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Award-winning, Nashville-based writer, editor and journalist Katie Lewis talks about the creative community, being a freelancer, setting deadlines and remaining healthy and inspired.
Your writing can be articulate without being stiff, and there’s an easy way to get there.
For those of us who are prone to spiral over being misunderstood, reading aloud whatever type of message you’re about to send adds a layer of mental health comfort that can’t be underestimated.
Read moreFreelance writers often overwhelm their schedules with projects, putting us in a bind when surprise quick turnarounds are needed. I don’t want to live in a fog of stress, though; do you? Here’s how respecting myself and my time got me exactly what I wanted.
Read morePinterest can be an amazing source of traffic for your content and products, but it’s pretty different from other social media platforms. And it’s actually not really a social media platform: Pinterest is a visual search engine.
So if you want to make sure you’re best using this amazing platform for your business, you need to focus on SEO strategies. Here are the foundational steps of Pinterest SEO to help you get started.
Read moreBeginning a career as a freelance writer is actually fairly straightforward. Get the answers to your burning questions about where to find jobs, how to create ongoing business relationships, and ensure you make money.
No more writing as a hobby — it’s go time.
Read moreUsing your blog to build professional authority and reputation is one of the best ways to consistently show up for your audience and climb the ranks of search result pages.
Sound daunting? Nah. I’ve broken it down for all us creative types, so let’s get to learning!
Read moreThere’s a formula to successful freelance story pitches. Here are two tips to get a publication or company to buy your writing work.
Read moreShort stories get a bad rep from novel-lovers, yet short story devotees call it the purest form of writing. The author creates living characters, a full world and a complete arc, all in 1,500 to 30,000 words.
Phew. Not so easy, right? You can improve your own short story to immediately engage these hesitant readers by taking these six steps.
Read moreCreative writing can be about anything! Yay! Huzzah!
This is not a blog post about focusing your plot. This is a blog post about freedom.
Phew. A lofty statement, that one, am I right? But here’s the deal: So many of us (like, sooo many) sit down to write and are stricken by the belief that it must look a certain way. But it doesn’t!
Read moreWherever you are in your path to publication, at some point, you’ll wonder if creating an author website is a necessity.
TL;DR Sure, why not? :) Let’s talk about what to include on a writing website.
Read moreThe truth is that as writers, we cannot see the forest for the trees. Like, cannot. I’ve been writing stories and submitting manuscripts for more than a decade, as well as editing some incredible books myself, and let me tell you: I needed a creative writing editor.
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