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Article Marketing to Build Your Business – Topic Tuesday

from Suzanne Lieurance, the Working Writer’s Coach Welcome to Topic Tuesday! Every Tuesday we post a topic of interest to writers. You’re invited to get the chatter going by responding to the topic in a comment. You can provide additional information about the topic or ask a question about

Dealing with Rejection: Turn It into a Positive Experience!

by Carol Fraser Hagen Every published writer has at some point in his writing career experienced rejection from a publisher. Always a blow to one’s self-esteem, the natural response is to feel disappointed and want to throw in the towel – to give up. But don’t be a quitter. Learning

New Twist on Valentine’s Day Mailboxes

by Working Writer’s Club member Carol Fraser Hagen Passing out, then receiving valentines from fellow classmates is part of every Valentine’s Day school party. Naturally girls and boys need a colorful mailbox, decorated with hearts, stickers and other fun art materials, to receive their Valentines. I remember making a mailbox

How to Find Online Job Boards – Topic Tuesday

from Suzanne Lieurance, the Working Writer’s Coach Welcome to Topic Tuesday! Every Tuesday we post a topic of interest to writers. You’re invited to get the chatter going by responding to the topic in a comment. You can provide additional information about the topic or ask a question about

Freelance Writing Work: The Possibilities

by Karen Cioffi As most writers know, there usually isn’t much money in being an author; the money, if you can get a successful freelance writing business going, is in freelance writing work and ghostwriting. There are so many different freelance writing and ghostwriting jobs you can do. But, to

Writing a Memoir: 5 Rules

by freelance writer, children’s author, and Working Writer’s Club member Karen Cioffi Writing a memoir is different things to different people. Some people are looking for closure, or a cathartic release from a traumatic event in their lives, others simply want to share their experiences with readers. Whatever the reason

How to Research – Topic Tuesday

from Suzanne Lieurance, the Working Writer’s Coach Welcome to Topic Tuesday! Every Tuesday we post a topic of interest to writers. You’re invited to get the chatter going by responding to the topic in a comment. You can provide additional information about the topic or ask a question about

Writing for the Educational Market

by Suzanne Lieurance One way to build a freelance writing business, particularly if you’re a teacher or former teacher, is to write for the educational market. There are hundreds of opportunities out there for writers who can write for this market. Over the years, I’ve written a few dozen nonfiction

Kids Write – Tips for Parents and Teachers

by freelance writer Marlene Hibbard Children begin with oral learning for the first few years of life. That’s easier, with the support of intonation, body language and objects to point to. Kids write most of their lives. Writing necessitates being more concise, knowing grammar, spelling and so much more. Adult

Stay-at-Home-Moms: Why Writing for Children Might Be Your Perfect Part-Time Career!

by Suzanne Lieurance If you’re a stay-at-home mom with small children, writing for kids can be the perfect part-time job for you. Here’s why: 1) You’re in contact with kids 24/7, so you know what kids think about and how they talk. This can be very helpful when trying to

Writers Workshops

Writing Humor for Kids

Do you want to make kids laugh? In this week’s live Writer’s Workshop/Teleclass children’s author, Nancy I. Sanders, will use popular published examples of funny kids’ favorites to show you how to help your manuscript tickle those funnybones. From crafting scenes with a laughter-inducing punch to writing silly slapstick, join

For Children’s Writers – Selling Your Children’s Stories

Every month we add a new audio for children’s writers to our Children’s Writers – Members page. Our new audio for February 2012 is called Selling Your Children’s Stories presented by children’s author Lisa Harkrader. In this audio, Lisa explains how to study publishers’ catalogs to find out what they

Writing Biographies for Children

Are you a children’s writer or would like to become a children’s writer? If so, then you’ll love our monthly recorded podcasts created specifically about children’s writing or the business of writing for children. As a club member, all you have to do to access these monthly recordings is log