your writing, authoring, or freelance career along. Into My Writing Wayback Machine In college, I had a fantastic writing professor, Jack Dodd. After reading …(there’s more) Continue reading →

1001 Brilliant Ideas for Writers to Steal — New ebook cures writers’ block!

  By Maryan Pelland | February 17, 2012 - 9:28 am | write your book
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What writer hasn’t struggled with writers’ block, sometimes every time she sits  down to write? Deadlines loom. Editors gnash their teeth. Words don’t come. Oh! The pain of it! But no more, writers. You can power-up your writing career and meet those deadlines, publish those ebooks, learn how to make money as a writer even when your brain is in low gear. You must put …(there’s more) Continue reading →

Ten unusual ways to earn more money as a writer

  By Maryan Pelland | February 27, 2011 - 10:45 am | Uncategorized
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Competition is fierce in the world of magazines, newspapers, and Web writing. Tens of thousands of writers vie for thousands of  jobs and rates plummet to pre-21st century levels. If you’re felling frustrated, and worse, if your bills are not getting paid, rethink your writing market strategies and consider a few out-of-the ordinary writing gigs that pay real money for capable writing. Real estate descriptions …(there’s more) Continue reading →

Freewriting – The easy way to cure writers’ block

  By Maryan Pelland | February 21, 2011 - 10:15 am | Uncategorized
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Here’s a brain relaxer for writers and authors who claim to suffer from that great inky malady, writers’ block. Freewriting is a neat trick that gets your brain flowing and your words onto paper or into pixels with a minimum of effort. Freewriting is fun. You may learn a lot. Some of the most famous authors use free writing to jump-start creative juices. Try it, …(there’s more) Continue reading →