The WM Freelance Writers Connection

by Shakirah Dawud Please welcome Shanna Mallon of StraightNorth, here to help us out in the calm before a deadline. Just the very mention of the word deadline is enough to get some writers quaking in their boots. Although helpful and often necessary, deadlines can spark fear and dread as writers feel the anxiety and [...]

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Writing requires serious concentration: that’s an obvious statement, but one I think goes overlooked among many bloggers and writers today. There are countless articles meant to instruct writers on how to improve their craft, but the vast majority of these pieces are specific content. They advise how to write punchier headlines, how to zero in [...]

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By Pam Houghton For those who may not remember, I used to blog right here on this site. It was my first experience writing a weekly column, and after twenty-plus years in the corporate world, I loved the freedom of writing on any writing-related topic I wanted to.

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by Ruel Z Chavez   Watching current news, we ask, “Are there reasons for us to be happy?” Enough problems trouble the mind of a common employee. Present critical issues like the crowding of Wall Street denouncing the control of powerful corporations, currency wars, instability of the economy of European Union, economic partnership between China [...]

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With the right app, you’ll be amazed at what your smartphone can get done By Jane Johnson You might not think of hand held devices as especially well-suited to help you out as a writer. By themselves, they aren’t. However, with apps they can transform your phone into a personal assistant that will help you [...]

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