First off, if you missed it earlier this week, check out Part One of Break into Grant Writing.
Second of all, pertinent to that first article, since then I’ve been pointed to Waddy Thompson’s great article “Getting Your First Freelance Grant Writing Assignment“.   Check it out, it’s full of great advice.
Today’s section is going to [...]

If you hadn’t guessed from my Write for Magazines article, I’m looking for new ways to get more work.  I actually just landed another job, but I’m in a trial period at the moment, so who knows if it will work out.  Something I’ve always been interested in, like writing for magazines, is grant writing, [...]

Last week I wrote about magazines and how to break into them, and Greg Horowitz from Media Bistro wrote a great comment about the Avant Guild.
It got me thinking; as a fiction writer, I’m part of certain groups like the SCBWI because of the great advantages to joining them.  I never really considered, however, that [...]

This is actually a field I’m looking to break into myself, so A) this is not a how to article, and B) I would love –LOVE!–to hear your experience in the field.  What this article will be, however, is a bit of a compendium of all my research here to date.
So first, I wanted to [...]

A few weeks ago I wrote about lawsuits against bloggers, and it’s something that admittedly terrifies me, so I want to discuss a few more lawsuits that have been brought against bloggers.
As a blogger, I know that I am only as good as my reputation.  Knowing this, I guard it well, and anything I don’t [...]

Find More Work:
1.  Content Mills (Demand Studios, Bright Hubs)
2.  Magazines –most magazines work largely on freelance pitches, so if there’s a magazine you love, chances are you know what they’re looking for and can write effectively for them.
3.  Newspapers –OMG! YES, it’s true, magazines are folding, jobs aren’t secure, there’s less money, blah blah blah.  [...]

Nacie wrote a great post on getting back to what you love.  My favorite part?  “Getting in touch with and being able to clearly identify what you really love can help you understand who you really are.”  Not only do I totally get what she’s saying (whenever I’m totally stuck writing I go back and [...]

As freelance writers with some experience, I think Karen, Nacie and I have all experienced the drying up of wells.  Whether its because a blog goes under, you run out of motivation to write articles for content mills, or your contract with a client ends, as a freelance writer, you’re subject to all kinds of [...]

As bloggers, we’re all pretty wary.  We’re wary of job ads, like Karen wrote about last week, we’re wary of spammers, hackers, and every virus and scam from Trojans to Nigerian Western Union emails.  But what about lawsuits?
The blogosphere seems to be, in many respects, a place where just about anyone can shoot their mouth [...]

In all walks of life, it’s so unbelievably true; I’ve encountered it in many different forms, and I’m sure you have too.  You get started on something, and at first, it’s thrilling.  There’s a new relationship, a new goal, a new dream, and you’re taking those first shiny steps in a new direction.  Yet as [...]