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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by Shakirah Dawud In the very beginning of my writing career, I was delighted to find a website that appeared to need my writing. I read their guidelines, edited a few pieces written a few years back in high school and college, and submitted them in anticipation of about $8 apiece. Two things saved me from [...]

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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 Shakirah Dawud I move around a lot, but wherever I settle, I plant something. Among other things, over the years I’ve learned: which flowers I love most (peonies, roses, cosmos) how to tell a weed seedling from a preferred plant (because I seldom get around to labeling) some gorgeous specimens can be weeds, depending [...]

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by Tiffany Jansen For the first two years of my freelance writing career, I worked for content mills. I took my work seriously and researched, proofread, and even interviewed in order to come up with the best possible content. In return, I got $15 per article. At most. Why did I subject myself to this? [...]

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