As a freelance journalist and
career business writer, he has written for numerous publications, including The Corps Report and Business Week.
Not exact matches
Daniel Bortz is a freelance
writer based in Washington, D.C.. He's written about personal finance,
careers, small
business and entrepreneurs for publications such as Money magazine, CNNMoney.com, TheFiscalTimes.com, USnews.com.
I'd been a
writer my whole
career prior to
business school, but it took a
business writing course to introduce me to the concept of «rich information.»
Ben Lovejoy is a British technology
writer who started his
career on PC World and has written for dozens of computer and technology magazines, as well as numerous national newspapers,
business and in - flight magazines.
Charley Mendoza is a freelance
writer covering
business, personal finance,
careers, and personal development.
The former indie star turned WWE
writer has returned to his independent roots, but with a far different perspective on his
career and outlook on the
business.
As a co-founder of The Everygirl, a popular website dedicated to
career - driven women, the owner of her own graphic design and photography
business, and the
writer behind the blog Breakfast at Toast, it's a wonder that she has time to think about interior design at all.
Create your own fortune.Professional
writer,
business woman, smart ass, and founder of the unconventional lifestyle and
career website, The Middle Finger Project, Ash Ambirge is on an international mission to help the lost, and the confused.
As comedy
writer on almost every major award show and laugh doctor to some of Hollywood's biggest stars, Get Bruce celebrates the
career of one of show
business's hardest - working unsung heroes.
Elliott began his show
business career as a standup comic, but he first gained public attention as a
writer and performer on Late Night With David Letterman, helping that show define a new age of ironic comedy, and winning two Emmys as part of Letterman's writing team.
Celebrated French
writer / director François Ozon has crafted an interesting
career over his 22 years in the
business, graduating from shorts (with no less than 18 to his name) to documentaries (Jospin s» éclaire)
Since making his international breakthrough in the mid -»90s, the French
writer - director has built a
career of messy, novelistic ensemble mosaics like A Christmas Tale and Kings & Queen that don't so much move from A to B as zigzag wildly across the entire alphabet, taking special delight in discursively swerving off course, into backstory and expository side
business.
My wife, who has similar aspirations of making a
career as a
writer, dealt with this by diving headlong into the
Business — she set aside writing time each day, found contests to enter, and ultimately has found some success by getting some publications in anthologies.
To understand the
business of writing and to build your
career, there's Killing the Sacred Cows of Publishing by Dean Wesley Smith, The Freelancer's Survival Guide by Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Million Dollar Professionalism for
Writers by Kevin J. Anderson and Rebecca Moesta, and Charisma +1: A Convention Etiquette Guide for
Writers, Geeks, and the Socially Awkward.
Filed Under: Blogging for Authors, The Publishing
Business Tagged With: Author blogs, blogging
careers, blogging for authors, Catherine Ryan Hyde, How to Be a
Writer in the E-Age
But I do know that if you're a
writer, and you're changing your
career path based on a blog, you aren't thinking long and hard enough about this
business.
If the
writer was lucky, those panels,
writers conferences, or
writers workshops were taught by
career writers, who have been in the
business longer than a year or two.
Writers can choose to capitalize on these changes, and learn to approach their
careers from both the creative and
business sides.
To understand the industry and manage your
career, there's Closing the Deal on Your Terms by Kristine Kathryn Rusch, The Everyday Novelist:
Business 101 by Daniel Sawyer, From Dreamer to Doer by Jude Wilhoff, Killing the Top Ten Sacred Cows of Indie Publishing by Dean Wesley Smith, Write It Forward: From
Writer to Successful Author by Bob Mayer, Pros and Cons by Jody Lynn Nye and Bill Fawcett, and The Science Fiction Professional by Mike Resnick.
Writers like Joanna Penn have adopted the term authorpreneur to describe creative book crafters who consider the
business side of their publishing
career and their art in equal measure.
No travel, fair price, and most important: Valuable info for
writers in all aspects of writing and the
business of writing at all stages of their
careers.
At today's PubSmartCon panels, industry professionals presented a panel on the
business side of being a
career writer under a newly coined term, authorpreneur.
Ah yes, the
business part of the writing
career — planning, placement (with the right publisher), marketing, understanding all the aspects which support and sustain authors — these are daunting when all most
writers want to do is write!
details the psychology - driven marketing plan that Sean and Johnny built to shape their stories into «products» that readers couldn't help but be drawn into - thus almost automatically generating sales - and explores ways that smart,
business - minded
writers can do the same to future - proof their
careers.
She owns COHEN
CAREER CONSULTING, is a contributing writer for the Denver Business Journal, facilitates the LINK to Leadership program for the Leadership Investment, received recognition as an Outstanding Women in Business Award nominee, has appeared as a career expert on numerous television programs and has been cited in Glamour magazine, the Wall Street Journal, and the Denver Post, and was featured in Denver Woman mag
CAREER CONSULTING, is a contributing
writer for the Denver
Business Journal, facilitates the LINK to Leadership program for the Leadership Investment, received recognition as an Outstanding Women in
Business Award nominee, has appeared as a
career expert on numerous television programs and has been cited in Glamour magazine, the Wall Street Journal, and the Denver Post, and was featured in Denver Woman mag
career expert on numerous television programs and has been cited in Glamour magazine, the Wall Street Journal, and the Denver Post, and was featured in Denver Woman magazine.
