Opportunities For Writers
How to Find Writing Jobs Online
Along with other keywords and phrases, I set up a Google alert to notify me whenever the term “writing jobs” appears on line. Invariably, besides returning links to legitimate job sites, I see people in online forums asking about how to get writing Read More →
How to Start and Grow a Ghost Writing Business
I really enjoy reading and posting to Twitter. Besides using it to pass along writing job links, share inspirational quotes, exchange quick hellos with other writers and bemoan the pervasiveness of dangling modifiers in business writing, I’ve been Read More →
WriteSuccess Resources
F.R.E.E. help for authors (and “wannabe” authors)
Let me ask you a question… Have you ever looked at successful authors and entrepreneurs like Michael Gerber, Marci Shimoff, Peggy McColl, Loral Langemeier, Arielle Ford and Michael Port with a mixture of admiration and envy….wondering what in the world Read More →
WriteSuccess Reader-Submitted Resources
Hello! Due to the Memorial Day holiday here in the US, there won’t be a Monday Miscellany next week. I wanted to take this opportunity, though, to pass along a few resources sent to me by readers of WriteSuccess: Kay Millward e-mailed me to let Read More →
Setting Your Sites
“Find an Expert” and “People Search” Sites
“Find an Expert” Sites: Here you’ll find people available for interviews on pretty much any topic you can imagine list themselves on these. HARO (Help a reporter Out) http://helpareporter.com/ ProfNet https://profnet.prnewswire.com/ Ask Read More →
Calendar Sites
I thought it was about time that I started beefing up the WriteSuccess “Setting Your Sites” section with some useful links for writers. These two calendar sites track and post everything from religious and secular holidays to special days, Read More →
Monday Miscellany
Monday Miscellany for August 30, 2010
Hello: You know, it’s not easy being a writer for writers. We writers can make very demanding readers. I’m as guilty of that as any writer. I tend to read critically, am quick to spot typos, wince over grammar gaffes (at least the ones Read More →
Monday Miscellany for August 23, 2010
Hello and happy Monday: I’ve become fascinated by the many potential ways to harness the power of social media. While my own experience is mainly limited to blogging and Twitter, I am also familiar with Facebook, LinkedIn, Plaxo, Ning and eCademy, Read More →
From My Desk To Yours
Getting into the Writing Mood
©2007 ©2010 Mary Anne Hahn How often do you sit down at your keyboard, stare at the screen, and think, “I’m just not in the mood to write today?” Or maybe you don’t admit that to yourself, but instead use the time you’ve set aside to check your e-mail, read about the latest celebrity or political scandal, or play solitaire (Spider Solitaire is my personal current favorite) …until you realize your writing time has evaporated and Read More →
What Do We Want Our Writing to Accomplish?
I have this friend who, every time she hears or, even more fascinating, sees the word “yawn,” she, well, yawns. I discovered this quite by accident years ago, and have used the knowledge to play the occasional cruel trick on her ever since. For a time I was even able to simply type the letter “Y” in an e-mail and send it to her, getting the same result. And then there was the time I learned the word “pandiculation,” and sent it to Read More →
Can Coaching Help Your Writing Career?
In order to succeed as a freelance writer, you need to wear many hats in order to launch, run and grow your business. Besides doing the actual writing for your clients, you most likely perform your own marketing, do your own filing, serve as a one-man or one-woman research department, act as your own project manager, save your own business receipts and maybe even do all your own accounting. Some of these hats that you wear probably don’t fit you Read More →
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