Tice’s advice for new writers
June 17, 2013 § 1 Comment
I’ve been subscribed for a few weeks to Carol Tice’s Make a Living Writing newsletter. While I’m not necessarily looking for freelance work, Tice sends smart, pithy daily tips on building client relationships, growing confidence, and creating an online presence. (Last week, she hosted a “link party,” where followers could share—and vote on—favorite writing-related links.)
I really liked a post Tice published last week, on “The Advice I Wish I’d Had as New Freelance Writer.” Her advice is funny and reassuring: “I wish someone would have told me right off that no one cares if you learned to write under a freeway overpass or at Columbia. If you can get the story and tell it so we want to read it, you’re in.”
Now that’s advice I can use. Tice also recommends “diving in, and being scared later” and “developing niche expertise.”
I’m happy to learn from Tice’s more than 20 years of freelance know-how. (Her website, by the way, is a gold mine of resources for would-be writers.) Keep those emails coming!
MARY GABLE 
Hi Mary — glad you’re finding my site useful! And thanks for recommending me to your friends.
FYI, when I retweeted this it says via wordpressdotcom instead of via your own Twitter handle…you might want to tinker and see if you can change that!