A new COMPEL Course and a free 2019 Writing Planner!
A new year has begun and COMPEL Training wants to help all writers get started with a bang! If you long to be more organized and intentional this year with your writing goals, join COMPEL Training and download...
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Denture Cream Ads and the Prolific Freelance Writer
A freelance writer studies a magazine market before submitting. There are several ways to do that, but in today’s Tuesday Tip I want to share one surprising way to help target a magazine’s audience. It’s found in the...
Continue Reading Do you want to be a successful blogger?
Pursue your writing dreams in 2019 with COMPEL's free blogging webinar! Sign up for our free webinar on WordPress, called “Blogging Basics: What You Need to Know.” This webinar will help answer all your questions and get you closer to...
Continue Reading Freelance: Adding a Little Extra
When we think about writing an article, we often limit it to the article itself. Did you know that many markets also seek shorter ancillary pieces?
In today’s Tuesday Tip, we’ll explore what it means when a magazine requests...Continue Reading
3 Tips to Make Writing Goals for the New Year
As we welcome the new year, it automatically makes us think of goals and dreams. It can also cause discouragement. That’s the last thing you want as you dream, plan, and look forward to a new year. In...
Continue Reading Merry Christmas from COMPEL Training!
"For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And...
Introducing Suzie Eller’s New COMPEL Course on Freelancing!
Years ago I decided I wanted to be a freelance writer. I longed to write and also make an income. That led to a nearly 20-year career of writing columns, paying blog posts, curriculum, and articles. The word “freelance”...
Continue Reading Abusing the Exclamation Point
As a writer, the exclamation point is a lot like jalapeños. One or two in a dish is delightful for it adds spice and flavor. However, if you drown the entire dish in them, it overwhelms and potentially...
Continue Reading One “I” Word to Avoid
I received a manuscript a couple of years ago from a writer friend. She was warm and funny in person, so I looked forward to reading her words. However, within a couple of pages, I put it down....
Continue Reading Three Ways to Recycle Old Blog Posts
Recently I went through my old blog posts. Some of them were barely viewed since they were posted when I first started my blog nearly ten years ago. As I looked through the posts, some were definite throwaways. However,...
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