Market Mondays — Issue #35
Hey Ladder Family,
Happy first Monday in May!
Are you getting my Market Mondays newsletter yet? If not, you’re missing out.
I decided to post this week’s issue here for those of you who want to know what you’re missing.
Also, I wanted to announce our Ask Meg Anything events. These are held the first Monday of every month at 12:30pm Eastern as a Facebook Live Q&A in the Freelance Ladder group. Join the group today and be part of the “in” crowd.
At Freelance Ladder, we’re writing our way to freedom, one step at a time.
Today, we talked about how to get started as a freelance writer when you have no experience or don’t think you do.
I bet you have something in your life you haven’t thought of that can help you get your foot in the door as a freelancer. Check out the replay of the FB live today for more details and an exercise you can do to make your list.
Also, I just booked an interview to be on the Behind Their Business podcast with Steph Blake! So excited. Go subscribe and listen for it to be published this summer.
Your writing jobs for the week are below. (this list was updated July 2022 and outdated or expired listings have been removed)
Need help finding clients? I offer 2-hour webinar for $47, where I share my tips and tricks live and you can join us. Register now for How to Find Freelance Clients and Get Paid and you’ll get information on the next session.
Writing Jobs
10 Publishers Paying for Essays & Personal Narratives from Writers — www.freedomwithwriting.com Here are ten publishers seeking essays directly from freelance writers, on a variety of topics. Be sure to carefully study each publication before sending a pitch.
Writer | Positive News — www.positive.news
Positive News is the first media organisation in the world dedicated to quality, independent reporting about what’s going right.
Call for pitches! Please submerge our inbox with sparky solutions-focused feature ideas for the next print issue of Positive News magazine. We pay 30p/word and the issue will land in July. Stories can be global. Suggestions asap please, and do read our pitching guide first: https://www.positive.news/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/positive-news-pitching-guide.pdf
Questions & submissions to editorial@positive.news
31 Calls for Pitches Directly from Editors — www.freedomwithwriting.com
Here’s our latest roundup of calls for writers — directly from editors, covering a wide variety of themes and topics.
Please carefully study the publication before contacting the editor. When writing your pitch, be sure to: Carefully study the publication, to get a sense of their style
Have a clear idea of where you proposed article will fit into the publication Have a clear sense of the publication’s general schedule Have a clear sense of who the publication’s audience is Choose just one idea to pitch — and make sure it closely fits the publication’s needs
Write a short pitch (no more than 200 words)
— Jacob Jans
Writer | Smart Mouth — smartmouth.substack.com
Food history and culture, from writers around the world.
Any food writers looking for an outlet should pitch me — small potatoes but it pays well: $400 for 300 to 500-word posts, either essays or reported, about food/culture/food culture topics; and $200 for 200 word-ish blurbs about a recommended restaurant or dish at a restaurant, with an excellent (excellent!) photo of its food to accompany the post.
Questions & submissions to Katherine Spiers: katherine@tablecakes.com
Website: https://smartmouth.substack.com/
From Meg
6 Job Boards to Find Writing Jobs — writewizard.medium.com
How to make 2022 the year you earn more from writing!
Where to Learn the Skills You Need to Become a Freelance Writer | by Meg Stewart | Freelance Ladder | Medium — medium.com I’ve always been a skill hoarder. For as long as I can remember, I’ve taught myself how to do things I didn’t know how to do. In the brick and mortar world I learned skills just so I could teach…
5 Profitable Markets for Freelance Writers in 2022 — medium.com
Recommended Resources
Do you need to put more joy into your life? I highly recommend LEAP: 30 Days to Enhancing Your Life…A Workbook for Women: 6 steps to design & implement activity projects & jumpstart your JOY by my friend and client, Dr. Michelle Thall (not affiliate link). She’s currently working on the comprehensive guide to go along with the workbook so watch for that too later this summer!
And don’t forget if you haven’t grabbed your copy yet, I totally recommend, Answers to Your Questions About Punctuation: The Ninja Writers Guide to When to Use a Semicolon by my friend and colleague, Debra McElroy (not affiliate link).
That’s it for this week, now go get paid!💰
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Meg Stewart has been freelancing for nearly two decades. She’s a multi-passionate skill hoarder and the intersection of freelance writing, technology, and teaching is her sweet spot. Freelance Ladder was founded to help writers get paid and help solopreneurs do tech stuff better. Meg and her family, (along with two dogs, two cats, and two leopard geckos), live in Northeast Ohio.