How many writers do you know who do freelance work? 1? 2? Or none? Well if your like me most writers do their writing as a second job and don’t get paid. So to any untrained eye this would appear to be a hobby. What? No way! I work too hard and long for my writing career to be considered a hobby.
So how to break the mold and make a career out of writing? Easy… get published! Well okay enough with the sarcasm. It is not easy to get published, let alone get an agent to even LOOK at your work. So the alternative is to become a freelance writer.
The website Freelance Writing Jobs at http://www.freelancewritinggigs.com/ is a good place to begin.
This website can help you locate the job that is right for you. Everyone has to start somewhere, because we can’t all become famous authors with our first book.
Build up your skills writing for different companies. Learn new talents and make connections and get a great looking resume. Every literary agent and publisher wants to see a little writing experience behind newbies. Then when your book is published you can give credit to your experience as a freelance writer.
Not every path to glory is set in stone. Take the road less traveled and become richer for it.
Happy writing!
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Vacations, Spam and Writing
Posted in Editing, Reading, Writing, tagged Abuse, Akismet, blog, Book, Comment Spam, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Dork Diaries, Email, Google, Reading (process), Spam, Tracking, United States, WordPress on June 12, 2013| 1 Comment »
It has been a while since I checked my blog because I am on vacation. So everything except reading has taken a back seat. But lo and behold, wouldn’t you know it that my spam box was chuck full. How do you keep comments on your blog from becoming over run with spam? No clue. One, there is real no solution to keep spam from sneaking into your inbox. And two, some comments accidently are sent to the spam box without your knowledge unless you check so you can not just delete them all. It is a conundrum.
When I do return I hope to start writing my new middle grade book. It is inspired by a young pre-teen girl, (She knows who she is!) and it is a comedy. For those who do not read children’s books some of the best middle grade humor series published within the last few years have been, “The Diary of a Wimpy Kid“, and “The Dork Diaries“. I hope to be numbered among these one day. There are a lot of dystopia, fantasy and historical fictional books out there. Not a lot of humorous books. So my summer will consist of reading a list of books from New York Times Best Sellers in children’s middle grade and YA. I have already read a few on the list and plan to tackle many more. Hot summer days and a good book. Who could ask for anything more?
Book cover for Dork Diaries: Tales From a Not-So-Popular Party Girl (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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