If you're making mistakes in your pitch email, the best writing in the world might not get your foot in the door at an online publication you'd like to add to your portfolio. I've seen many pitching errors as an editor—here are a few of them, and how to avoid them.

Writing is cathartic and relaxing and a fantastic creative outlet. But it’s also hard and painful, making it pretty easy to give up on. If you really don’t want to give up on it, or if you’ve been writing and writing and don’t feel like you’re making progress or are feeling stuck, here are the steps that I’ve found help keep me on track.
 

If you find it hard to find time to write, I want you to know that I am 100% with you. Jobs, family, life… it all gets in the way and there are only so many hours in the day. Here are 7 easy things you could be doing to prioritize your writing.

Let’s face it—most writers want to get paid for their work, right? (I know I do!) Here’s a list of a variety of publications that accept submissions and pay writers.

When I was first pitching my ideas around for various sites, I started small. Smaller sites with smaller audiences felt safe.  But before long, I decided to take the plunge and start reaching out to larger publications with big audiences. Here's how I got noticed.

So you want to be a writer. Hurray! I think it's an awesome decision. I also think these three popular myths about being a published writer might be holding you back.