Hello there! I’m Diane, an unemployed marketing gal trying to make a go of the written word to make a little dough. I’ve had marginal success. I am the Feature Editor of TRAVELHOST Reno/Tahoe and I have a few other freelance accounts that give me some dough. But what I’d really like to do is bone up on my writing skills, get paid $1-$4 a word, write a book and retire early to the Caribbean. Is that too much to ask?
No, really. What I would like to do is something to improve myself while I’m unemployed. If you happen to pick up some skills along the way, that’s bonus. So, while I’m training myself, pick up on some of my exercises and train yourself too. I’d love to have a litany of blogs in my blogroll full of people I am “working out” with.
Here are the tools that I am using.
1) Writer’s Digest Writing Kit – The main thing I’ll be using are the cards inside. However, occasionally I’ll refer to the 70 Solutions to Writing Mistakes book that is also inside. Grab the kit at Amazon.com
2) Writer’s Digest Magazine – The first time I subscribed to this magazine, I think I was 15 years old. Imagine if I would have had the forethought to use it instead of just dream with it. You can subscribe here. Or if you don’t want to spend any money, hit up the Writer’s Digest web site.
3) OneWord.com – This one is completely free. Each day, the webmasters post a new word and give you 60 seconds to write about it. I’ll post my 60 seconds here. I’d love it if you would post yours in the comments section.
In fact, I’d love it if everyone would post whatever creative inspirations this blog brings about. It will help motivate me… and others (if anyone actually reads this blog).
So grab a towel and lets get to it!
