Kimberly Ripley: Freelancing Later In Life

Long into the wee hours I can be found at my computer diligently working on improving my craft. Do I get much sleep? I don’t usually. Many folks ask why I don’t choose to write at a more reasonable time of day.

A Word About Networking

Networking could be one of the singularly most powerful words in a freelance writer’s vocabulary. It is essential to a freelancer’s survival. It takes considerable time and effort to build up and maintain a successful networking circuit, but the fruits of your labor will be multiplied vastly.

A Writer's Makeover

Have you ever tried to drive your car when it’s about to run out of gas? It sputters. It hesitates. It sounds like an old man with gastro-intestinal ailments. If you’re fortunate enough to be on an incline and within sight of a gas station you shift into neutral and roll the car down the hill to fill your tank.

Battle the Block

When stricken with the plague, victims routinely throw their hands up into the air, bringing them back down to profoundly pound their confused heads. Writer’s Block can strike anyone. Sufferers exhibit symptoms of profuse disorientation, agitation, and extreme displeasure.

Some Frank Facets about Flash Fiction

Flash Fiction is a unique art form. To tell a complete tale in relatively few words requires practice and patience. It also demands of its writers a diverse and well-studied vocabulary full of descriptively active words. And as with all writing, it relies on the writer’s discernment of which words to edit and which words to keep.

Food Writing as Fiction

Continuing with my multitude of uses for a treasure chest of old family recipes I was given, I have managed to find a way to incorporate the art of food writing with the art of fiction. Is there really a niche for such a market? Yes, there certainly is.

Freelance Later in Life

A Review of Kim Ripley's book by Rusty Fischer

Greeting Card Markets

POV Swap

POV--or point of view has saved many a writer from disasters just like this aforementioned dilemma. The freelancer must first rework the article from a different point of view.

The Obliteration of Procrastination: Unconverted Image

Sure we all procrastinate from time to time. It's a common human flaw. Freelance writers, however, can find themselves in serious organizational dilemmas if they routinely put off for tomorrow what they should be doing today!

Tips and Techniques for Interviews

As a freelance writer I find myself interviewing subjects for articles several times each month. I have developed my own style for interviewing and have found a few helpful hints that make the process simpler, less stressful, and actually quite pleasant.

Give the Gift of the Craft

The Dissolution of Resolutions - New!