Are You Struggling with the Constantly Changing Marketplace for Freelance Writers, Editors and Book Authors?
. . . or are you so overwhelmed with AI that you’re letting stress or procrastination stifle your success?
Writers-Editors Network can help you navigate today's confusing options...
...while guiding you toward a more successful freelance writing/editing business.
A personal invitation from Dana K. Cassell, founder and executive director:
“Are you ready to take the next exciting step in your writing career? While many freelancers and indie book authors struggle to make money or get published or sell books in this online world, others ARE succeeding. A good number of our WEN members have been doing quite well. And you can, too.
Through our Network, I’ve been sharing for years the tools and resources writers like you need to succeed. I’d love to have YOU with us to take advantage of our resources. Please do join along with us. And if you have questions, do not hesitate to email me at dana@writers-editors.com.”
Freelancing presents many challenges that seem insurmountable:
- How to find new markets and track editor moves — Do you have a way to regularly track new magazines, new online markets, the editor and agent carousels?
- The time it takes to sift through all those postings on job sites — Most of those are such low-pay. Don't you find it time-consuming to sort through them every day in the hope that one or two "may" be worth pursuing?
- When you have a quick question you wish you could ask another writer — but you don't want to put it out there on social media or even in a forum — or wait for someone to post a reply — wouldn't it be nice to have someone to reach out to right now?
- Information overwhelm — How many dozens — even hundreds — of bookmarks and files of information have you saved to read through "as soon as you get the time" — in order to dig out the meat of the advice — but never really getting that time?
- What to about that AI elephant in the room — of course, you don't want to use AI to dilute your originality ... but what about the use cases where it can help you save time, be more successful ... and NOT replace you? Would tips be helpful?
Fortunately, we can help you hack through the frustrations of freelancing...
A few years ago WEN published an e-report with a dozen of our members explaining how they have not only survived in today’s freelance arena, but have thrived and prospered. As one of them said in the book, “I’ve been able to tell my editors that I am a ‘professional’ with a straight face and have long enjoyed a far greater income than the published ‘norms’ for freelance writers.”
And that is what we have long experience doing — and can help you do starting today — build a professional freelance or indie publishing business . . . and here’s how . . .
Introducing . . .
Writers-Editors Network is unique in helping the serious writer approach freelancing and indie publishing as a business. Among the many “tools” you will find as a WEN member:
- Latest new magazines and editorial changes - One thing I learned early on was that editors new to a magazine or launching new magazines need new writers (or at least new to them or that magazine). Our monthly newsletter FWR provides just that info. And you don't even have to wait a full month. Several times in between issues I post the new markets and market updates inside our Members Area, as they come in.
- Nearly daily "sifted" job postings - Every day we search more than a dozen freelance writing/editing job sites to see if any postings appear to be viable — legitimate, "decent" paying, no warning signs. Then those few are posted on our Member Bulletin Board, with links to the original postings — saving you hours of time each week. Of course, no guarantees that any of these will meet your criteria — but simply saving the time or not missing out on a viable job is worth a quick check into the Bulletin Board every day or even several times a week.
- Your own Help "Hotline" - Next time you'd like someone else's opinion on the job proposal you're preparing — or how someone else might handle a problem or strategy decision you face — or even where you might go next in your project research — as a Network member, you have someone to call. That's right. I am right here — at the other end of your phone call or email. You don't have to wait for others — whom you don't really know — to get around to weighing in on your own private concerns. And if I do not have the experience in that area, I will refer you to other members who likely do. Or, at least, I may be able to suggest sources that will save you hours of searching on your own. Plus, we have a member who is a publishing law/intellectual property attorney who will answer your questions to keep you out of legal trouble.
