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Among the many intriguing topics at the ASJA Austin conference Write in the Heart of Texas on Feb. 3 is a panel “Client Wrangling: How to Handle Sticky Situations.” ASJA Confidential spoke with moderator John Peragine on this subject.
This is a challenging and often difficult subject for writers. Are there clues that might indicate things are about to get gummy?
Too often we rely on emails and texts, and things can get lost in the translation. And sometimes tensions and miscommunications arise and fester, and everything that the client or editor does becomes an annoyance or personal insult or vice versa. And then a silence arises between the two of you; you are avoiding each other for reasons you may not fully understand. And the client just disappears and you wonder, “What happened?”
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ASJA
Client Connections is an extremely valuable members-only program offered at ASJA Austin.
At this highly focused networking event, editors, literary agents, and professional members sit down for nine-minute meet-and-greets to learn more about how they can work together. See a full list of clients here, including AAA's Texas Journey, American Heart Association, CreditCards.com and Texas Highways Magazine.
Mark your calendars! Registration for the Client Connections lottery will be open between Jan. 15-19, 2018.
Be sure to read the FAQs if this is your first time participating.
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ASJA
You vast company of past judges out there — want to do it again? We also welcome members who haven't judged, and can give ASJA 5-6 hours in February. (New members: judging is a great toe-in-the-water toward getting involved.)
Judges help ASJA, get to know one another and enjoy some great reads. We never fail to be moved and inspired by the terrific writing that's entered each year — and we promise you'll feel the same way! Apply here.
ASJA
Preview the regional ASJA conference taking place in Austin, Texas, on Feb. 3 with conference co-chairs Deborah Blumberg and Susan Johnston Taylor. Learn why you can’t afford to miss this Texas-style event with its emphasis on how to thrive as a freelance writer. Get the scoop on what makes the Texas writing scene special, get a few pre-conference tips on mindfulness for writers, and discover how each session will enhance and support your career. Learn more about editors attending Client Connections and get tips for making the most of those appointments and your time at this one-of-a-kind event.
That’s what we’ll talk about in this month’s “Shop Talk” event.
Join us:
Wednesday, Dec. 20
1 p.m. Eastern (calculate for your time zone)
Register here.
About our guest experts:
Deborah Lynn Blumberg (@dlblumberg) is a health and wellness and business and finance writer and editor with more than 15 years’ experience writing for publications including The Wall Street Journal, the Christian Science Monitor, and Barron’s. Her content marketing clients include the New York YMCA, Keller Williams, and JPMorgan Chase, where she previously worked in marketing and communications. She tells the stories of the people and companies that are changing our world for the better, and has a special interest in functional medicine. She's also working on her first novel, based on the true story of how her great grandparents saved a group of Austrian Jews from the Holocaust with the help of a world leader.
Susan Johnston Taylor (@UrbanMuseWriter) joined ASJA in 2009 and has written about personal finance, business, and lifestyle topics for The Atlantic, The Boston Globe, Entrepreneur, Fast Company, and U.S. News & World Report, among other publications. She's drawn to stories that offer readers new insights and practical ways to save money, advance their careers, or improve their lives.
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If you’re planning on flying to Austin for Write in the Heart of Texas on Saturday, Feb. 3 now is the time to get your tickets! Delta Airlines is offering a discount: Just click the “Advanced Search” link on www.delta.com and enter NMPN3 in the box that says “Meeting Event Code.” If your flight qualifies for a discount, it will automatically be applied to your search results. To sign up for a great speaker and Client Connections lineup,
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ASJA
Yes, another new group of applicants for ASJA has passed the Membership Application Committee's review and the list of prospective members has now been posted.
We invite active members to review the list and send any comments, pro or con, to the ASJA office at membership@asja.org no later than the comment deadline shown. Comments will be sent to the Application Committee for consideration. All comments will be kept confidential, for Application Committee use only.
Review the list of prospective members here.
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As you’ve no doubt heard, ASJA has established an exciting new category: associate membership. We’ve done this for a variety of reasons, not the least of which is to help younger writers get a much-needed foothold into the professional world of freelancing. But we’re also reaching out to people you know: staff editors. We are offering a waived initiation fee for staff editors who apply by Dec. 31 and use the code MI-CCE.
Why? Because we frequently hear from many editorial colleagues who want to make the leap into freelancing, whether as a part-time or a full-time proposition. But we also want a way to help members like you develop stronger relationships with editors like them.
