I interview a lot of writers here. (Current count is a couple hundred.) I love talking to writers and finding out about their journey. I still seek out writers to interview, and when I do, I usually have a couple questions in mind, and then some that I create based on information about the writer.

I was just interviewed for a blog, and one question they asked me was about managing my time. We’ve talked about it here before, but it’s really important for writers, and I think sometimes when we see someone else that seems to be cranking out a lot of work, we wonder how they do it. [...]

I’ve talked before about misconceptions that people have about freelancing, but I think it’s worth bringing up again. Just this week I was at the doctor, and the receptionist asked for my work phone number. I told her it was the same as my home number and she said, “Oh, so you don’t work.” No, [...]

I talked about exposure in another post, and I got several comments and questions about that. One of them was, “How do you turn a gig that isn’t paying into something that pays.” Well then, that’s the million dollar question, isn’t it? Here are my thoughts.

I’m getting a lot of questions about guest posting here, which I understand because so many of us are trying to get back links or promote blogs or books or whatever. So I wanted to let you know about my other blogs, in case there is a fit for your post there, too.

There’s writing for free, and then there’s writing for free. What I mean is, there is a difference between exposure for exposure’s sake, and backlinks. We all write for free these days occasionally, but there is usually a good reason for it. You’re guest posting to get backlinks, you’re doing a favor for a blogger [...]

I wanted to let you all know that the About.com Readers’ Choice Awards are currently going on, and there several categories you or one of your clients might be interested in. Categories include: Best Nonfiction Book About Friendship Best Fiction Book About Friendship Favorite Website for Meeting New Friends Favorite TV Bromance Favorite Online Game [...]

I’ve done quite a few interviews over the past few years, and most of them are really great. As an introvert myself, I’m amazed at people’s abilities to chat away in a carefree manner, to interrupt people (when they need it), and to basically think aloud. During a radio or TV interview, those are important [...]

It’s one thing to get traffic to new blog posts, but what about all those gems you wrote long ago that need a little more attention? Here are some ways to get traffic to older posts.

I’ll admit it, I love watching those reality shows where people sing and then other people judge and then someone gets critiqued and/or voted off. I love them because they are fun to watch but also because I see some similarities between shows like that and being a writer.