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Kayt Sukel, ASJA
 By many accounts, I'm a writer who should have never gotten a book deal.
I have no bona fides, per se. I am not the offspring of a sparkling (and connected) literary couple. I did not intern for some famous magazine editor. I do not have a trust fund (or spouse) that will carry me as I travel, participate in prestigious writing workshops, or sit home and churn out pages. Truth be told, I didn’t even go to school for writing. I’m a science nerd, for goodness’ sake. So it’s fair to say that I’m a bit of an outlier in the writing world.
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ASJA
Successful business owners have a few things in common: They fill a need. They offer great products and services. And they pay attention to the fundamentals of running a business. When freelance writers adopt business basics, they can create more stable, sustainable businesses. Join our teleseminar on March 16 at 1 p.m. EST to learn how to apply key financial, marketing, sales and customer service practices to your freelance writing business for better results. LEARN MORE
ASJA
 Join us in May for two days of education, networking, and sharing winning strategies at ASJA's 45th Annual Writers Conference. Sessions will follow five tracks to help you navigate the schedule and zero in on the areas that best fit your interest and experience levels: Books & Beyond, Pro Tips, Breaking Into, Essentials, and Work Life. Speakers and attendees represent such companies as The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, The New Republic, The New York Times Book Review, The Atlantic, Family Circle, BBC Travel, Inc.com, Fortune, and Fast Company. Register today, early-bird discounts apply until April 1. LEARN MORE
CNN Money
Boston Globe reporter Sacha Pfeiffer called it "the sweetest possible victory." Sunday night's presentation of the Best Picture Oscar to "Spotlight" was the culmination of a months-long awards season that had Hollywood elites buzzing about old-school, shoe-leather newspaper journalism. The coveted award was "a celebration of journalism, a reminder of the importance of investigative reporting, and powerful validation for all clergy sex abuse survivors," Pfeiffer said via text message from an after-party in West Hollywood.
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Publishers Weekly
After working as an architect and in the fashion industry, Andrés Quintero has found his calling: writing and illustrating picture books. His first title, Hairy Harold & His Extraordinary Trip to New York, was self-published last year and praised as an "impressive debut" by Publishers Weekly. Like many self-published books, Hairy Harold was crowdfunded. After Quintero wrote and sketched a draft, a friend suggested Kickstarter. But Quintero admits that if he had known how difficult crowdfunding was, he wouldn't have done it. "Thank goodness I didn't know that at the time," he says.
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Jane Friedman (blog)
Every few months, another social platform emerges and I can almost hear a collective groan: "ANOTHER platform? Really?"
Finding the balance between actual writing and all the online promotion is a real struggle for writers. Lately I've heard many voices saying that writers need to be on Pinterest. With all the platforms to choose from, is Pinterest really an effective platform for writers?
This is, of course, a trick question.
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The New York Times
In a sweeping overhaul of its leadership, Tribune Publishing announced that it was combining the role of editor and publisher across its portfolio of newspapers, which include The Los Angeles Times and The Chicago Tribune. With the reorganization, Davan Maharaj, the editor of The Los Angeles Times, will become publisher and editor in chief of the newspaper, and Bruce Dold, who was named editor of The Chicago Tribune two weeks ago, will also take on dual responsibilities.
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Writer's Digest
Author Jessica Strawser writes: "At a neighborhood party recently, the adults on my street were discussing the fact that I'm newly slated to become a published novelist with a mixture of fanfare, curiosity, and something akin to suspicion. What fun, I thought, having people suddenly wonder what's going on in my brain! Nothing like fielding a series of odd questions to make you feel like a 'real' writer, right?"
But then my neighbor’s second-grader spoke up. “You should write a book for kids,” she said.
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Poynter
"You can be 100 percent factually correct and still be almost useless to your readers." Gary Schwitzer's second sentence in our phone conversation was not exactly a ringing endorsement for fact-checking. In reality, it shows a challenge fact-checkers face daily.
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THE Writer
Mitchell S. Jackson turned his life around. He grew up poor and underprivileged in one of Portland, Oregon's most neglected neighborhoods, and before he knew it, he was serving time in jail for dealing drugs. Today he leads a life of writing and teaching on the opposite coast with an altered outlook. But Jackson didn't turn his back on his younger years or try to forget them. He wrote a book about them. The Residue Years is an autobiographical novel featuring characters based on himself and his mother. Writing about memories and events that took place during his formative years, Jackson has a melodic, memorable style.
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