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What’s the secret behind a good Tweet? At this year’s ASJA conference, panelists Leslie Poston,…

The “Secrets of the Ghosts: Expanding Your Writing Horizons by Ghostwriting, Editing, and Promoting Books” panel for the…

As writers, we often don’t consider marketing our work as a way to secure new…

Work advice that aims to reduce risk is all too common. We’ve all heard it….

Thinking about self-publishing and want to know about the biggest retailers for your digital and…

I woke up this morning thinking about copyright infringement, baby formula and Nigerian scam artists…

We all know this business is feast or famine, and when the down times hit,…

I hope you never need financial aid from ASJA’s Writers Emergency Assistance Fund, but you…

If you’re like me, the last thing you want to hear is someone telling you…

When in 2011 I was on the hunt for a literary agent to represent my…

Any writer in search of more work knows the market for well-paying, and even not-so-well-paying…

Writers, I learned recently, need to train like athletes. We don’t get a free pass…

When a writer wants to break into a new market or squeeze another article into…

When I’m stuck on a writing project, I don’t need to go far for help….

Ever tell a joke and misplace one word? The punch line comes and lays there….

Soon after I moved to Chicago in the mid-1960s, those heady days of civil rights…

They say having a child changes everything. Well, writing a memoir about raising your child…

Whether you’ve been a freelance writer for 20 years or two months, there’s no better…

Are you like many freelance writers and take on too much, ignoring symptoms of stress…

Being chosen to head an ASJA chapter is easy.  Just head for the ladies’ room. …

When I started my BlogTalkRadio show on cost-effective marketing, Piggy Bank Promotions (PBP), in 2011,…

Any freelance writer who spends hours calculating business use of home expenses for their tax…

I had a degree in math, and a passion for writing poetry. As a brand-new…

You’re stuck – you’re sitting at your computer with a blank screen and no brilliant…

“What are you working on now?” a friend recently asked me.  “A little bit of…

What would you do if you got a call to appear on a national news…

Freelance writing is a very different proposition from working full-time in a newsroom. In an…

Authors often ask, “When should I start promoting my book?” “Now” is usually a safe…

As the professional association of independent nonfiction writers, ASJA has to stay current with the…

An early morning phone call brought the news of my mother’s death. Waves of nostalgia,…