Photo by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash By Maya Spikes, http://mayaspikes.com/ So, this year has been ... different. There probably aren’t many people rushing to take a look back at this crazy year. I get that. But our group, Triangle Association of Freelancers (TAF), had some great moments in 2020 despite dealing with a global pandemic, a crazy election, and drastic changes to our daily routines. I wanted to share with you some of TAF’s highlights for 2020, as we approach the [...]
MAKE MONEY OFF SPECIAL EVENTS Photo by Ray Hennessy on Unsplash By Don Vaughan, http://www.donaldvaughan.com/ Over the years, I have received numerous assignments from magazines large and small pegged on special anniversaries. They’re fun to research and write, and can be quite lucrative. The key is to uncover events that other writers may not be privy to, and have something fresh to say about them. Here are additional tips to help you cash in on your calendar: Know what’s [...]
Photo by Egor Lyfar on Unsplash By Elaine Klonicki, www.TheAuthenticLane.com I don’t know a single writer who doesn’t have a lot of ideas. It’s one of the reasons I love hanging out with people in Triangle Association of Freelancers—there’s never any shortage of topics to discuss. Having such diverse interests, we learn all kinds of weird and kooky facts from each other. Although each of us has a particular focus or two for our own writing, we’re generally curious people, [...]
Photo by Wade Austin Ellis on Unsplash By Edward Wills, https://www.clippings.me/wordmonarch Rebooting myself as a writer has been an adventure. After a career in journalism in the 1970s and 1980s, I questioned whether I still had the skills? Was my voice still relevant? Would anyone buy what I wrote? It has been nearly 40 years—and several careers—since I earned my last regular paycheck as a reporter (The South Bend Tribune, The Toledo Blade and The Indianapolis Star) or [...]