July 29, 2014
Written by Stephanie Clarke If you’re looking for freelance writing opportunities, there are many sites devoted to freelance work. There are also more unconventional ways to find writing work. One of the more unconventional sources is Craigslist. I’m sure that nearly everyone has heard of Craigslist, the site where you can buy and/or sell just…
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July 21, 2014
One of the greatest book series of modern times was rejected over and over before it was provisionally accepted. Even Stephen King has had his share of rejections. Elizabeth Kostova made headlines when her first book, The Historian, generated a $1 million advance. It was big news because it had never happened before. New authors…
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July 15, 2014
Written By Christopher VanHise Freelancer is one of the most popular and fastest-expanding freelancing markets, having attracted more than 11.6 million users in just 5 years of operation. At the moment there are over 6 million projects listed on the site, thousands of which are writing jobs. With such a large pool of projects to…
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July 5, 2014
In what was to many a great shock, Yahoo sent an email out to their thousands of contributing members informing them of the imminent shutdown of their contributor network. Effectively immediately, there will no further assignments accepted from the contributors. Assignments that had been submitted but not yet approved will be declined. The final payment…
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July 2, 2014
In what comes as a shock to many writers, Yahoo Voices announced they are closing their website. This means they are removing all content from their website, and ceasing all payments to their writers. According to their website, “Yahoo Voices will be closed beginning at 11:38 p.m. on July 30. Yahoo Contributor Network will be…
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