How to Use Twitter to Yield Writing Assignments
For some writers, social media has opened up new directions in finding work.
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While You Were Writing – 3/1/2013
One of our missions at Contently is to provide for unaffiliated freelancers some of the resources that a journalist might find working for a staff. We started the Freelance Writers Meetup …
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The Writer’s Desk: Making a Living on the Keyboard
If you’d like to pay the bills by writing, please dive in. Write like crazy and then write some more.
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Why Writers Should Be on Google+, Branding Tips for Freelancers
Demian Farnworth of CopyBlogger reports on how writers can build influence and authority using Google+.
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Writing Social: A Field Guide to Social Media for Writers and Journalists
Social media and the freelance journalist: it’s not an extra detail, it’s a core part of your everyday workload.
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Building an Author Platform, Growing Freelancing Income
Freelance Writing’s Irene Watson discusses author platforms.
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Maintaining Hope in a Changing Publishing Industry
It’s not easy being a freelance writer in a tight economy, but it’s probably not easy being an editor either.
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The Uphill Battle of Writing Books [INFOGRAPHIC]
The number one misconception among authors is a cliche: “If you write it they will come.”
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Attend Freelance Forum Week in Your Town
Contently is throwing a Freelance Forum Week celebration during the week of January 21-28, and we’re inviting all freelancers around the world to join in.
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While You Were Writing – 1/4/2013
Andrew Sullivan, one of the boldest and most pursued bylines in publishing, is taking that advisement to it’s logical extreme – moving his long-running blog off of The Daily Beast …
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