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, [...]

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 [...]

With all the job search advice available online, you’d think we’d all be pros when it comes to applying for and securing new gigs. But the Internet abounds with stories about job interview mistakes — from dressing wrong to arriving late to failing to conduct research on the company. Just tonight over drinks, a friend [...]

I’ve been having lots of interviews lately, and with freelancers, it’s all about that phone interview, because hey, we telecommute.  We’re footloose and fancy free.  It’s part of the deal.  But what are the differences between phone interviews and in person interviews, and how do we master them?

The tough thing about applying for freelance writing jobs is that you have to apply to lots to get a single bite, and you have to be attentive to every detail of how you market yourself and what will get you the job you want.  Kind of like house hunting, job interviews, and dating, there [...]

Query letters are reviewed and essential rules for writing a query letter are given.