One of the most important things you can do as a freelance writer (whether you work predominantly online or off) is networking with other writers. Many of the best freelance writing gigs are never published, but can be passed along by writers in your network who have come across it through their contacts. [...]
Some new freelance writers markets for Thursday:
Wednesday’s freelance writers market listings:
Here are Tuesday’s writers’ markets – don’t forget to check out additional freelance writers markets at AllFreelancing.com (need to register) and our Myspace page.
If you’ve tried posting a comment here, you’ve probably noticed they’re still not showing up. We’re not deleting them… there’s still an issue going on where all comments are showing up with the very first post. It seems to be a problem with the combination of the theme we’re using and a certain [...]
Let’s pull out the big guns this week… if you’re a freelance writer and you’re not using www.writersmarket.com, why not??? It’s one of the most popular (for good reason) sites for freelance and creative writers. While the site is subscription-based, it’s a minimal fee, and the best money you could spend as a writer. You [...]
This week’s featured resource for writers is the CIA’s World Fact Book. If you’re writing an article that deals with a location you’re not familiar with, or even for researching settings for a novel, the World Fact Book has a nice collection of information including general demographics of populations, government descriptions of a large number [...]
Trying to move from low-paying markets to higher-paying ones as a freelance writer can be difficult and a little bit scary. There’s a “transition period” where you’ll find yourself stuck between taking low-paying jobs to keep paying the bills, and writing queries and waiting on responses. Juggling your time between both is no easy feat. [...]
Here are some freelance writers’ markets for Monday:
… or the lack thereof as the case in fact is.
This is a situation I feel a particular need to address, because when discussing the issue of low rates versus professional rates, the same argument (as fallible as it is) keeps popping up: “English speaking writers just have to adapt to low-paying freelance writing jobs [...]
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