Month

Topics Covered in the Issue

May 2010: The Stay-at-Home Writer

• Earning a living as a stay-at-home writer
• Where to sell your writing
• Money Making Ideas for stay-at-home moms

June 2010: Seniors' and Retirees' Writing Guide

• How seniors can make a living through writing 
• Writing your lifestory
• Becoming computer and Internet savvy

July 2010: Financial Aid for College

• Stafford Loans, Perking Loans, and PLUS Loans
• Writing tips for the college essay
• COllege Savings Plans

August 2010: Maximizing Your Time

• A minute saved is a minute gained
• Exerting your energy in the right places
• Plant a new seed every day

September 2010: Book Festivals

• How book festivals can boost your writing career
• Are book festivals a waste of money?
• Where to look for book festivals

October 2010: The Art of Grant Seeking

• Learn to write persuasive grant proposals
• Grants for nonprofits
• It is not all about the writing

November 2010: Writing for the soul

• Writing is healing
• The "free" writer
• It's not all about the money

December 2010: The realistic writer

• Stop pretending: write the truth
• Writing about difficult topics
• The persuasive writer

January 2011: Build your own Online Writing Website

• Start your own online writing website
• Sell your photos online
• 10 places that teach you all you need to know about creating your own website

February 2011: Search Engine Optimization for Writers

• What is Search Engine Optimization?  (SEO)
•  (SEO) techniques
• Using effective keywords

March 2011: 
Emergency Grants for Writers and Photographers

• When disaster strikes your personal life, and you need money…
• A writer’s guide to winning emergency grants
• 20+ funders awarding emergency grants for writers to cover living, medical, and housing expenses

April 2011:  Fire your Boss 

• How to start your own writing business
• 15 tips for marketing your writing company
• 10 Places that offer start-up seed money