Posted on 05 April 2012. Tags: Business Services, Tiffany Jansen, transcribing, transcription, Writing skills
By Tiffany Jansen During the last two years, I’ve been conducting a lot of interviews for some of the publications I write for. I’ve interviewed writers, authors, singers, artists, business owners, expats, architects, baseball players. WWII veterans, Holocaust survivors, doulas, midwives… I love doing interviews. Finding out more about a subject and a topic. Coming up with [...]
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Posted in author interviews, interview, the writing life, Writing business, writing opportunities
Posted on 02 June 2011. Tags: ALS, Lou Gehrig's disease, shakirah dawud, Speech recognition, writers with disabilities, writing software
by T. Shakirah Dawud When I sliced my thumb a few weeks ago, every spacebar meant pain. I wondered how people who cannot use their hands continue to write every day, and whether they mourn the loss of the use of their hands to write. Two writers gave me the answer. This notebook page is [...]
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Posted in author interviews, freelance writing
Posted on 13 May 2011. Tags: Barbara Corcoran, Bruce Littlefield, Business, inspiration, passion, Shark Tales, Shark Tank, Television
By Pat Howard What if you could take just $1,000 and grow it into a $6 billion business? That’s what real estate shark Barbara Corcoran did, starting her first brokerage out of her apartment with money she borrowed from her boyfriend. Though her expertise is in real estate, Corcoran says the things she has learned [...]
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Posted in accomplishing your goals, author interviews, freelance writing, interview, Pat Howard, the writing life, Writing business, writing opportunities, writing success
Posted on 10 April 2011. Tags: blog, Freelancer, Freelancing, Writer, Writing
by Linda Stephens You love to write. You love to travel. Many writers dream of combining these two passions to make a living as, you guessed it, a travel writer. It’s a wonderful fantasy – trips to exotic locales, snorkeling adventures in crystal blue seas, balloon rides at sunset, sumptuous meals… POP! That is the [...]
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Posted in author interviews, blogging, freelance writing, interview, Linda Stephens, the writing life
Posted on 04 April 2011. Tags: American Booksellers Association, Arts, DOROTHY PARKER, Ellen Meister, HarperCollins, HBO, New York City, Secrets of the Applewood PTA, Television, The Other Life, Writers Resources, Writers to Watch
Note from Angela: If you’re a longtime reader of The WM Freelance Writers Connection, you may remember that Ellen Meister was our very first Writer to Watch. Not only is she an extremely talented and well-known author, but she’s also a real person who loves helping her fellow writers out. We are so pleased and [...]
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Posted in accomplishing your goals, Angela Atkinson, author interviews, book publishing, book publishing goals, Guest posts, making money, the wm freelance writers connection, the writing life, writing success