Navigate the Path to Publish at ASJA 2025 Conference Book Sessions
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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
It’s hard to predict exactly what 2025 might have in store for freelancers and other…
Increasing Content Writing Revenue is My No. 1 Conference Goal
Learning new skills to expand my career opportunities – and revenue – has always been…
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…
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How to Create an Award-Winning Blog: Tips from Marijke Vroomen Durning
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Selecting Books on Writing: Decisions, Decisions
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From Moonlighting to Full-Time Writing: Six Tips to a Successful Transition
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Breaking Into Freelance Wedding Writing
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Ghostwriters are in Demand
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I began blogging in July 2009, and I’ve now written more than 1,300 posts. I…
10 Steps Toward Getting a Life, or How I Learned to Write Biography
I never planned to become a biographer. As a journalist who’d covered everything from the…
3 Steps to Becoming a Spokesperson
I’ll tell you a secret that I’ve only shared with a few close writer friends….
Eight Tips for e-Book Authors
If you’re a reader, you know about e-books. You may even know that in 2011,…
Star Struck: Prepping for a Celebrity Interview
I admit it; I’m a sucker for some good celebrity scoop. So when I stumbled…
Top 5 Ways to Network at a Writer's Conference
To some people, networking with others in a large group comes easily. I admit, I’m…
Discomfort Zone
In 2009, while researching The Erotic Engine, I attended a spectacle known as the Adult…