Why Negativity is So Positive

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Here’s something to consider:
Many writers try to inspire or evoke emotion and fail miserably. If you write something and receive a negative reaction, you didn’t fail. You inspired others to act. Consider yourself a success.
How sad would it be if you wrote something and no one responded? Or if every one just said, “oh [...]

A Freelance Writer’s Guide to Twitter

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Twitter is an essential resource for freelance writers. At first considered a fun little social networking site, Twitter now reaches far beyond your average social networking forum. In fact, next to the blog, many feel Twitter to be the most important social networking/social media tool for freelance writers.
Knowing how to use Twitter to your [...]

Why I Don’t Use Text Speak

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At my last full time job, everyone used Skype to communicate as we all worked at home. My mornings usually began with a chat with my boss that went something like this:
Him: hi how ru?
Me: Fine, and you?
Him: bsy
Me: What’s on tap for today?
Him: cn u cll ur client 2 find out what hppned?
Me: [...]

News and Announcements: November 1, 2009

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Taking care of the housekeeping!
Comments Contest
Thanks to the entire FWJ community for participating in our comments contest. For many members of the community, it was business as usual and I appreciate your continuing to provide thoughts and insight to our discussions here. We also met a few new friends. Welcome! I’m tallying up the [...]

The Freelance Writing Club: It’s Not So Exclusive Any More

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I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about freelance writing and how it’s evolved over the last decade. The freelance writing club used to be a lot more exclusive, they didn’t just let anyone in. Back in the day, it wasn’t as easy to make a living as a writer. Nowadays, it’s a little [...]

Retweet for Charity: Thanksgiving is Coming: Let’s Feed America

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I’ve been trying to think of ways to give back. I feel very blessed to have this community and to be able to support myself doing something I love. On Thanksgiving, I will be celebrating with my family in a warm house amid laughter and good food. Many families won’t be so lucky. I’m [...]

A Tale of Two Opportunities: One Missed, One with Amazing Potential

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One of the reasons I enjoy going to conferences such as BlogWorld is the opportunity to give and receive feedback. I chatted with several members of the FWJ community at this year’s conference, and they gave me good food for thought. Feedback is good. Feedback is important. Even the stuff we don’t want to [...]

What is Success…and How Much Does it Cost?

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I got my name in lights with notcelebrity.co.uk
I’m inspired to write this post after reading Chris Brogan’s post about being an overnight success.
Success is something we all strive for, isn’t it? As writers we want that best selling novel or to find our bylines bedazzling a major magazine or website. Most of us don’t [...]

Free Content: It’s All in the Wording

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Every time we talk about writing for free, there’s outrage. Writers from all over the web chime in to discuss whether or not one should pay dues by writing for free and most agree that unless it’s for a meganame magazine or charity, the other party is taking advantage by trading content for exposure.
Enter [...]

How Transparent is Too Transparent?

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I dig transparency. I like when bloggers let me know they’re being paid to talk about something and I think it’s a good idea when businesses don’t try and gloss over the bad stuff to only paint a rosy picture. Because I think it’s important to be transparent, I discuss many details here that [...]

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