Create A Successful Career As A Freelance Writer

Although there's no sure-fire method for creating a successful career as a freelancer, I can offer you a few strategies that have helped me to build my own little business as a single mom and struggling writer working from home.

Writing for Your Niche

Writers just know they want to write - it's a feeling we're born with - I think. Nothing else seems natural for some of us, so the decision to pursue a career as a professional writer is easy.

Five Tips to Make Your Site Superb

There's a few easy ways to keep people coming back to your site - find out how to make your home on the web more popular!

How Are Writers The Eyes of The World?

Dedicated to the memory of Jerry Garcia...

Seven Free Ways To Promote Your Writing On The Web

Believe it or not, some things in life are still free... And you can benefit substantially by utilizing these methods of online promotion to publicize your writing for free...

Writers on the Rise Interviews Jon Hanson, author of Good Debt, Bad Debt (Jan. 2005 Penguin-Portfoli

WOTR: Why did you decide to send your proposal straight to publishers instead of pursuing an agent? JON HANSON: I got tired of chapping my lips on the wrong butts. It seemed to me...

Creative Presentation Openers That Work - How to Capture Your Audience's Undivided Attention

A great way to begin a presentation is with an attention-getting device that will get the audience EXCITED about listening to the rest of your presentation. This article describes and provides examples of the top seven types of presentation openers.

Five Essential Steps to Set up Your Author's Web Site

You may already have your web site up. You may be ready to create one. The biggest mistake most people make is that they don't write their Web site to sell before they contact their web master. Here are five solutions.

Don't Kill Your Email Message for the Sake of a Word!

Communicating by email is so easy and convenient that it carries dangers of its own.

Write and Speak for the Ear

You and I may not aspire to write great books or make great speeches. But almost all of us want something to happen when we write or speak. And, the more we direct our words to the ears of readers an...

A Freelancer's Journey, Part Two

Don't give up on the journey of being a freelance writer. Learn from this year's Academy Awards.

Getting Started as a Travel Writer: Basic Tips on What You Need and Don't Need to Begin Your Journey

Learn the basic tips and tricks to prepare yourself for the rewarding world of freelance travel writer.

Author Spotlight: David Conlin McLeod

David Conlin McLeod reviewer Kristin Johnson talks to the horror writer about vampires, ballet, child abuse, and his love for strong female characters (finally, a guy who understand women).

Romance Readers' Pet Peeves

Avoiding over-used phrases in romance novels and short stories.

Technical Writing in India

Technical Writing in India: Is it as good as anywhere else? Technical Writing generally translates to a piece of writing that conjures up an image in the mind of a layman about any device or software...