marianamcdougall

Mariana Abeid-McDougall is a writer, a wife, and a homeschooling mom in an out-of-the-box, adventurous family. She's on a mission to show the world that writers don't need to niche to be successful. She hopes you'll join the conversation on the MultiTalented Writers blog.

Renaissance People Mind Map

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Mind Map about renaissance people, with "renaissance people" in the middle, and lots of related words connected to it via lines.

Mind Map Monday: Renaissance People Mind maps are an excellent way to come up with a tonne of ideas for populating a blog. Whether you write for fun or for pay, having a blog can bring more people to your website—but you have to have regular content coming out to keep people interested. That’s where … Read more

Paid Writing Opportunities: News, Politics, and More

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Dreaming of journalism work, but lamenting the fact very few places hire in-house journalists anymore? Time to go freelance and get paid for your writing. Plenty of publications still value the contributions of journalists and pay well for their writing. Here are 12 places that pay (well) for news, politics, and generic writing.   Please … Read more

Successful Multi-Genre Author: Elizabeth Gilbert

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If you’ve been reading this blog for any length of time, you know what I think of the advice to niche or risk being unsuccessful: it’s a bunch of hype, mostly not applicable to creatives. Writers are by nature creative people, and creative people like to experiment, get out of their comfort zone, and see … Read more

Freelance Writing Mind Map

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Freelance Writing Mind Map: The words "freelance writing" are in the middle, while several related words are connected to it by lines.

Mind Map Monday: Freelance Writing Mind Map

A note: Thanks for reading my blog! As you may have noticed, I have zero advertisement on my pages. One of the ways I make a little bit of money to support this blog is with affiliate links.There is one affiliate link in this blog post—to the Freelance Writer’s Den. If you decide to purchase a membership, I will make a small commission, at no additional cost to you. I have been a part of the Freelance Writer’s Den and can attest it’s definitely worth the investment.

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 map before, but in this week’s map, I’m concentrating solely on the freelance writing side of things. 

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Get Paid to Write About Food & Drink

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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 yumminess and related topics. Yes, yumminess is a word. I just made it up.   Note: Rates of Pay are in US dollars unless otherwise indicated. Rates … Read more

Indigenous Authors for June 21st

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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 … Read more

Successful Multi-Genre Writer: J. K. Rowling

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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 … Read more

Publishing Mind Map

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Publishing mind map showing many connected words, topics, and blog post ideas.

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 … Read more

Get Paid to Write About Environmentalism & Natural Living

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Want to get paid to write and save the world at the same time? Here are three publications that pay for writing about environmentalism and natural living. Note: Rates of Pay are in US dollars unless otherwise indicated. Rates are accurate as of this writing. 1. Earth Island Journal Earth Island Journal has an online … Read more

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