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I have a confession: I dislike Twitter. Everything about it, from its initial limitation of 140 (now 280) characters to the circus-like atmosphere fueled by controversial tweets of politicians and celebrities to the fact that someone actually impersonates me (@SandraGurvis) and the powers-that-be at Twitter refuse to do anything about it. Plus, unlike LinkedIn, Instagram or Facebook, I find it difficult and at times confusing to navigate. Yet many successful writers not only use but prosper on Twitter. ASJA Confidential interviewed two such members, Susan Weiner (@susanweiner) and Linsey Knerl (@LKnerl), both of whom have Twitter followers in the five figures.
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Do you cover sustainable food, travel, home/garden or outdoor gear? Make a note: Our next Virtual Pitch Slam will be with Sierra Magazine on Thursday, Dec. 6 at 1:30 p.m. Eastern time. Signups will open on a first-come, first-served basis on Nov. 26 at noon Eastern. In the meantime, check out our recordings of previous Virtual Pitch Slams.
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Member name: Julissa Treviño, Fort Worth, TX
Success story: Broke into a new market.
How I landed the gig: At the ASJA regional conference in Austin (February 2018), I met Texas Journey editor and panelist Jim Benning. Jim said he was open to pitches from new writers, so after his panel, I went up to introduce myself, and he gave me his business card. We ended up connecting shortly after, and after he saw my clips, we briefly spoke on the phone about what he was looking for in pitches. After some back and forth, he accepted two pitches.
Net results: Texas Journey pays $1 a word, and I had landed two assignments — one at 150 words and the other at 500 words.
Comment about ASJA: I attended the conference before I even became an ASJA member. The fact that I met an editor at the conference and landed two assignments with a new publication showed me that the membership was worth it.
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ASJA showcases member successes throughout the year. Whether it's landing a new gig through Client Connections, finding work through referrals, or learning how to change contracts to suit your needs, these stories help demonstrate the value of an ASJA membership. If you have a story to share, contact Marijke Vroomen Durning.
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Forbes
In the U.K., a third of all employed people work from home. By 2020, this is predicted to rise to 50 percent. And yet an issue I have come across time and time again, both during research for my book The Freelance Mum and as a business consultant, is people saying: "I find it hard to motivate myself; to get started."
According to science, motivated people have higher levels of dopamine — a chemical released by neurons (nerve cells) to send signals to other nerve cells.
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Columbia Journalism Review
Twitter may not have the same globe-spanning reach as Facebook, but one group of professional users has adopted it en masse: journalists. The lure of an always-on, news-heavy social network that includes access not just to an audience of consumers but direct input from newsmakers like Donald Trump is impossible to resist for many in the media. But is this a good thing?
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Writer's Digest
Public readings of your written work — published or not yet published — are a great way to gain exposure for your writing and to build your author platform. As both an author who has frequently read my work in public, and from hosting two popular readers’ series, I’ve developed some preferences, and a few pet peeves when it comes to writers reading their work.
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NiemanLab
Surveys about “media trust” suffer from a definitional problem. “Do you trust the media?” is a meaningful question only if we know what “the media” is. Is it The New York Times and CNN? Fox News and Breitbart? Occupy Democrats and your uncle’s memes on Facebook?
In Gallup’s data on that question — which asks about “the mass media, such as newspapers, TV, and radio” — 72 percent of Americans trusted the media in 1976, post-Watergate.
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