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My Fond Farewell to ASJA Confidential
I know I’m not the only ASJA member who likes to pick a word to…
Pitch Slams Are My Conference Jam
Pitch slams are my absolute favorite part of ASJA’s annual conference. That includes the pitch…
ASJA Offers Hotel Discount for 2025 Conference
Like the perfect pair of shoes completes an outfit, a discounted hotel room is the…
Thoughts on Thanksgiving Gratitude or It’s All Relative
As the Thanksgiving holiday arrives, ASJA Confidential re-shares a piece written by ASJA member Sandra…
Client Connections is a Labor of Love – And It’s All For You
The Client Connection Guidebook is more than 100 pages long. It’s our bible, if you…
ASJA 2025 Conference Black Friday Sale–Register Now and Save!
This Black Friday, freelance writers can give themselves a gift that keeps on giving by…
Meet the Member: Kim Kavin, Anti-Freelance Buster
If freelancing has a caped crusader, it’s Kim Kavin. By day, Kavin is an award-winning…
Renew Your ASJA Membership or Join Today
It’s membership renewal season at ASJA. By renewing your membership – or joining or rejoining…
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National Press Club: A Rich History
This summer, ASJA members have a prime opportunity to gather in the heart of our…
Is Resume Writing Right for You?
What It Takes – Insights from a Professional Resume Writer With graduation season in full…
When It Comes to Contracts, Don't Put Yourself on Autopilot
As a guy who’s 5 foot 19 inches — I’ll let you do the math…
Consider Using an Online Questionnaire
I write health books and use online questionnaires I create as part of my research….
Keep marketing in gear with plan, accountability
As a self-employed journalist and custom content creator, I help my clients market their products…
Neologisms Help Writers Express the Zeitgeist of the Time
On learning that Uber, the mobile-app-based car service, dinged her half-a-point on a previous ride,…
The Solutions Journalism Approach
We expect news sources in all media to report on fires, shootings, terrorism, train wrecks…
Making Traffic-Based Compensation Work for You
Traffic-based compensation models—called pay-per-click by some—can be a double-edged sword. In some cases, such as…
Losing an Anchor Client: Do As I Say, Not As I Do
It’s a mantra that experienced entrepreneurs pass on to newbies: “Market, market, and market some…
As ASJA Evolves, a New Focus on Intelligent Design
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes are inevitable. Just like those lazy writers who can’t help mentioning David Bowie lyrics when they write…
Collaborating With an Expert: What to Expect
Many years ago here in Boulder, a local writer was working on a book about…
A little sleuthing = Big results
It’s the bane of every freelance writer’s existence: tracking down the correct section editor/marketing manager/hiring…
Scene, Heard, Laced and Loved: Trends in Long Form
On a Saturday morning last November, 85 writers and editors ascended the stairs of a…
Authors and Libraries: A Match Made in Book Marketing Heaven
These days, authors should be loving libraries, and if not loving them, at least courting…
Why shouldn’t you (or your concept) be on TV?
As writers, we’re used to seeing our bylines on articles; after the novelty wears off…
5 Ways that ASJA Membership has Helped My Freelance Writing Career
I love the freedom of being a freelancer. I only have to work with people…
Media Training for Writers
As a writer, you’re used to being in the interviewer seat. But once you write…
Stand By While I Find My PomPoms
Back when I worked at a newspaper, we’d talk about those “Hey, Mabel!” headlines, the…
Press releases: Mailbox junk or idea goldmine?
If your inbox looks anything like mine, it’s overflowing with messages from a range of…
What Is the John Newbery Medal?
If you’re a children’s book writer, I bet you’ve fantasized that your book will one…
From Manuscripts to Musicals
People who work with words occasionally decide that if they can do one kind of…
The ASJA Conference: Why It’s a Must for Me
My family knows not to schedule anything for the last weekend in April each year….
The Anniversary Edition
It’s a good thing that I don’t have to make my living writing books. Nonetheless,…
Those Pesky Ghosts of Journalism's Past
Quiz time! Think, for a second, about San Francisco, which played host to an ASJA…
Communicators and Customer Engagement: Why It Matters
Customers rule and it would be hard to deny that the continued quest for new…
Readers Hate Clichés. Except When They Don’t.
Clichés weren’t always clichés. Once they were creative images or poignant observations that became clichés…
Should You Find a Publisher or an Agent?
Should you pitch a project to publishers, agents, or both? While having an agent who…
Transformative writing, how to teach it
If we go deep within to the spaces we are scared to go, we defeat…