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Mind Map Monday: Freelance Writing Mind Map Want to write about writing? That’s basically what I do on this website, and the mind map I’m sharing this week is actually quite useful for me. I wrote a similar one when I started this site, and I still refer to it off and on. I’ve shared a generic writing mind
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Love food? Love writing? Love getting paid? How about getting paid to write about food (and drink)? Here are four publications that pay you (well) to write about yummy-ness and related topics. 1. Cooking Detective Cooking Detective is a digital publication seeking product reviews, recipes, how-tos, and other posts relating to cooking. Reports indicate they pay $.46 per word.
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June 21st is National Indigenous Peoples Day in Canada. Canada has an extremely complicated history with its indigenous peoples, and unlike many would like to think, this history is recent—as recent as 1996, when the last residential school closed. The history between settlers and Canada’s indigenous people didn’t end with the signing of treaties—some of which continue to be dishonored.
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Those who have been reading this blog for a while know that I call B.S. on the “you won’t be successful unless you pick a niche” advice. Most people handing out this “knowledge” are actually multi-niche writers and don’t know it. They might just write blog posts, but they do it for various industries. They might just write white papers,
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Whether you simply enjoy writing about publishing or are considering starting a small publishing company, there are many things to learn and consider. The publishing industry has changed and evolved very quickly, and the landscape looks very different than it did even ten years ago. If you’d like to write about publishing, there are enough topics to last for a
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Want to get paid to write and save the world? Here are three publications that pay for writing about environmentalism and natural living. 1. Earth Island Journal Earth Island Journal has an online and a print version, and they publish stories that “anticipate environmental concerns before they become pressing problems.” They pay a $100 flat rate for online stories and
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Dreaming of becoming a full-time writer? Every writer who lives and breathes to tell stories and share them with the world, whether via creative nonfiction, investigative journalism, or fiction, has probably entertained the idea of becoming a full-time writer. And just as many writers have probably been discouraged from pursuing that dream, by everyone around them. We live in a
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The Time Machine, War of the Worlds. If you’re a fan of classic literature, you’ll recognize the title of two of H. G. Wells most cherished novels. But while many describe Wells as a science fiction writer, our human obsession with putting people into neat boxes ignores a robust body of work in various genres. Wells didn’t just write science
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Trying to plan content for your blog? Using mind maps can help you think of blog post ideas. Last week, I shared a mind map for the Organization & Productivity category of this blog. Today, I’d like to share a mind map for the Goal Setting category. If you want to write about goal setting, there are many related topics
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When it comes to travel, many writers have a dream: “send me on an all-expenses paid, all-inclusive vacation, so I can report back and write a great destination piece for your magazine—for which I’ll get paid very well.” While that’s a lovely dream, it’s not reality. Travel writing does exist, and yes, you can make good money doing it, but
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