Angela Booth's Writing Blog

Get writing jobs - here's how

Writing jobs are everywhere. Every business needs a writer occasionally; some even businesses pay writers a retainer, so they can get their marketing collateral written as soon as they need it.

My favorite tip for my writing students - and for you - is to be proactive when you’re looking for writing jobs.

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Nothing matters... as long as you write

I get lots of questions every week, and 95 per cent of those questions can be answered with: "It really, really REALLY doesn't matter."

Your obsessions stem from a lack of confidence

Writers have many obsessions and all of them stem from a lack of confidence.

For example, it doesn't matter:

* How you format a magazine query; or

* What blogging platform you use - use WordPress, Blogger, TypePad; or

* What you charge - what you charge is up to you. Set a fee, and people will either pay it, or not. You can always change it later. Or -

* What your current credentials are. If your have no writing credits, that's perfectly fine. Everyone starts somewhere. Write some samples... Make it clear you're a new writer. Be honest. It also doesn't matter:

* Whether you've finished your book or not. Send off a query letter to a selection of agents. They'll respond, or not. If they respond, they'll offer suggestions. Accept the suggestions. Or not...

Nothing matters! Make a decision on how you want to do something, and keep writing.

Write more - the key to your writing success

Yes, you can write more - even if you're a world-class procrastinator.

Did you know that when you write more, your writing improves? Many of my writing students experience this. They find that when they write more, writing is easier for them - they're not dominated by their inner editor.

My new writing class, "Write More And Make More Money From Your Writing: Develop A Fast, Fun Productive Writing Process" is based on lessons I developed for my private coaching students to help them to write more, improve their writing, and make more money writing.

If you're struggling with your writing, the class will help. The techniques you'll learn in class with help you write fiction, nonfiction, and copy for business.

Discover how you can write more, improve your writing, and sell more of your writing to higher-paying markets.

Just write, send your material out, and keep writing. If you will only write, nothing else matters.

Please believe this, because it's true.

Get visible online with your own writer's home page - free

This Blogger site/ page took me ten minutes to create, nine minutes of which was spent writing a tutorial on how to do it.

If I had a penny for every writer I've begged, pleaded with and cajoled into creating their own Web site I'd be able to buy a complete designer wardrobe and hire my own personal shopper.

Let's get the WHY out of the why.

WHY do you want a home page on the Web?

In brief, to get known - if no one knows who you are, no one will want what you write.

Click, click - just follow the free  tutorial for an instant home page

I've created a VERY simple tutorial for Sell Your Writing Online NOW (SYWON) subscribers.

Tutorial - create your own home page

Subscribe to Angela Booth's fabulous free weekly ezine for freelance writers: get a free report just for subscribing. Even if you're a new writer, you can freelance your way to a fantastic writing career.

Join the thousands of freelance writers who are making great money freelance writing, using Fab Freelance Writing Ezine as their guide.

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What are YOUR writing challenges?

This blog exists to help you to write easily and well.

So, please tell me about your writing challenges. (Leave a comment.)

Your challenges can be in any area:

* Motivation to write

* Lack of information about __________

* Freelance writing

* Copywriting

* Fiction

* Finding time to write

* ??

I'll address your challenges in upcoming blog posts.

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Get the confidence to write more

In this Wednesday's issue of Fab Freelance Writing Ezine we tackle the knotty challenge of finding the confidence to write more in our article "Just Write: Find the Confidence to Write More".

Here's an excerpt:

Want to write more? Writing more helps you to achieve your writing goals, whatever they may be.

Perhaps you want to:

* Write something every day;

* Write more often;

* Write a book; or

* Turn writing into a full-time career.

Find the confidence to write

My writing students cite many reasons for not writing more, most of which boil down to a lack of confidence, which comes from... yes, you guessed it... not writing enough.

This begs the question: how do you write more when you don't have the confidence to do it?

Read the complete article in Wednesday's issue of the freelance writing ezine which helps you to turn your writing into a profitable career.

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Last-minute Christmas gifts for writers

Shock, horror - five days left till the big day.

If you're buying for writers on your list, here muse-attracting fun books for writers:

Books:

* Writing Open the Mind

* Writing the Wave

* With Pen in Hand

* My own Holiday Gift Pack for Writers

My favorite writing kit item, sure to be loved by any writer:

* Circa PDA - index cards with the Circa system, add, remove, rearrange to your heart's content.

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Writers' Holiday Gift Pack: Make 2008 Your Best Writing Year Ever

Here comes Santa, and his sleigh is packed with gifts for all good writers. This holiday season until January 1, 2008, all FIVE of my current Special Reports For Writers are available in one pack at a very special price – it's my season's gift to you, dear writer.

Wishing you all good cheer this magical season - enjoy. :-)

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Around my writing blogs - stuff you may have missed

Here's some stuff you may have missed on my writing blogs:

* Just Write A Book Blog - writing books is the perfect home business, and characters' defining moments;

*  Fab Web Writer - Get Web writing cred - write a book and boost your credibility;

*  Fab Freelance Writing - Get writing gigs online and three vital tips

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Make money blogging theme in this week's issue of the ezine

This week's issue of Fab Freelance Writing Ezine ... Write your way to six-figure income success has a blogging theme.

I get lots of questions about blogging and blogging gigs for writers every week, so I'm reprinting an article I ran in the ezine in 2006 "Blogs And Blogging – The High-Paying New Market For Freelance Writers", updated with links for 2007.

If you're wondering about blogging, read this week's issue. It's out in PDF on Wednesday; the link is sent to subscribers. Enjoy.

If you want to get up to speed on blogging for income, read my ebook Blogging For Dollars: How to become a career blogger -- in your PJs, if you want.

Giggle of the Day: wonderfully purple prose

I'm a huge fan of the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest, and the site's Sticks & Stones page.

If you're having a bad writing day, there's nothing like a little schadenfreude to make you feel better.

Some gems on Sticks & Stones:

"She wore a dress the same color as her eyes her father brought her from San Francisco."

"He spun round in the doorway with a violence that was tangible, surveying her bitterly with hard, blazing eyes before banging the door so savagely that the whole room shuddered and whimpered before sinking into an unearthly silence."

"With a desperate effort I wrenched my eyes from the hypnotic glare of the snake. I rolled them toward the door. I dared move no further."

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