Building a writing career turned out to be work. The image of me sitting around just writing amazing words flew out the window the moment I realized that getting paid had to be a priority. I had to change the way that I was coming at the writing and begin …Click Here to continue
About Writing
5 Tools for Platform Building Success
Building anything requires having the right tools. My husband and I purchased our home in the fall of 1995 and all we owned was a chainsaw and a hammer. We managed to do a lot of the work on the house with those two tools, although nothing was perfect and …Click Here to continue
So You Want to Be a Freelance Writer – The Beginning
Writing for a living requires working at writing every day. There will be an investment of time, energy and focus to grow that writing career to the desired success. Beginning the Journey to a Writing Career “I would love to do what you do.” People often respond to my telling …Click Here to continue
Driving Towards a Deadline
Deadlines can push me to be more or they can crush me with the help of procrastination. I have discovered that putting things off until they can no longer be put off will not make me better – even it if does get my adrenaline pumping. It will often make …Click Here to continue
Finding Your Core Audience
“Know the person that you are targeting for your marketing efforts.” The advice should have guided me to focus my efforts, but it left me floundering to find a direction. Some people may be able to see the individual that will be reading their books, but that is one thing …Click Here to continue
Act Now to Become a Writer
Nothing happens until something happens. My dream for years was to be a writer. I thought about writing and even wrote about writing in my journal. That was as close as I came to writing. And then something happened. I picked up the local paper and saw that they were …Click Here to continue
13 Weeks to Grow a Writer
Growing into a successful writer takes work and determination. The more people that wade into the pond, the more challenging the journey. Learning the ABC’s of writing can give you the edge to reach that success. For the next 13 weeks, Successful Freelance Writer will be focusing on providing the …Click Here to continue
Building an Ally Army
Friends may be a lot of fun to have around, but they are not the ones that tend to actively promote your writing career (of course there are always those exceptions to the rule). One of the tasks for this year will be to mount an army of support that …Click Here to continue
Balancing the Writing Job and the Writing Passion
Working full time as a writer doing freelance work and work of my own can be a juggling act on the best days and a tightrope act on some of the worst. I have to find a way to balance the work for pay with the writing for passion (which …Click Here to continue
One Key to Writing Success
One of the keys to the universe of success revealed itself to me today. I discovered that if I want to get some writing done then I will have to take time out of my day to write. I hear what you are all saying, “You want to be a …Click Here to continue
