3 Reasons Fiction Writers Should Consider Freelancing

Freelance Writing
Do you toil away at a day job you don't like to pay bills while fantasizing about a career as a novelist? Do you daydream about working from home and being able to sit at your computer all day--without your boss hovering over you to make sure you get the work done? Freelance writing might be the solution. Even if you love your day job and don't want to become a full time freelance writer, it's a good idea to try your hand at freelance writing. For one thing, you'll notice people think of you differently when you tell them you've actually gotten paid to write before. It's frustrating because every great novel took years to write, but people don't take you seriously if you're not published. Still, it only…
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Passive Residual Income

Books, Freelance Writing, Writing
Last week I spent time hanging out with some of my friends. One of the guys there was raving about an energy drink he's currently working as a marketer for. He explained the whole system and was extremely gung-ho about it, convinced we should all give it a try and could become millionaires through the company's system. Some of these companies are legitimate and you can make tons of money, but there are plenty of scams out there too, just like in the publishing world. Still, I didn't say anything about that. What I did say was "thanks for the information, I'm too busy working on writing and editing my books". His response? "That's fair. Books are a great way of creating passive residual income." I didn't say anything, but…
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Progress Report June 2013

Blog Stuff, Freelance Writing, Writing
It's June now, meaning it's time to do two things: analyze how much progress I made towards my goals in May, and make my plans for the summer. Let's start by taking a look at what I've accomplished towards my various goals: Editing Moonshadow's Guardian-- Last month I edited exactly six chapters and 42 pages. I should be finished editing before the end of this month, and I am going to start looking for beta readers this month. There's less than a hundred pages to go and I'm thrilled to be this close to the end. So far, June's looking pretty good month as I've already edited three pages and written a new chapter. I'm going to spend the next two weeks in a marathon with a goal of finishing…
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Writing The Feature Story by Jordan Clary

Freelance Writing, Writing
Today's guest poster is a freelancer who originally emailed me asking for more information about the work I did as a social media manager earlier this year. I was thrilled to make the connection and happily invited her to post something for all of you--I hope you will enjoy it as much as I did. * * * * Feature stories are a mainstay of nearly every type of publication. They balance out informational articles with texture, color and depth. Feature stories give the writer, and reader, a chance to explore a subject and look at it from different perspectives. Unlike news stories, which generally follow the inverted pyramid style, where the reporter makes the main point right away and the most important sub-points in the first paragraph or two,…
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Finding Non-Fiction Ideas

Freelance Writing, Writing
Since it's almost October and next week I'll be discussing novel planning and writing at great length, I thought today I'd focus on non-fiction. While it's not my greatest love, I do enjoy writing non-fiction and I'm hoping it will help me pay the bills--and to an extent, it already has. The great thing about non-fiction is there are literally thousands of topics to write about and there's a market for every topic. But often real life seems mundane and it seems impossible to find ideas, which is crazy if you think about the plethora of topics available to you. Today I'd like to share some strategies for finding non-fiction article ideas. 1. What are you really good at? Odds are, somebody will pay you for articles teaching them to…
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