Getting Paid For Writing
Discover how to monetise your writing through publishing, freelancing, and creative careers. Learn about markets, contracts, pitching, and building a sustainable income from your words.
Copyright: Protection and Laws
When you put hours of work and plenty of insight and research into your writings, it's important to protect them from illegal usage. Consequently, it behoove...
Financial Implications of Becoming a Freelance Writer
Patience is most definitely a virtue for the freelance writer. You may well have fulfilled the requirements of the brief and met your deadlines. The client m...
Financing a Career as a Freelance Writer
For many people who opt for a career as a freelance writer there is, sadly, no fairy-tale ending. No six-figure book deal with a major publishing house, no c...
Finding a Publisher
Ever wonder how a book makes it from the mind of the author to the hands of the reader? Though it would be nice if it happened by some act of magic, the trut...
Ghostwriting
Though having your name connected with an article, short story, essay, novel, poem or play can be exciting (and the resulting “clip” or copy of the publi...
Handling Rejections
If you freelance long enough, you're bound to start receiving them - the dreaded rejection letters. While every author knows they'll come sooner or later, th...
Internships
If you want to work as a writer, one of the best ways to get "in the know" is to accept a job as an intern. There are plenty of available internships; you ma...
Know Yourself: Strengths and Weaknesses
If you want to become a better writer, you need to face up to some facts. Let's be honest - even the best authors have weaknesses. Though you don't want to d...
Make Your Writing Worth the Effort
In order for you to become a prolific, professional writer, you need to write on a regular basis. However, there may come a time when you say to yourself, "I...
Managing Your Finances
Self-employment sounds seductive but the realities of becoming your own boss mean that there will be no-one else to bicker about when some tough decisions ne...
Online Classifieds and Job Wires
As a professional writer, you're sure to be looking for job opportunities frequently. Unless you are working full-time at a newspaper or magazine, you probab...
Pitching Your Ideas
You have a great story you're just itching to tell. Your mouth waters with excitement at the thought of it reaching the public. You excitedly dash off a quer...
Self-Employment and Income Tax
Inevitably the trickiest aspect of self-employment is tax and the necessary learning curve is steep irrespective of whether or not you employ the services of...
Setting Your Rates
One of the biggest concerns for those starting out in the world of professional writing is how to set rates. Often you will find that jobs are advertised wit...
Short Story v.s. Novel
Have you ever poured over an extremely short story and wished you could read more about the intriguing characters? Conversely, have you plodded through a mol...
The Rewrite Request
You hand in what you consider to be a polished, final draft to your editor; however, a few days later, he or she requests a rewrite. You suddenly are filled...
Writers' Agents
If you've written or are planning to write a novel, memoir, or other type of fiction or nonfiction, you've probably considered hiring an agent. However, you...
Writers' Guilds and Unions
If you are making your living as a self-employed writer, you may find yourself vulnerable when dealing with bigger organisations. Whether you're struggling t...
Writing Articles for Agencies
When you're starting to find your feet as a writer and you know you can produce good work, but you've yet to make many contacts among editors and publishers,...