What's It Like to Be a Freelance Education Writer?

Our freelance writing success story series has been revived!

Christine Venzon details how she found success as a freelance education writer. She explains three lessons she's learned, how she got started, how she cracked a very difficult niche -- children's magazines -- and much more. If you're curious about how to become a freelance education writer, read Christine's account. Following is an excerpt:

It's [education writing] one of those overlooked opportunities in freelance writing: not every educational writer is an educator. Sometimes we're as much student as teacher.

I started writing some 15 years ago, right out of college. I'd planned to freelance, fly solo all the way. But after six months with just two bylines, I was happy enough for the quasi-security of a project worker with one of McGraw-Hill's textbook publishing divisions. My first assignment was as a humble researcher for a child care book. I read magazine and newspaper articles and chapters from competitors' books and sorted them according to topic: preschool, parenting, toileting.

Get Paid to Contribute! FYI, InkwellEditoiral.com has several freelance writing series for which I pay freelancers to contribute. In addition to the success series, there's the A Day in the Life of ... series, the International (working abroad) series, and the Best job/Worst job/Most unusual job series.

I'll publish roughly one contribution a month of those submitted. Log on, read the guidelines and send in your story.

Sincerely,
Yuwanda
Contact: info *at* InkwellEditorial.com

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Want Face Time w/Employers Who Hire Freelancers?

You'll get face time -- and so much more -- in Inkwell Editorial's forthcoming Commercial Freelance Writing Seminar.

9/23/07: UPDATE. Registration is now open. Click here for full details and to register.

Want to learn how to start a successful freelance writing career? This seminar will tell you exactly how to go about it -- even if you have no experience. The bulk of it will focus on marketing -- a skill that most freelancers fail to cultivate, which is why so many don't succeed in this lucrative career.

Seminar will be an all-day affair (7.5 hours), which will include a one-hour Q&A period. Lite refreshments will be served. There will only be a 1/2 hour break for lunch, so feel free to bring it if you want.

Guest panelists will include:

(i) A web designer: having a website is a must if you are to succeed in this career. You'll learn exactly what makes a website successful, how to market it and tools/technology you should stay abreast of as a freelance writer;

(ii) Two employers who use freelancers on a regular basis: Employers will tell you exactly what they look for in a freelancer. Eg, how to get your foot in the door, what you should NOT do (which can be more important that knowing what to do), how to get more work from them, etc. This first-hand info is invaluable; and

(iii) Yours truly: I'll give inside information on how to create multiple income streams from your freelance writing career. From e-books to e-seminars, to product websites, you'll learn how to make money from more than just your writing skill.

To learn specifics about the panelists, click here.

Location: Atlanta, GA.

When: Saturday, October 20, 2007. Full details will be announced in September.

9/23/07: UPDATE. Registration is now open. Click here to register.

Cost: $74.95. Attendance is limited to 100 -- large enough to assure variety (in types of questions asked, types of writing, income goals, etc.), yet small enough for meaningful interaction.

P.S.: If you're looking to make a career change, and/or want a part- or full-time income you can make from home, this seminar is for you. If you can write and have good organizational skills, this is a career you can have for years to come. AND, from the comfort of your home.

P.P.S.: There are no barriers! Age is not a barrier, income is not a barrier, education is not a barrier. Almost anyone --with the right tools -- can start a successful career as a freelance writer. This seminar will show you how -- from A to Z.

I look forward to seeing you there.

Sincerely,
Yuwanda Black, Publisher
InkwellEditorial.com
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