Get an Agent & Start Eating, Part II

Be sure to read Part I of this series, a breakdown of the different types of publishing. In today’s post, I’m offering my advice on the best way to prepare for landing an agent. Advisors & Pontiffs Take a look around the writing section of any bookstore and there are hundreds of books on how [...]

Get an Agent & Start Eating, Part I

So you’ve been writing for years now. You’ve got your collection short stories, poems, or even a novel. Maybe you were lucky enough to get some of your work published on a website and get paid for it. Everyone says you’re good enough to get published. The question is, why are you still starving as [...]

Step Away…from the Electronics!

I was talking with a good friend and fellow blogger and he was telling me how cool his new phone is because it does text to speech. This sounded like a fantastic idea because then a writer, journalist, or author could speak their whole story and never have to type again! But this also got [...]

“Squirrel!” Managing your distractions & get back to writing

Welcome to the first in John F. Taylor’s Tough Love for Freelance Writers column. Look for John’s column on Sundays. Every author battles distractions, but what most writers don’t realize is that dealing with those distractions is simple. Today I’m going to discuss the distractions that prevent us from getting work done, and share a [...]

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