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Freelance Writing Opportunities in Writing for the Trade Press
Added: Tuesday, May 15, 2012

The trade press is a distinct market for writers who know how to write for the particular needs of the readership—it is not an easy market for poor work. The editor is as strict as other editors. The readers are as intelligent, if not smarter ...

Creative Writing: How to Harmonize Your Storytelling Skills
Added: Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Everything that affects the senses through either our eyes or ears must have one dominant characteristic—harmony. The presence of harmony is a prime ingredient; without it, our sense of appreciation and understanding is dimmed ...

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Morning Coffee Newsletter

Updated (paid) freelance writing jobs from the last six days. Published by us since 1998.

Added: Tuesday, May 15, 2012

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Newest Tutorial

Video Tutorial Series
Freelance Writing : Playwrights & Poets, a Rare Breed

Poets are a rare breed. Finding good, quality poetry is easy these days, but locating paying poetry gigs is nearly impossible. Plenty of poetry publications will gladly publish your poetry, but many of them do not pay for it ... ( Watch Video )

Ask the Experts

This week's question: "How can I freelance as a ghostwriter?" Professional authors and published freelance writers provide expert advice on the advantages and disadvantages of freelancing as a ghostwriter. Learn what skills you need and how much to charge for your services ...

How a Blog Can Help Your Freelance Writing Business

(Audio article) - Blogging provides a low-cost and effective method of advertising your services. When you reply to job ads or bid on writing projects, you can include a link to your blog where the prospective client can review your writing samples and the skills that you will offer to his project ...

New Writer's Guidelines to magazines that pay for articles:

Added: Sunday, May 13, 2012 (10).

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New Writing Contests

Cider Press Review Book Award
The annual Cider Press Review Book Award offers a $1,500 prize, publication, and 25 author’s copies of a book length collection of poetry. Author receives a standard publishing contract ... (more)
DEADLINE: 06-30-2012
PRIZES: $1,500.00
ENTRY FEE: $25.00
Added: Sunday, May 13, 2012

Raymond Carver Short Story Contest
Submit literary fiction only. Open to U.S. and international, but stories must be in English. Top 3 prizes determined by guest judge. First place will receive $1,000. All winners will be published in the Fall 2012 issue ... (more)
DEADLINE: 06-30-2012
PRIZES: $1,000.00
ENTRY FEE: $17.00
Added: Sunday, May 6, 2012

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Top 10 Tips to Reply to a CraigsList Job Ad for a Writing Job

If you're looking for a world of opportunities, you can narrow it down to CraigsList.org. As one of the most popular websites in the world today, CraigsList.com serves you the hottest and the latest writing gigs specific to your location. These writing gigs often include ghostwriting content for individuals and copywriting for ad agencies and businesses.

Sample Pitch Letter to an Editor of a Bridal Magazine and Website

This is a sample "pitch letter" that a freelance writer sent to a magazine editor, inquiring about upcoming writing gigs. The freelance writer pitched herself as a skilled freelance writer who is educated about the many topics that this bridal/wedding magazine publishes.

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Start a Telecommute Photo Retouching Career

Who doesn't love beautiful photos? But not all pictures appear beautiful to the subjective eye. As a photo retoucher, you can intervene and transform dull photographs to Vogue-worthy pieces. A photo retoucher's main job is to maintain or improve quality of the images ...

Free Visual Charts for Writers

Mind Map: How I Find Freelance Writing Jobs

Our free mind map will help you to discover proven ways to find freelance writing jobs.

How to Write a Love Story

Learn how to write a romance / love story.

New eBook (free)

Social Media in Plain English

Given the power of social media, it is critically important for businesses to work through their strategies and develop processes to lead to scalability, efficiency, and successful social engagement. Our free eBook, "Social Media in Plain English" provides you with all the necessary information to understand the full potential of social media. You will learn how to harness its latent power so you can make smarter decisions on how you can integrate it into your marketing.

Newest Audio Series

Freelance Business Success Series
Vol 5 : Direct Mail Copywriting Secrets Exposed!
Listen to an extraordinary marketing person, both online and offline, who developed a direct marketing/direct mail business. He's been in the mail ordering business for 22 years, and he has built a list of over 500,000 people. He has some very interesting stories and perspective of doing online business as opposed to working in the offline world ... ( Watch Video )