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By Pamela DeLoatch
Jenna Glatzer has written/ghostwritten 28 books and hundreds of articles for magazines and online publications. While her main interests are biographies and memoirs as well as health, parenting and business leadership, she also enjoys writing for children and humor. Jenna, a single mom who juggles various award-winning projects with home maintenance challenges, took a few minutes out of her hectic day to talk with ASJA member Pamela DeLoatch. Read more.
ASJA’s Chicago Conference November 17 (“Spotlight on Ghostwriting”) and 18 (“Boosting Your Content IQ”). Sign up for one or both days. Register here.
By Jeanette Hurt
Sometimes, it’s about relationships. Actually, it’s always about relationships, and sometimes, they take a while to grow. Recently I received what has got to be my fifteenth (or is it twentieth?) rejection from a very nice editor I met at ASJA’s New York conference in 2016. I met her at the Client Connections conference, and I have been pitching her with ideas…that have come SO close, but I haven’t nabbed an assignment yet.
But, we do have a connection, and I figure, the odds are in my favor – if I keep sending out solid pitches, eventually, one will be a homerun. In the meantime, we still maintain a connection, and I remain positive.
Three years ago, I attended the Content Connections conference in Chicago. If you read my story about my experience there, you might remember, my income was at one of its lowest points ever in my entire freelancing career. It was financially challenging to afford the conference, but I figured, it would be more financially challenging NOT to attend the conference.
I’m so glad I went. Just yesterday, I had an editor I met through the conference ask me if I would like to take on a very large project before the end of the year. This particular project will pay me more money than I earned from five different books I’ve written, and it will be vastly easier than writing a book!
I’m so excited to attend this year’s conference on Nov. 18 in Chicago. I know I’ll meet more editors, and hopefully, together we can build sustaining connections that will further both my success and their success.
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ASJA
ASJA has decided to extend the early-bird registration rate for our Austin conference to Oct. 16! Register now to make sure you get the best possible rate for the one-day event loaded with practical tips on how to enhance and grow your freelance career.
At Write in the Heart of Texas, on Feb. 3, 2018, you’ll hear from our keynote speaker, acclaimed essayist and novelist Sarah Bird, learn how meditation can make you a better writer, polish your interviewing skills and become a better self-editor.
ASJA members will have the chance to connect with editors at top publications and companies through Client Connections, including Texas Highways Magazine, Keller Williams and Rice University. Why wait? Sign up today for a spring time getaway to sunny Austin, Texas.
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ASJA
Resume, schresume! If you’re looking to land freelance writing gigs, you need a narrative bio. Since it’s all about you, it’s easy to write. Learn how to showcase your writing skills and advertise your attention to detail while giving people something to “Oooh!” and “Ahhh!” over. We’ll even cover getting a great headshot.
That’s what we’ll talk about in this month’s “Shop Talk” event.
Join us:
Wednesday, Oct. 18
1 p.m. Eastern (calculate for your time zone)
Members – Free
Non-Members – $19
Register here.
About our guest expert:
Christine Adamo is a former newsie who’s now a writer, editor, and proofreader with freelance gigs that include copy editor at StepMom Magazine, lead blogger for Maytronics, and contributor to Art House Press. Connect with her on LinkedIn or follow her on Twitter.
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ASJA
Your chance to pitch Boston Globe Magazine’s Michael Fitzgerald
Virtual Pitch Slams (VPS) are one-hour interactive phone conference calls during which a moderator hosts a client, who outlines what his/her outlet is looking for from freelance writers. Then, ASJA members give live pitches by telephone, followed by constructive feedback on each story idea.
ASJA members can sign up on a first-come, first-served basis beginning Tuesday, Nov. 28 at noon Eastern to get one of the pitching slots. We will provide instructions on how to sign up soon. Members may also register just to listen in on the event, as they would for a Shop Talk. VPS will also be recorded and accessible via ASJA’s website shortly after the event.
Be sure to read the FAQs here for more information.
