Lately I have been struck by just how many opportunities there are for writers out there, and I'm thrilled. Just within fiction and poet...

Remember how I mentioned I've been compiling my own list of all types of paying gigs for writers? Well I've finally posted that list...

In my opinion, the most important thing a writer can do in terms of their career, other than, of course, writing, is to submit their work....

So I picked up a copy of Writers Market a couple weeks ago, and I've been having way too much fun going through it. There are so ma...

A little bit ago Mashable put out a list of 12 Social Media Accounts That Turned Into Books . This includes things like Garfield Minus Gar...

[ Image Source ] So we've all heard the news about J.K. Rowling publishing a book under a pseudonym, right? The Cuckoos Calling  ...

We writers can't go far in the blogosphere without being warned against up front fees, and rightly so. There are too many scammers out...

Non-fiction is not my main thing, but in the recent months I've been wanting to expand my horizons and have done a bit of research int...

Step 1: Write a story. This is not just the first, but the most important step. You're friends and writing group should have already ...

I've heard it said in many places, and in several different ways, that the key to a successful career as a writer (or any type of artist...

From what I've seen, it seems like the battle between Big Publishing and Indie Publishing is waning. Most of us are realizing that it ...

If you write every day, that's a lot of words. Maybe most of it is geared towards a bigger novel project, but what about all those oth...

There are basically only two things a writer needs to do. Two parts to their career. The creative, writing part, and then the submission, ...

So I had a never-happened-before experience last night. I fell asleep quickly (also sort of a first) and woke up from a dream at just befo...

So pleased to have Lior Levin with us today, talking about making money with online writing. Lior is a marketing consultant for a css compa...

My sister is an illustration major. And not just any illustration major. She is super, super talented. Seriously. She has a gift. I mean, ...

All of us have the Big Project we're working on, a novel that we expect to have to submit to someone at some point. An agent or editor, ...

It seems like there are as many opinions on literary agents as there are agents. I've heard so many different things: self-publish and t...

This is another one of those posts where I have many more questions then I do answers. In fact, I pretty much have no answers as far as maki...

I've been wondering. I counted up yesterday, and with all my poetry, non-fiction and short stories, my work is submitted to a total of 2...