The WM Freelance Writers Connection

You’ve probably heard of Publish America as they’ve been splashed all over the news of the writing world quite a bit in recent years. If you haven’t, beware.   “We treat our authors the old-fashioned way — we pay them,” Publish America (PA) proudly claims on their website. According to the site, PA is “the [...]

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By Tiffany Jansen Content mills tend to get a bad rap in the writing industry, and there are definitely things writers should be wary of when considering writing for a content mill. However, writing for content mills can do great things for writers. First let’s identify what a content mill is? Freelance writer and About.com contributor Allena [...]

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By Tiffany Jansen Content mills tend to get a bad rap in the writing industry. Some publishers, editors and agents won’t take you seriously if you include your content mill work in your pitch. Many writing mentors and teachers cringe to discover that their clients churn out articles for content mills. A large chunk of writing sites and [...]

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I get over 2 million results in Google when I search for irregardless. Among the results are credible sources like Merriam-Webster, which gives the 85-year-old misfit an honorary place as the nonstandard version of regardless, with the gentle advice: Its reputation has not risen over the years, and it is still a long way from general acceptance. Use regardless [...]

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by Shakirah Dawud About two weeks ago, a LinkedIn Freelance Editing Network group member asked a question. She wanted to know how to use a letter of introduction to get her foot in the door with companies she was interested in working for. Carla Davis’s response provided a gem both writers and editors can use while prospecting for more [...]

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