“My memoir is 270,000 words long.” I heard these words during a breakout session I led at a local writers conference. An editor friend of mine, Shayla Eaton with Curiouser Editing, was sitting in on the breakout. We gave each other knowing glances, and because I didn’t want to break this poor memoirist’s literary heart, […]
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For freelance writers, recurring revenue is everything. One-off assignments are a good starting point, but what you really need to form a reliable income stream is writing projects that continue over time: a company that wants you to write a blog post each week or a white paper each month, for example. Work (and pay) […]
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MEAN WHAT YOU SAYThe Language of Aspirations and ChallengesHas many facesPhoto by Juri Gianfrancesco on Unsplash Goals can be great. Parents, teachers, and mentors have made this case for centuries. And just as goals can be great, so too can challenges which test us and provide an opportunity for growth. How we express the value of goals and challenges […]
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Bookable “What if we started making certain things transparent so that we could maybe get to a new set of problems, because these ones are so old.” Photo courtesy of Bookable The United States is experiencing a time of reckoning, but too often it seems like we’re all talking past each another other rather than attempting meaningful […]
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Looking for ways to make money as a freelance writer? Check out our ebook on freelance writing jobs for beginners. “Trying to make it as a freelance writer is scary AF.” With a subject line that bold (and accurate), I wasted no time in opening the email. It was from a young woman who’d recently […]
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TL;DR: Learn everything you need to know about putting music into the world with the Music Marketing Master Class Bundle, on sale for $34.99 as of Nov. 5. If you’re spending your increased time at home learning to play an instrument, maybe it’s time to take those skills to the next level: writing and marketing […]
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You did it! 2020 is (almost) OVER. Here comes the big question: Whose words helped you sprint across the finish line? In January, we’re continuing our tradition and publishing a seventh edition of the 100 Best Websites for Writers in 2021 — but we can’t do it without your worthy feedback. Whether you visit them […]
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There are so many strange, strange aspects to this case. From JonBenét’s child beauty pageant background to the family inviting friends over to hang out at the crime scene while their daughter was missing to the ransom note, there is nothing straightforward about this case. To me, the evidence points to the murder being an […]
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My family is from a small town that’s always felt haunted. I’m not sure if it’s because of the abandoned wheat mill that welcomes you into town, or because of the rows of buildings farther in that have been burned and gutted, or maybe just because historical towns always sort of feel a little eerie […]
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As writers, we know that the process of writing is composed of work and worry. The work is a grind of word counts and applied methodology, but the worry — a mix of fear, doubt, stress and resistance to the process — can be more difficult to navigate. During the four long years I spent […]
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