Freelance writer Kerri Fivecoat-Campbell interviews Marley & Me author John Grogan today on her blog for writers, K.C.’s Write for You. Grogan worked as a newspaper columnist and magazine editor before writing the book, which spent 76 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. In their Q&A, Grogan explains how keeping a journal helped […]
Archives for May 2008
How to write great freelance blog posts
I’ve written about how great starting a blog can be for your freelance writing business. You can use a blog to promote yourself, develop a beat, make connections, improve your skills and if you’re lucky, pick up some paid gigs. But sooner or later you’ll find yourself staring at the screen thinking, “What can I […]
How to keep track of story sources
If you’ve been in the freelance business long, you’ve accumulated a pretty hefty source list. How do you keep track of all those names? When I was a newspaper reporter, I used the simplest method possible. I created one text file for each subject I covered and made a running list. When I was feeling […]
How freelancers can use social bookmarking sites
Susan Johnston, the freelance writer also known by her nom de blog, The Urban Muse, writes about social bookmarking sites in a guest post on Freelance Writing Jobs, another nifty blog for writers. Johnston uses Del.icio.us, a popular social bookmarking site, to access her bookmarks from anywhere, to keep track of research for articles she’s […]
Tofani proves freelancers can have an impact
Who says freelance writers can’t make a difference? Loretta Tofani has. On May 8, Tofani received the $25,000 Michael Kelly Award for a series investigating unsafe working conditions in China that she wrote as a freelancer for the Salt Lake Tribune. She was one of four journalists nominated for the prize and the only freelancer. […]
"The current period in journalism is….historic."
If you’re old enough, you remember when reporters wrote stories on IBM Selectric typewriters. Switching to a PC was huge. Well, that’s nothing compared with the changes happening in the news business now. Print is out. Digital is in. Newspapers are suffering, online publications flourishing. While some people lament these changes, others see opportunity. One […]