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ASJA’S Fall Membership Drive wraps up on Dec. 9, and we'd like to get the word out on social media. We're 1,000-plus members strong, and we would like all of you to help us promote the Fall Membership Drive by sharing the posts below with your followers on social media. As a reminder, ASJA also offers a 25% referral bonus off your membership dues for referring a new member. Thanks in advance for your help.
Use this for Social Post No. 1: Ready to grow your #freelance career? Consider joining ASJA today. Use code MI-NewMem to get $50 off the initiation fee when you’re accepted for membership and join by Dec. 9. (And if you’re curious about how ASJA has helped other #freelancers build their #business, check out our new Q&A series “How I Became a Freelance Writer”). #freelancewriter, #freelancing, #contentmarketing, #journalism, #writer
Use this for Social Post No. 2: Check out ASJA’s new Q&A series “How I Became a Freelance Writer,” featuring interviews with our members. And if you’re ready to grow your #freelance career, consider joining ASJA today (Bonus: you’ll get a discount if you’re accepted and join by Dec. 9). #freelancewriter, #freelancing, #contentmarketing, #journalism, #writer
ASJA
Has someone shown you the ropes in years past and helped you take your writing career to the next level? Now is your chance to pay it forward! Each month, ASJA welcomes new associates who want to fine-tune their skills, learn from more experienced writers and prepare to apply to become a professional member of ASJA. You can help them.
We've created two guidebooks for an eight-week commitment — one tailored to mentors and one to associates — to help you organize your discussions and keep your time commitment to a reasonable level. Interested? Intrigued? Ready to dive in? Visit the ASJA website to register or contact Lori Ferguson, committee chair, at (603) 566-6368.
ASJA
Many of Cuba’s national holidays celebrate historical triumphs such as Castro’s rise to power, and they are marked by military parades, demonstrations and speeches. There are fewer religious holidays than in other Latin countries because of the government’s strained relationship with religion. January 1 does double duty. As Triumph of the Revolution Day, it honors Castro’s victory, and as Nino de Atocha’s Day, it’s devoted to the Christ child and Elegua, the foremost deity in Santeria.
ASJA’s cultural tour falls between the February Cigar Festival in Havana and Cine Pobre, the largest Cuban film festival, in April. This festival showcases the very best of Cuba’s low-budget movies in outdoor screenings.
Come along with ASJA to Cuba March 21-28, 2020. Call travel planner Charles Bittner at 617-833-1435 for more information and to register.
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 Shop on Amazon? ASJA members, family and friends now have an easy way to donate to ASJA Charitable Trust! Next time you’re ready to shop on Amazon, start your shopping session at the URL http://smile.amazon.com. Select American Society of Journalists and Authors Charitable Trust as your charity, and Amazon will donate 0.5% of the price of your eligible purchases! Ready to start shopping? Click here to default ASJACT as your charity of choice!
Forbes
It's time for some publishing wisdom. Many people are freelance writers as side hustles. They write books, articles, brochures, or novels, while also holding a full-time job. Without years of experience in writing, there are some mistakes that everyone can make, if they are not careful.
As a writing coach and NYU professor I work with my students to build their portfolio and get the attention of editors.
I always tell them there is one way to immediately get sent to the slush pile.
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Harvard Business Review
Today, 1 in 3 working Americans are freelancing. That’s about 57 million workers from a force of 160 million, up 4 million (13%) since 2014.
Freelancers are experts in their own fields, but they are also business managers: branding themselves, marketing their services, managing finances — and negotiating deals with potential clients. Those conversations can be challenging for independent contractors.
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Next Avenue
Patricia Jacobson had been working on her novel "Fern" since 1986. She was beyond excited to call herself a published author at last, when her first five copies arrived a month ago at The Heights senior living home in Burbank, California where she lives ...
When Jacobson started writing "Fern" — based on the hardscrabble life of children in her native Kentucky during the Depression — she thought she’d need to find a literary agent and pitch publishers. That’s not how the book saw its way into print, though. She self-published it, creating and financing the printing of her book.
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Business 2 Community
Are you a unicorn writer looking to share your writing talents with the world but you’re not sure where to start?
Maybe you’re looking for a way to make a little money on the side of your main gig.
If you’re a writer of any skill level, you’re in luck — there are numerous online websites and resources for you to share your writing — and get paid for it.
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Poynter
Every time I’m asked to write a 150-word bio, I freeze.
My professional life has had a lot of iterations, ranging from launching newsrooms on Snapchat and Kik to covering politics and breaking news with voicemails and, most recently, reporting and writing a book.
For years at the beginning of my career, I was simply the internet kid. I began working in large, legacy newsrooms. At my first few jobs, my titles were fluid, my duties unspecific. I was defined, mostly, by the fact that I knew how to internet.
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