Your mother always told you how first impressions were extremely important. That’s why whenever you go to meet an editor, you dress impeccably, walk confidently and talk as if you just got out of training with Oprah Winfrey. But as you sit down to write that email query, you forget everything your mother told you […]

You don’t need to be a great writer to write great articles, just be fast and entertaining. There is only ONE SINGLE THING you need to know about article writing. Tell a story. Stories are easy to follow and interesting. Why are the Chicken Soup for the Soul books interesting? Because they’re stories people can […]

For freelancers, knowing the basic terminology “before” they begin can be a valuable lesson in earning a few extra dollars in that initial stage. When I started my freelancing career, I knew nothing of rights, simultaneous submissions, querying or varying payment rates. All I knew was– I could write. Everything else, I learnt on the […]

As you may already know, writing free reprint articles and then distributing them to publishers and web sites is one of the best ways to promote your web site – a single article can result in hundreds of new links to your web site and a rapid increase in traffic levels. But there’s nothing worse […]