- Ah, those succinct, actionable tips - Many of our members say they join our Network only for Freelance Writer's Report (FWR), our monthly newsletter. In addition to the monthly New Markets and Market Updates are the "digested" insider tips and advice. FWR is your own information sifter — plodding through all the recent blog posts, interviews, Substacks. and news articles to dig out the real tips and giving you the bare actionable steps to take. And, where warranted, a link to further information will be there when you're ready to dig further. Saves you time, gives you the next steps to take for success in marketing your services, running your freelance business, and selling your books — can't beat it!
But we have more! Inside our WEN Resource + Training Center, you will find videos, PDFs, public domain images, courses and more.
In addition to our monthly newsletter Freelance Writer’s Report, almost-daily job postings, and latest markets, you will also have:
* Access to Members Only Reports and e-Books
* Exclusive Videos and Tutorials
This list will give you an idea of what you can expect –
(These are like Special Bonuses - inside our WEN Center!)
- Content Repurposing - get more mileage out of your hard work - plus how to repackage your info products
- Leverage LinkedIn - get more clients + generate leads
- Money Talks - Generating Cash Flow
- How to Publish on Kindle - videos PLUS Cover Templates
- Get Visitors to Your Website - video course
- Images to use on your own work and for your clients - 2000+ stock images
- Step-by-step Substack video course so you can start your own newsletter - for profit or marketing your services or books
- And Many More ...
What Our Members Say . . .
“I love WEN/FFWA! I’ve been a member for many years and like, particularly, the tips of all kinds, Olde Lessons and the website addresses of any sites that catch my attention, e.g., the ‘About’ page for Increased Credibility and Promotion. . . I’ll look that over this morning.” . . . Suzann B. Goldstein
“As a long-time member, I especially appreciated the new markets, market updates, FYI’s, and writing tips in Freelance Writer’s Report. Online, I’m most apt to check out job listings, which, along with info on markets, have led to writing assignments and publishing outlets. Thanks, too, for highlighting member news, and for your tireless work for writers.” – Mary Harwell Sayler, author of Christian Writer’s Guide, Living in the Nature Poem, and other books
Dana, you still have the best writers’ jobsite in the industry! Because of WEN/FFWA, I was able to find a more diverse field of writing opportunities, which led me to specialize in trade journals. I also like that you ‘vet’ the listings, rather than just slap them together and charge money to view them, as other sites do. And I like that you raise a red flag on those that appear to ask for writers to work for free or little money. – Carol Brzozowski, Venice, Florida; author of Empty Nest, Single Parent: Moving the Needle Toward a Repurposed Life
“What I use most from Freelance Writer’s Report is the new magazine/market listings. I discovered the magazine Size Overrated through FWR. The wonderful editor, Ariel King, first published my piece, “Thin! But not by Choice” and then my “Agony of Dress Shopping” in her February 2016 edition. Today, I see several more markets in FWR just waiting for my queries” … Suzanne Beyer, co-author of The Inventor’s Fortune Up for Grabs
I always get great gigs from your posts. I got a three-year, $3000-a-month gig from your Bulletin Board years ago. And, when that gig ended, one of my contacts there immediately picked me up as her book editor … for multiple books! – MJ Plaster, Nashville, Tenn.; co-author of Waves of Change: How Tennessee’s Thousand-Year Flood Changed the Lives of a Survivor, a Rescue Professional, and a Family Grief Counselor
And what is the value to you for all this?
Over the years, we have kept adding benefits and resources to our Basic Network with little if any fee increase. Here is the actual value of what you will be getting today:
As you can see from the above very realistic values, we could easily charge our members as much as $152 per year (even more because those are not the only benefits and resources WEN offers). However, we recognize that building a freelance writing or indie publishing business can be challenging financially, so we have always tried our best to cut our costs to the bare bones in order to keep our dues as low as possible. But … costs do increase and periodically we will have to increase dues – the same as any other serious membership service.
You can choose the Basic (Silver) level — OR — if you live in Florida – or visit regularly – you will find added value in our Florida Freelance Writers Association (FFWA) membership benefits . . .