The associate membership category for staff editors is a win-win scenario. Members like you get closer contact with staff editors. Staff editors have a way to augment their income or make the transition into freelancing. And let’s face it — when editors get laid off, what’s the first thing they do in the interim? Hang out a freelancing shingle. We’re going to help them do that. And if they apply by Dec. 31, they can have their initiation fee waived by using the code MI-JGG.
We’d like you to help us spread the word of this new membership option among your editors. What’s in it for you? You receive 25 percent off your ASJA dues for each new member who writes your name on the application. So spread the word! Your colleagues can find details on the new associate membership qualifications here.
ASJA
Do you have a topic aimed at professional writers and building their skills and their businesses? GWA: The Association for Garden Communicators has opened their call for speaker proposals for their 70th Annual Conference & Expo (#GWA2018) in Chicago, IL, August 13-16, and is looking for informative and interesting topics covering writing, business, publishing, social media and much more. Whether you are a garden communicator or just a professional writer, all proposals are welcome from GWA members and non-members alike. Deadline: Jan. 31, 2018. Learn more here.
ASJA
Looking to connect with another peer within ASJA? Need a mentor to offer you some tips or perhaps you want to mentor others? Maybe you want a buddy to help you stay accountable for your goals?
Check out the ASJA Peer-to-Peer program! In this informal program, you’ll be matched with another ASJA member based on common writing interests. For more information or to sign up, please contact Pamela DeLoatch at pamela@b2bstorytelling.com, using subject line: ASJA Peer to Peer.
CUNY Graduate School of Journalism
Applications are now open for the Winter 2018 McGraw Fellowship for Business Journalism, an initiative of the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism designed to support ambitious coverage of critical issues related to U.S. economy and business. The McGraw Fellowships provide up to $15,000 and editorial support for experienced journalists to do the deep reporting needed to produce a significant investigative or enterprise business story. No residency is required; McGraw Fellows work from their own offices. Open to freelance journalists, as well as staff reporters and editors working at a news organization. Five years professional journalism experience is needed. The upcoming deadline for Winter 2018 Fellowship applications is December 15, 2017; Summer 2018 applications will be due June 30, 2018.
What kind of work do we support? Previous McGraw Fellows have worked on a wide range of topics, from What Would Jesus Disrupt? in Bloomberg Businessweek and Towns sell their water systems — and come to regret it in The Washington Post, to Who’s behind the Chinese takeover of the world’s biggest pork producer?, which ran on PBS NewsHour. The Albuquerque Journal published a more extensive multimedia package, Two Nations, One Aquifer: A series about water at the border.
If you’d like to join them, you’ll find more information on the Fellowships at bit.ly/2iqvn63. You can also contact us at mcgrawcenter@journalism.cuny.edu.
Publisher's Weekly
Writing a book about living with areata — a condition in which the immune system attacks hair follicles, leading to baldness — was a way for Deeann Callis Graham to “find some peace with what was happening to [her] physically and emotionally.” The book, Head-On, was praised by Publishers Weekly as “heartwarming” and “a powerful compilation of profiles with a sincere and encouraging message.”
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Poynter
I’ve been a full time freelancer writer for almost 13 years and the worst part of the job — by far — is trying to get paid. This doesn’t mean publishers are always trying to stiff independent writers (I don’t run into this problem as much anymore because I’ll only work with companies that pay me on time without me having to show up to their front door with my "Where’s My Money Bat"), but when they do, the process of getting your money can be time consuming, maddening — and often enraging.
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The Content Standard by Skyword
If you’re anything like me, you’re desperate for organization — especially with the new year approaching. It’s time to consider starting a bullet journal.
In 2017, I exclusively scheduled my life via a digital calendar and to-do list. After years of using a paper planner, I wanted to bring my life to the cloud so I could access my schedule and action items without needing to carry around a notebook wherever I went. It didn’t work. For me, if something doesn’t get written down, it doesn’t happen.
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Columbia Journalism Review
When the remains of Kim Wall’s body washed ashore in Denmark this summer, the anxieties and fears of female journalists were put into stark, heartbreaking tangibility. Wall had traveled the world as a freelance reporter, ventured into dystopian political terrain and crumbling cities, but it was in Copenhagen, a city not far from the Swedish town where she grew up, and on a reporting trip that should only have cost her a few hours, that she lost her life.
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