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
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
Memoirs still sell. Publishers still buy them. Just take a look at Publisher’s Lunch online and see how often publishing deals are made for memoir manuscripts. And competition is fierce. First, all the celebrities’ memoirs have to get published. Then the sports people. Then the people with a sensational angle that splashes across headlines. Then the people who make up their entire memoirs and haven’t …(there’s more) Continue reading
We recently found an awesome networking website for professionals and creatives. Called Thumbtack.com, it’s a place for entrepreneurs and small business people to make some noise about their business and services. Thumbtack is local-centric, meaning they focus their various sites on localities and regions so you’re not competing with the entire world when the clients you really seek are in your own backyard. This is …(there’s more) Continue reading
For more than five years, OnText has been a resource for writers. Here are six essential links to feed your freelance writing success. Add yours in comments, and let me know how I can help you sell your writing and make more of your writing career. My first post on WordPress – how a blog was born. My old blog site crashed and I lost …(there’s more) Continue reading