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ASJA
We are actively recruiting volunteers for large and small roles in several key areas. Our immediate need is for members to work in various roles in our Peer-to-Peer Group. As you know, the program matches members with others who share their writing specialty or other interests.
If you're interested in finding out more about ASJA volunteer opportunities - for the Peer-to-Peer program, mentor opportunities, special events and other areas - please contact Volunteer Chair Nancy Dunham at NancyDunham@gmail.com.
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Humorist-in-Residence
What writer wouldn’t want to spend two all-expenses-paid, blissful weeks at a hotel in Dayton, Ohio? Yes, a hotel. Room service. An omelet bar. The sun rising over the Great Miami River. It’s the ultimate gift for any writer — the luxury of time to write…and on the “Dayton Riviera,” no less. That’s the premise behind “A Hotel Room of One’s Own: The Erma Bombeck | Anna Lefler Humorist-in-Residence Program.” It's a great opportunity for writers with a comedic flair. Application deadline: Oct. 6 (midnight, Eastern).
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Florida International University.
In the communication industries of today, change is the new normal. This survey is designed to examine the roles and status of communication professionals, including the types of positions they hold, the role mentoring has played in their careers and their access to management opportunities in all of the major communication industries.
This study and second national survey about the role and status of women in the communication industries, is being conducted by the Lillian Lodge Kopenhaver Center for the Advancement of Women in the College of Communication, Architecture & the Arts at Florida International University.
The survey is being distributed to leading professional associations in newspaper, magazine, online and broadcast journalism; advertising, and public relations. The survey was first administered in 2015 - the first time in at least a decade that all of these industries were being surveyed at the same time. This survey replicates the first survey.
The Kopenhaver Center will release the results of this study in early 2018 and publish them as well on its Kopenhaver Center website. Results also will be sent to the corresponding professional organizations that participated in this study.
Your participation is voluntary, and your responses are anonymous. The survey should take you no more than 20 minutes to complete.
If you have any questions about this survey, please contact Lillian A. Abreu at the Kopenhaver Center for the Advancement of Women in Communication, at labreu@fiu.edu or 305-919-4065
New Women Space and That Jiillian
Want to learn how to manage your pipeline? Conquer your taxes? Price your services like a pro? Then Hustle Fest is for you! We're gonna teach you how to kick ass, solopreneur style. (Freelancers, independent contractors, and side hustlers included.) Seriously – this is a full day of workshops, networking, and booze. For only $40. What are you waiting for?!
Date: Nov. 4
Time: 11:30 AM Doors. 12 PM start. 6 to 7 PM sponsored happy hour
Location: ThoughtWorks, 99 Madison Ave
More details, including lineup, here.
Writer's Digest
Writers must write every day. That’s the mantra. Authors ranging from Ray Bradbury to Ernest Hemingway to Doris Lessing all propound the necessity of writing daily. But the thing is, writers are also humans, and many humans have an irksome desire to procreate. And those tiny humans that arrive into the writer’s well-constructed, disciplined, every day writing routine are selfishly indifferent to this mantra. Indeed, they sometimes seem to be doing everything they can to sabotage your great writing effort.
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The WRITER
Revision is best done in steps: Multiple holistic read-throughs are important, but separate searches for particular weaknesses are also valuable.
Let me try that again: Revision works best in stages. Naturally, we need to read through our work holistically several times. Too often, though, we overlook targeted searches for particular weaknesses. Better? I did make other language changes, but the metamorphosis happened in the course of eliminating lifeless be verbs.
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Forbes
Pay for advertising. Pass out flyers. Start a blog. Freelancers must read the same tired, business growth advice over and over again. If these things work, that’s great. But, what if they don’t? The only logical next step is to think outside the box.
Sometimes it takes the unusual and creative to get results. If you need to create growth really fast, try these four strategies.
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Journalism.co.uk
Collaborative journalism is now being practiced on a scale that constitutes a revolution in the media, found a report published recently by the Center for Cooperative Media at Montclair State University.
Based on interviews with key figures involved in these type of projects, as well as industry events and literature reviews, the paper outlines six types of editorial partnerships between newsrooms, and the benefits and challenges of each one.
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