Listed in «Who's Who In America» for the past ten years, his
career in the music
business began as a singer / songwriter under production agreements with Chess Records in Chicago and both Capitol and Columbia Records in New York, and as a staff
writer for Beechwood Music at 1650 Broadway.
Publishing: A
Writer's Memoir By Gail Godwin Bloomsbury • $ 16 • ISBN 9781620408254 The novelist and three - time finalist for the National Book Award reflects on her 45 - year career as a writer, from her early struggles to find her voice to the often frustrating ups - and - downs of the publishing bus
Writer's Memoir By Gail Godwin Bloomsbury • $ 16 • ISBN 9781620408254 The novelist and three - time finalist for the National Book Award reflects on her 45 - year
career as a
writer, from her early struggles to find her voice to the often frustrating ups - and - downs of the publishing bus
writer, from her early struggles to find her voice to the often frustrating ups - and - downs of the publishing
business.
details the psychology - driven marketing plan that Sean and Johnny built to shape their stories into «products» that readers couldn't help but be drawn into — thus almost automatically generating sales — and explores ways that smart,
business - minded
writers can do the same to future - proof their
careers.
Hopefully she'll enter the community of
writers in the area and start learning the
business aspects of the
career.
For a sense of how rattled publishers are by Amazon's foray into their
business, consider the case of Kiana Davenport, a Hawaiian
writer whose
career abruptly derailed last month.
She owns Cohen
Career Consulting and is a contributing
writer for the Denver
Business Journal, facilitates the LINK to Leadership program for the Leadership Investment, received recognition as an Outstanding Women in
Business Award nominee, has appeared as a
career expert on numerous television programs and has been cited in Glamour magazine, the Wall Street Journal, and the Denver Post, and was featured in Denver Woman magazine.
Kate Sullivan is a
business and consumer psychologist and the managing editor of TCK Publishing, an independent press dedicated to helping
writers make the most out of their author
careers through partnership publishing deals, podcasts, educational resources, and more.
Many
writers are new to the
business aspects of running their own sales
careers, and many of our biggest, greatest sites are actually new, too, and are blazing trails in retail that actually weren't there until recently.
As
writers develop
business plans for their books, however, they often develop
business plan for their
careers as well.
I have often written and spoken about the need for nonfiction
writers and authors to brand themselves and look at their
careers from a
business perspective.
It's very hard to treat as a
business a
career you have no control over, and which does not, and unless you're very lucky can not (yes, talent comes into it too, and the balance of talent and luck vary according tot he
writer, but you still need to be in the right place at the right time, something you in the end have no control over) pay a living wage.
Whether you want to write a book as a marketing tool for your
business, for your
career as a
writer, or as a creative hobby, find out how YOU can self - publish a book and sell it online on sites such as Amazon and Barnes and Noble.
If agents really are looking for
writers who want a long term relationship, a lasting
career, perhaps the system for finding each other should look a little different than the slush pile, and maybe more like a
business interview.
This ongoing series of essays on the craft of writing will include all topics related to writing fiction, including: The Basics Plot & Structure Voice Theme POV Characterization Dialogue Narrative Creating a bond with your reader Pacing Advanced writing and plotting techniques
Writer's block Marketing Branding Publishing Self - publishing Healthy habits Bad habits The
Writer's Life eBook formatting Paperback formatting Amazon keywords Writing blurbs and descriptions Cover design & layout Productivity The Classics Short stories Poetry The Writing Process Show don't Tell Self - editing Proofreading Building a solid
career Targeting a specific genre Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Sharpening your writing skills Making every word count Deadlines Putting together an Anthology Working with other artists Collaborating Grammar Punctuation Writing for a
career Treating it as a
business Running a small press Financing your
career Keeping track of your royalties Staying motivated Writing movies Writing comics Writing games Building a fan - base Online presence Newsletters Podcasting Author interviews Media appearances Websites Blogging And so much more... Are you ready to be called an author?
I wanted to help
writers like you create thriving
careers and
businesses around their books.
Those of us who have been in the publishing
business for a long time have seen
writers go away from the start of our
careers.
To use another example from my own
career, I'm working with a traditional publisher (University of Chicago Press) to release The
Business of Being a
Writer because it's intended for the university classroom.
When he is not doing freelance writing, he is developing a
career as a travel
writer; looking for an agent and a publishing deal for a travel book he is writing; and aiming to set up his own travel - related
business venture.
Great legal billing advice from Sally Kane, an attorney and freelance
writer specializing in legal,
career and
business topics published in About.com: Legal
Careers.
Terri holds Masters Degrees in Law and
Business but would rather chat about becoming a talk show host, rock star or crime fiction
writer and how she is working on that as her next
career.
Ben Lovejoy is a British technology
writer who started his
career on PC World and has written for dozens of computer and technology magazines, as well as numerous national newspapers,
business and in - flight magazines.
He worked in
business for more than 20 years before quitting his full - time job four years ago to pursue a
career as a professional resume
writer.
Here's how these three pillars of the liberal education worked together to lead me into a successful
career as an Internet analyst and
business writer.
She graduated from the University of Wyoming and started a
career of a
business writer, now she works as a blog editor at Studydemic.
Having access to this community of reputable industry leaders will continue to advance my expertise as a recognized
career &
business coach and executive resume
writer for top
business performers — placing
Career Impressions at the forefront of executive job search services.»