6 Blogger Tips on Staying Motivated
Being a writer comes with all kinds of Hemingway-esque romantic notions of whiling away the hours in coffee shops or working in your pajamas at your own unconventional hours, sipping tea or maybe gin, doing your own thing perhaps even with the proverbial pencil stuck behind your ear. But what happens when you lose your umph? […]
How to Manage Blog Comments with Intellect, Interactivity, and Introspection
If you are serious about blogging or are planning to be soon, you may want to consider exactly what type of blog you want. Will it be a collaborative blog? Want to try your hand at a cultural or lifestyle blog? Perhaps even join the biggest blog pool around: the personal blog. However, a somewhat […]
20 Never-Fail Strategies for Generating Blog Topics
Being a freelance blogger certainly has its perks right? Just imagine; some of the best blogs on the net are created by a guy or gal stretched out on their couch in jammies’, laptop perched upon kneecaps, while favored tunes are playing nearby. Indeed, to those mired in the day-to-day grind of work outside their […]
Top 5 Quality Content Ingredients for a Tasty Social Media Campaign
Social media has revolutionized the world of marketing by providing a targeted channel from which to broadcast brand messages and gather customer intelligence. While it may seem easier to grasp and accessible to all, that doesn’t mean that just any old content will connect with your intended audience. Just because the quantity of your available […]
Freelance Writers: How to Get Your Money’s Worth
As professionals, using a freelance writer can be a daunting task. You may or may not have met them in person, you may or may not be working with them via a recommendation, etc. If this is your first time working with a freelance writer, you might have some reservations—or you might be plain scared. […]
Tips for Responding to Harsh Feedback
Throughout their careers, most freelance writers are frequently required to submit their written work for editors’ approval. For most of us, our income depends upon this approval; most articles/written pieces do not become released for payment until editors accept them. While this process is customary, it isn’t always easy or pleasant. Firstly, editors often differ […]
WriterAccess Weekly Round-up: For Readers Who Read
Welcome back from the weekend! BUY THIS! IT’S GREAT! WE’RE GREAT! YOU NEED IT! BUY IT! Isn’t that just an atrocious way to be assaulted on a Monday morning? Apologies, but it just goes to prove the point people over at For Bloggers, By Bloggers are making about why certain blogs aren’t pulling in any […]
A How-To Guide on How-To Content
We’ve all been perplexed by vague instructional content, having to just wing it, at times tossing all the parts back in the box—along with a few choice words. I once ended up with a cabinet whose doors opened inward instead of outward because I had to guess where the “wing nuts” went. This was, of […]
Word by Word: Proofreading Tips for Writers
Proofreading isn’t the most enjoyable part of writing an article, but the fact is it has to be done. If you approach it in a systematic, organized way, however, it makes it a little easier. Careful proofreading shows the reader that you are proud of your work and want them to have an article that […]
Small Steps to Big Dreams: Unusual Places to Find Writing Opportunities
You may be dreaming of being published in The New Yorker or National Geographic, but your writing résumé hasn’t grown since high school. One of the questions beginning writers ask is, “How can I get published when everywhere I check tells me to query with published clips?” There’s no easy answer. It’s not safe to assume that the editors […]
WriterAccess Weekly Round-up: We
Welcome back from the weekend! We’re back to Monday. We’re back to getting up with your alarm (after using the snooze, of course). We’re back to hopping behind the wheel or onto whatever plane, train, or bus you may take to work. We’re back to grabbing that coffee on the way, checking email, and getting […]
Scheduling for Success
Whether you just started freelance writing for money or you’ve been a professional freelance writer for years, one thing is simply undeniable: The more jobs you take, the more money you make. This basic truth can lead to trouble for writers, however; it can be easy to fall into the trap of taking on more […]