Word Magic
If you’re looking for freelance writing gigs and think about social media, you focus on the sites you know: Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Everyone you know is on Facebook, and if you’re a self-publishing author, you love Instagram. Twitter’s useful too, for quick chats. But what about LinkedIn? Perhaps, like me, you’ve looked at the professional networking site as too … Read more
In many ways, it’s a wonderful time to be a writer: writing jobs are plentiful. Of course, there are challenges. You can tap your fingers to the bone, struggling with jobs which pay $5. Or less. If this happens, you’re too busy writing to focus on finding writing jobs which pay well. Perhaps you’re aware that the best jobs aren’t … Read more
If you love writing fiction, and want to do it full-time, why not consider ghostwriting? Writing novels, short stories, and novellas not only improves your craft, but it gives you an income too. Not sure how it works? How does fiction ghostwriting work? It works much the same as other freelancing. A client approaches you with a project brief, that … Read more
Are you new to freelance writing? You can move from the world of “struggling writer” to that of the well-paid professional writer easily enough. Here’s my favorite method: quid pro quo. That is, you do something for me, and I do something for you. You can use the power of quid pro quo in many ways. It’s similar to writing … Read more
Are you making enough money freelance writing? I know many writers aren’t, because they contact me for advice. Here’s what I suggest: do what works, do it fast, and do more of it. Freelance writing: do what works When you’re trying to get writing gigs, here’s what works: Letters of introduction (LOIs.) People must know about you and what you … Read more