
I'M offering a place on an upcoming workshop for new and aspiring freelance writers in the Authors for Japan auction.
It's being held in Birmingham city centre and is on Saturday, July 2. I hope this information is useful for anyone considering bidding.
This workshop is for you if:
* You are considering launching a freelance journalism career
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THIS is a cross-post from Authors for Japan. The sessions mentioned below also include exercises set between phone calls and tailored feedback. These are included in an auction and the hope is that people will bid and raise money to help relief efforts in Japan.
Please see the Authors for Japan website for more information, plus some amazing offers from high profile authors.
ITEM: One place on four-week telephone mentoring sessions for aspiring freelance journalists (usual price £250 plus VAT) plus signed copies of The Greatest Guide to Freelance Writing, publication late 2011; Love to Write: A School Run guide to helping your child in literacy (provisional title), publication due 2011.
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ARE you being told there's no budget for UK travel features? So ran a recent question on the Journobiz forum.
The answer from the forum's resident travel writers was pretty much a resounding "yes."
In February 2008, I reported the following for Press Gazette: What were the chances of building a career in this competitive field for anyone who fancied it?
Author, journalist and trainer Dea Birkett said:
Forget it. The biggest misconception about travel writing is that it’s an easy way to make a living. You have to do other things to pay the mortgage.
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