Writers-Editors Network Benefits
Basic (Silver)
FFWA
You may prefer to receive print copies of the monthly Freelance Writer’s Report — PLUS — have access to the PDF edition …
About half our members simply like to receive FWR via mail … and not read it digitally. And they either cannot or do not want to print out the PDF files. If that sounds like you, simply add the “print” addition in the shopping cart. The amount shown is the current postage and printing cost for the year. (It also includes a laminated PRESS ID tag.) Note: The mailed print option is only for U.S. addresses.
Questions you may have — and the answers
And who are you, Dana?
I’ve been writing, editing and publishing full-time for more decades than I like to admit. So I’ve faced and worked through the problems and frustrations you are facing right now. More important than the thousands of articles and dozens of books and reports I’ve written and published — is that for these past 40+ years, I’ve been able to help literally thousands of other independent writers become more successful — not only by drawing on my own experience, but also by sharing tips and advice from other Network members as well as from successful freelancers and book authors beyond our Network.
What is the story behind Writers-Editors Network?
We started out as Florida Freelance Writers Association (when I lived in South Florida), with the first issue of our newsletter, Freelance Writer’s Report, appearing in February 1982. FWR was only 4 pages back then, but from the beginning it offered writers tips on building a successful freelance business, as well as news about Florida magazines and book publishers. It wasn’t too long before FWR doubled in size, and we first published the Directory of Florida Markets for Writers.
From the very beginning, FFWA included writers from other states as members. Soon, both they and our Florida members began asking about markets in other states. But most writers outside Florida did not need the Florida market news. So we grew into the Cassell Network of Writers, with FFWA remaining a large part of the Network. Then, with the growth of online writing and editing opportunities, we added our Writers-Editors.com (Writers-Editors Network) presence, where editors and clients can find the freelance editorial help they need from among our members — which could include YOU — and where we began posting freelance jobs on our Bulletin Board in September 1989 at no additional cost to members.
And, to help our members achieve even more in this complicated online “content” world, in fall of 2014, we added our Writers-Editors Network Resource + Training Center (WritersEditorsNetwork.com) so our members could have easy access to the tools and information critical for freelance or indie publishing success — and again, at no additional cost, as part of regular membership. And we are gradually bringing all our “parts” under the single Writers-Editors Network (WEN) banner, including the still active Bulletin Board.
But even as we expand our member resources, we remain small as a group in order to give you a personal touch. You will not deal with outsourced staff; I will give you the personal attention you need — the same as I’ve been doing for these 40+ years.
Is there any kind of guarantee?
My personal guarantee . . .
I cannot guarantee you writing riches – no one can. But I can and do promise to continue to do everything within my power to provide you with the tools and information you can use to build toward the success you desire. And I do my own “support” – meaning whenever you have a problem or question as a member, you only need to email me – and I will help you personally or work with you to find the help you need.
Is there a money-back option?
Due to the digital nature of our resources — and especially because ALL of the trainings, FWR issues going back to 2014, assets, and documents are instantly available to download, all sales are final and non-refundable. Please get in touch via dana@writers-editors.com if you have any questions about Writers-Editors Network before joining.
Will you join us?
P.S.
Now is the best time to join – our sites are about to undergo a renovation, with the addition and upgrading of new and better ways ways to help our members succeed … and as we add content, tools, and training, the membership fees WILL GO UP – we cannot avoid it. And as we continue to add benefits, you will want to have access to them without paying higher dues.
P.P.S.
I almost forgot! We have this neat, 4-page Special Report (PDF) – “A Business Plan for Writers” – It is really helpful, whether you are a new fiction or nonfiction writer – or more established and planning for the next year. It is not new, and we were going to “retire” it – but it is still viable. So I’d like to give it to you along with your password for the Members area – including the Bulletin “job” Board. Select one of the membership options above, and the Report will be yours. The download link will be on the “thank you for joining” page.