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ASJA
Just confirmed! The next Virtual Pitch Slam will take place Wednesday, September 13, from 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Eastern with Wine Enthusiast's Jameson Fink. Members can sign up to pitch this editor on August 30th at noon Eastern.
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Want a chance to meet the editors from Discover Magazine, Meredith Corporation, BHG Special Interest Media, Midwest Meetings, M: Milwaukee's Lifestyle Magazine, StayWell, Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle and more? Client Connections at the Chicago regional conference will bring members face to face with editors and marketing managers looking to hire freelance writers. Keep your eyes on this page to see who has signed up. More details about the lottery registration coming soon!
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By guest columnist Alisa Bowman
Editor's note: Sometimes somebody says something so well and in such a compelling manner that you just step back and say, “Heck yeah!” Such is the case with guest columnist Alisa Bowman, from whose Facebook post this blog sprang. It serves as poignant reminder as to why we writers toil away in the first place, bashing our heads in frustration as we attempt to get our messages across.
Truth be told, I do not enjoy public speaking. Just before a speech, my mind is filled with “Why did you agree to do this?" and “This is the last one!"
And then someone asks me to speak and I, of course, say yes — because, the cause: I am the mother of a transgender child and the co-author of the book Raising the Transgender Child.
It was for the cause that, one recent morning I drove to speak to a local service club. They'd asked me to come. And yet, in the same breath, they'd told me that they weren't sure how it would go over. I'd been told that at least one member was unsettled about my topic, saying that he didn't want it "shoved down his throat." They had worried that their regulars might boycott this particular meeting. "If anyone says anything out of hand, I'll step in," someone had told me.
My hands were already sweating as I pulled into the parking lot.
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By Forum Chair, Mark Obbie
The newest, busiest topics in our members-only online forums
BIG CLIENT, BIG DELAY
When large-company clients take months to pay their writers, what recourse do we have? Your answers may depend heavily on how much more work you want from that client. (Join the conversation)
TIME TO ASK FOR A RAISE
When a client heaps more work on a writer and won’t pay more, what are your options other than simply walking away? A negotiating workshop took shape in this forum thread. (Join the conversation)
ARE WE TURNING FRENCH?
After one member posits a provocative theory on how American journalism is veering toward a more partisan model, members jump in with views on what it means to stay neutral or to state conclusions in a story. (Join the conversation)
CLIENT CONNECTIONS SUCCESSES
In the weeks since the annual conference, ASJA members have shared their stories of new business they landed thanks to contacts made in New York at the conference. (Join the conversation)
JOBS, JOBS, JOBS: This is the place to go for links to new freelance gigs. When you see work opportunities, please share them in this forum — it's a group effort.
Log in daily to see the latest discussions and check out tips on making the most of the forums. Remember, you must log in to the forums in addition to logging in to the members-only side of the ASJA website.
ASJA
ASJA members are successful on many fronts and many have shared how ASJA has helped them along the way. We love to showcase our members through our Success Stories series and we're looking for more.
Have you landed work because of a meeting you had at Client Connections in NYC or through our newest additions, the Virtual Client Connections and the Virtual Pitch Slams? Perhaps you chatted with an editor between conference sessions or during a cocktail party? But those aren’t the only ways reap the benefits of being an ASJA member. As previous success stories have told us, there are many ways.
Because of ASJA events or connections, several members have broken into dream markets, one contributor earned thousands of dollars from a client referred by an ASJA colleague, and another learned through the ASJA forum that he could change publishers for his book and how to go about it. You can read these stories and more at Member Success Stories — and you can contribute yours by sending it to Marijke Vroomen Durning at Marijke@medhealthwriter.com. They don’t take long to write — just a few sentences to share your news.
Editor & Publisher
Spring 1997. The newspaper I edit launches one of the few online newspapers in the country. But we don't put any articles on our free website until the print edition of the newspaper has been delivered to our subscribers. We don't want paid print subscribers to think we are giving away what they are paying for.
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Fast Company
People who wind up becoming their own bosses because they have to — after a layoff, say, or to escape a toxic work culture — may be outnumbered by those who start freelancing by choice.
According to the latest study by the Freelancers Union and Upwork, 63 percent of the freelance workforce (which numbers as many as 55 million strong) reported doing so voluntarily rather than out of necessity, and 79 percent agreed that it's better than working a normal job.
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Alternative Daily
When I hear my friends complain about their 9-5 grind it makes me think about my previous life, where I often skipped lunches and worked late into the evenings to meet monthly quotas — with barely a grunt of recognition from senior execs. I needed something more, something that would excite and challenge me, and give me purpose. So, I handed in my notice and started my own writing business.
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