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Should I Quit My Job to Work as a Writer for Hire?
The $1,000,000 question: “Should I quit my job to work as a writer for hire?” Here are a few tips to help you figure out if you’re ready to work as a freelancer full-time. For me, the biggest sign that...
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Need Writing Focus? 5 Tips for Focusing Your Magazine Ideas
If you need writing focus, you must read these tips for focusing your magazine ideas! Are you a writer with lots of ideas, but little direction? Do you wonder which ideas to pursue, which audiences to...
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Email Bloopers! Funny Mistakes Writers Made When Emailing Editors
These email bloopers or mistakes writers make are not only true and funny, they’ll help you stay out of hot water with editors! I also included tips for emailing pitches to editors of magazines. Have...
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How to Pitch a Query Letter to Magazine Editors
Querying and pitching query letters to editors are reliable ways to get freelance writing work. I’ve been on both sides of the fence – I worked as an editor receiving queries, and I worked as a...
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Can’t Get Published? Freelance Writers, Stop Doing This…
If you can’t get published, you’re making mistakes. Freelance writers, here are the top reasons I don’t assign articles – and sometimes don’t even return emails from writers. These tips will help you...
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8 Freelance Writing Habits That Will Get You More Work
Want to get more work as a writer? Need clips and experience? Don’t miss these freelance writing habits – they work. The first two habits I describe are what got me the writing gig I’m starting today –...
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When to Ask Magazine Editors About Article Pay Rates
Congratulations – a magazine editor is interested in publishing your article! But when do you ask about pay rates? These tips for freelancers are inspired by a reader’s question… “I’ve read several...
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10 Steps for Writers Who Want to Earn More Than $15 Per Article
Earning $15 per article is a fine way to start a writing career – but don’t lose these steps for writers who want to earn MORE money from their articles and posts! The lowest amount of money I’ll...
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How many articles do you have circulating? That’s the first tip for writing articles that editors will buy and publish! If you don’t know what it means to have “articles circulating”, check this out:...
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5 Reasons to Write for Free
Me in Peru, not contemplating whether writers should write for free. A reader recently asked if she should write for free for a website, and give up copyright of the article. Here’s her dilemma: “I...
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How to Write When You Have No Ideas
You want to write, but you have nothing to write about. Maybe you’re paralyzed by fear, uncertainty, or the fact that you compare yourself to other writers. Don’t worry; even the best writers need...
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How to Think Like an Editor – 8 Tips for Writers
You need to think like an editor if you want to sell your articles, blog posts, and books. These tips for writers will help you get published – or at least see the idea-generating process in a...
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15 Things You Need to Be a Freelance Writer
Ten of these tips are from a panel of BC magazine editors, and five are my things you need to know if you want to be a freelance writer. It was easy for me to sell my articles and earn a living as a...
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5 Ways to Become a Freelance Writer Who Gets Repeat Work
Here are five tips on how to become a freelance writer who keeps getting work from editors of print and online magazines. One thing I didn’t realize when I first started freelancing was that good...
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5 Things You Need to Know About Writing for Magazines
These tips on how to write for magazines are from The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Publishing Magazine Articles. These tidbits jumped out at me as some of the most important things freelance writers need...
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How to Write a Magazine Article
From pitching a query letter to submitting your invoice to the editor, these tips on how to write a magazine article will give you the inside scoop on freelance writing. Feature Writing I learned how...
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Want More Article Assignments? Tips for Working With Editors
To get more article assignments, you need to keep winning article assignments! These tips for working with magazine editors will help ensure you’re always working on either a feature article, a...
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How to Write Faster – 7 Ways to Write More, and Write Better!
Knowing how to write faster can help you get published. These ways to write more don’t just increase your writing productivity, they’ll help you write better. They’re great tips for freelancers,...
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Improve Your Query Letters and Feature Articles – 5 Tips for Writers
These tips for improving your query letters and feature articles apply to writers working on novels, book proposals, and pitches to literary agents, too! You need to make your writing as memorable as...
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How Freelance Writers Track Article Pitches and Submissions
How do freelance writers keep track of their article pitches and submissions? I’ve been using an Excel spreadsheet to track my magazine article pitches and submissions for over two years. Here’s how...
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