Sun.Jan 19, 2025

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Do You Believe You’re a Writer?

Make a Living Writing

But actually, do you believe you’re a writer? I received a moving email message from a longtime professional writer and single mom of two who had been laid off from a lucrative editing job. Now, looking out on today’s freelance world full of $15-an-article assignments , she doesn’t know how she will support her family. She’d have to work around the clock at content-mill rates to make ends meet, and doesn’t want to do that kind of work anyway. “I am just not ca

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Copywriter of the Week : Gary

Copywriter Collective

Introducing our copywriter of the week, Gary… I owe my career in advertising to Iron Maiden. Yes, that Iron Maiden: the long-haired, leather-clad rock band famed for The Number of the Beast and the scary animatronic mascot that graces their live shows. I wasnt there to rock. I was there to interview the band. You see, I was working as a reporter in Mexico, and for some time had been thinking I might prefer making things up than reporting things.