Author: This Writer's Life
June Writing Prompts
It’s June and time for a new set of prompts. Have fun and happy writing. Last Line Who would be next? Any Line No cell phone reception here. Story Fragments Use the following scenario in any part of your story Why do they always discontinue the flavors I like the best? Setting Deserted supermarket Your…
Finding Freelance Writing Jobs
One of the key elements to being a successful freelance writing is finding consistent work. When I started out, I’d spend a few hours a day researching markets, trying to figure out who hired freelance writers and what looked like a good match. Fast forward to today, and I think it’s gotten a little easier…
Know Your Why
Four Writing Opportunities
I just finished going through today’s e-mails and saw four writing opportunities I thought I’d pass onto you- First one is a short story contest at The Writer…also check out their other contests too- https://www.writermag.com/contests/ Second one is over at Chicken Soup for the Soul. They’re looking for stories about angels…this isn’t a fiction market….
Writers Need to Be Trend Watchers
Do you study trends? I just finished writing a post over at my other site about how being a trend watcher or a future thinker can help you figure out how to make money. As I was writing it, I thought, this is probably a great topic for the audience at TWL too. I don’t…
Surpass Your Writing Goals
Self Publishing Kit
Remember me telling you about the Content Creation Collection back in March? I’m excited to announce that if you have a blog or are an entrepreneur including being a self publisher, you’re getting a second chance to grab a collaboration of 48 product creators including my own- Self Publishing Toolkit Grab the Content Creation Collection…
Writing Is Never A Waste of Time
Writing a Book-It’s About Mindset
What separates the writer who actually finishes writing a book to the person who just dreams about it? It’s mindset… A few months ago, I decided to start a new exercise routine. I’ve tried to do that many times before and for one reason or another, I’ve given up after a week or two. Good…