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3 Ways to Sell Yourself as an Online Writer

Today’s post is written by Cathy R of The Beginner’s Guide To Financial Literacy. Thanks, Cathy! In this Internet-driven society, everyone is hoping to make some easy money working online. With the ever-growing popularity of blogs and online magazines, more people are writing than ever before. The interesting thing is that many of them actually are

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Where to Find Free eBooks for Your Amazon Kindle

I got a letter the other day asking me for some advice. The writer wanted my help in convincing a family member to get an Amazon Kindle eBook reader, by highlighting some of the many benefits of the Kindle and sharing some of the best places to find free eBooks. No problem there. I love my

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7 Ways to Help Others with Your Writing

Today’s post is written by writer, college teacher, indexer, and speaker Lisa Rivero. Thanks, Lisa! Samuel Johnson famously said: No man but a blockhead ever wrote, except for money. What most people don’t know is what his biographer James Boswell wrote immediately after the oft-cited quotation: Numerous instances to refute this will occur to all who are

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6 Easy Ways to Get Your Guest Post Rejected

After reading Lisa Kilian‘s wonderful guest post last week, How to Nix the Fear and Pitch that Post, I wanted to write a follow-up article addressing guest posting from the other perspective—that is, the perspective of the blogger being pitched. At the moment, I don’t receive a ton of guest posts, so it’s always nice

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How to Nix the Fear and Pitch that Post

Today’s post is written by Lisa Kilian, of What Not To Do as a Writer. Thanks, Lisa! When I was younger and dumber than I am now, I decided to make some fast cash by pitching paying publications. I had never pitched before, but how hard could it be? People were doing it all the time!

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Q&A with Tracy Marchini on Her Book, ‘Pub Speak’

Please welcome freelance writer and editorial consultant Tracy Marchini, who is here to chat with us about her new book, Pub Speak: A Writer’s Dictionary of Publishing Terms, available in paperback at Amazon and as an ebook at Smashwords, Barnes and Noble, Amazon, Amazon UK and Amazon DE. Thanks for joining us Tracy! This looks like a great resource. 1. What can writers

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