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ASJACon2025 Day 2 Recap: Improve Your Writing and Storytelling Skills
In challenging times, writers play an important role, and honing your skills makes you a…
ASJACon2025 Day One Recap: Stay Optimistic in an Era of Uncertainty
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Pulitzer Winner Lane DeGregory and NY Times Editor Mike Wilson on Making Writing Come Alive
Lane DeGregory wants you to forget everything you ever learned about the inverted pyramid. The…
Author Wil Haygood On Topics, Process, and Telling Stories That Address ‘Black and White' America
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Meet the Member: Darcy Lewis, “Accidental” ASJA President
When Darcy Lewis said yes to an invitation to help ASJA develop and launch a…
Navigate the Path to Publish at ASJA 2025 Conference Book Sessions
ASJA’s mission is to help independent writers survive and thrive, and we’re dedicated to being…
ASJA Offers 5 Scholarships to 2025 NYC Conference
ASJA will offer five scholarships to the 2025 conference, ASJA: Always in Fashion, NYC 2025,…
ASJA Offers Emergency Funds for Freelance Writers in L.A. and Beyond
Established nonfiction freelance writers affected by the recent devastating wildfires in Los Angeles can apply…
Update: 28 Freelance Outlets Are Coming to Client Connections 2025
As of Jan. 8, more than two dozen editors, agents, and content outlets have signed up for ASJA’s signature ‘speed dating for freelancers’ event at the conference.
On Fear, Freelance Writing, and What I Learned Serving as ASJA President
On Jan. 1, I will join an illustrious club: ASJA past presidents. It’s something I…
WSJ Custom Content Head, FIT Professor to Keynote ASJA 2025 Conference
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Welcome, Jessica Farthing: ASJA’s First Associate Member!
Editor’s note: Jessica Farthing was the first to become an associate member, but you can,…
Membership Has Its Privileges: Write for ASJA Magazine, Get Exposure and Make Contacts
Dear Fellow ASJA Members: I am always on the lookout for material for ASJA Confidential;…
Adding Diversity: Reading and Writing in Black, White and More
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Tara Richter: An Unconventional Approach to Publishing
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Train Your Brain to Recognize Inadvertent Plagarism
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All ASJA Members Get Plenty of Benefits
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Membership Has Its Privileges: Putting the Kibosh on Banned Books
Editor’s note: Banned Books Week is Sept. 24-30 and one of the great advantages of…
How to Find Your Writer Tribe
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Asking For “A Friend:” Content Marketing Post-Mortem
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The Flexible Freelancer: Interview with Chicago Conference Presenter Monica Eng
A native-born Chicagoan who started out in the newspaper business and is now a reporter…
Freelance or Full-time? Let's Duke it Out! (Part Two)
Editor’s note: Which is better—freelance or full-time employment? ASJA Confidential interviewed members Cheryl Alkon—who went…
First World Problem #176: The Freelance Juggling Act (Part One)
Editor’s note: Want to get the full inside scoop about what’s going on in the…
Busting Ghost-Writing Myths: a From-The-Hip Conversation with Leah Nicholson of the Jenkins Group
Editor’s note: On Friday, Nov. 17 and Saturday, Nov. 18, ASJA will be hosting a…
Membership Has Its Privileges. Austin Conference: 5 Reasons to Get Involved
Editor’s note: As Susan Johnston Taylor, co-chair of ASJA’s Austin regional conference in February, points…
Why We Do What We Do
Editor’s note: Sometimes somebody says something so well and in such a compelling manner that…
Spotlight On: Member Julie Patrick-Barnhill: Getting The Most From Your Cheese And Crackers
Periodically ASJA Confidential spotlights a member who approaches their work in a fun, unusual and/or…
Membership Has Its Privileges: Seven Ways the Members-Only ASJA Forum Is Better Than Facebook, Twitter and Tinder
This post offers information about an ASJA member-only service. Interested in becoming an ASJA member?…
Chicago Conference: Arming Yourself for a Changing World
How many times has a client asked you if you could take on a project…
A Little Something on the Side: Hustles vs. Jobs vs. “Micros”
While publications and even blogs are paying less these days, resulting in even more emphasis…
The Best of Both Words (Not a Typo): Getting Away from It All to Write
The author of Un/Masked, Memoirs of a Guerrilla Girl on Tour, ASJA member Donna Kaz…
When Good Clients Curdle, Or How to (Mostly) Avoid Stepping in Doo-Doo
Dear Fellow ASJA Members: My daughter Amy lives in downtown Chicago and all the adventure…
Fresh Off The Grid! New Member Profile: Jan Bridgeforth Smith
Editor’s note: We are always on the lookout for fresh meat, er, new and veteran…
The Rodney Dangerfied of Research: Why Wikipedia Matters — Two ASJA Members Weigh In
Editor’s note: Wikipedia is like the kid nobody acknowledges at school but who everyone always…
$1 a Word? Accept No Less!
When Mridu Khullar Relph started freelancing from India some 15 years ago, she felt she…
2017 Conference Round-Up (In More Ways than One)
“Git along, little dogies” and “Moo,” were some of the thoughts flitting through my mind…
WTH Are Moral Rights and Why Are They Becoming So Important?
Every so often the question pops up on ASJA’s Forum: “I got a contract that…
Self Publishing: It Takes An Army
Over the years, I’ve written/co-authored and/or ghosted 16 books, all published in the traditional way—with…
A Holistic Approach to Conference Preparation: Shopping Is Involved
Dear fellow ASJA Members: While solid information about getting ready for Pivot Publish Prosper: ASJA’s…
NYC 2017: Keynoter Lane Shefter Bishop: Whispering A Few Well-Chosen Words For A Film/TV Deal
This is the last of a series of Q&As with the four featured keynoters for…