The next time you’re offered the opportunity to write for a periodical that doesn’t pay as much as you’d like, don’t just dismiss it out of hand.
Read MoreThe value of low-paying gigs (updated)

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The next time you’re offered the opportunity to write for a periodical that doesn’t pay as much as you’d like, don’t just dismiss it out of hand.
Read Morebooks to be reviewed by Terry Freedman
So many authors think they ought to be the recipient of the Nobel prize for literature.
Read MoreA personal tribute.
Read MoreI should have thought that part of the purpose of a book review is to tell potential readers whether the book is actually any good or not.
Read MoreEvery so often I read a blog post or a ‘commentary’ on Twitter by some self-appointed guru or other saying that blogging is passé.
Read MoreFodder, by Terry Freedman
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In addition to an update of my recent rejection story, the latest issue of my newsletter for creative nonfiction writers contains the following…
Read MoreI’ve sat and listened politely while someone who has never written a thing in his life assured me that having a book published is tantamount to owning a money printing machine because of the earning of royalties.
Afraid, by Terry Freedman
Image by mohamed Hassan from Pixabay
Despite thirty years of success, one rejection was enough to dent my self-confidence. Self-doubt is never comfortable.
Read MoreImage by Pete Linforth from Pixabay
Just in case I might get too complacent, a malignant Fate decreed that an article I’ve spent hours on has been rejected — by the person who commissioned it.
Read MoreWriter, by Terry Freedman
It’s the 23rd June 2022, and this year’s National Writing Day. Here are links to reviews of useful books about writing, resources for use in schools (some are good for adults too!) and top tips (ditto).
Read MoreImage by mohamed Hassan from Pixabay
This course is running tomorrow (18 June 2022), and I’ve added a few more exercises for people to try out.
Read MoreAll Party Writers Group Report Launch, by Terry Freedman. From left to right: Barbara Hayes, Giles Watling, Lord Vaizey, Tony Bradman
Yesterday I attended the launch, at the House of Lords, of the latest report from the All Party Writers Group on writers’ earnings in the UK.
Read MoreThe Redbridge branch of the London Cycling Campaign — or some of us anyway. Photo credit: unknown
Our aim was to cycle into London, specifically Green Park, and watch the fly past. Unfortunately, everyone else in the UK had the same idea…
Read MoreOne of the first things I look for when reviewing a non-fiction book is whether or not it contains an index. If it does, the next thing I check is whether the index is actually useful.
Read MoreImage by Ronny Overhate from Pixabay
I pitched an article to a newspaper that, it turns out, pays less if the article has been written by someone who runs their own business. Why?
Read MoreFake news by Terry Freedman
My Gilray and plum pie day.
Read MoreImage by Pete Linforth from Pixabay
Just in case I might get too complacent, a malignant Fate decreed that an article I’ve spent hours on has been rejected — by the person who commissioned it.
Read MorePhoto by Markus Winkler on Unsplash
These days of “cancelling” people whose views one doesn’t agree with is nothing new. In recent times (the 1950s) this went on at a semi-official level.
Read MoreQuestion mark, by Terry Freedman
In her book Discoverability, Kristine Kathryn Rusch cites the acronym penned by Scott William Carter: WIBBOW.
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