Hello and welcome to the latest episode of The Write Start podcast. It’s the right time for the write start. Today's guest is Julie Sturgeon a longtime friend of mine and current owner of Freelance Success (known as FLX).  Honestly, Julie and I did this interview a few months ago, but the information is timeless. She talks about her writing career success, why she decided to take over as owner of FLX, and what the membership site can do for YOUR freelance writing business today. Just so you know I was not paid for this interview nor am I paid when you sign up for FLX, but trust me it's very affordable. I’ve known Julie for years and just thought this would be a great resource to talk about. Enjoy!Please leave me a review if you liked the episode, thanks! Support the Show.If you like what you've listened to and would like to support The Write Start podcast, please visit https://www.buzzsprout.com/1322467/supporters/new. I'll give you a shoutout on the show! Thanks!

Hello and welcome to the latest edition of The Write Start podcast. I’m Lisa Iannucci and I have been a full-time freelance writer for more than 20 years. This podcast is where you learn how to navigate a freelance writing career and how to make more money.  Maybe you are just starting and want to understand how you can be a successful freelance writer or you want to take your current career to the next level. On The Write Start podcast, I provide advice and suggestions delivered by myself and other experienced writers. It’s the right time for the write start. In case you missed it, here is the link to the essay by Nicole Brinkley that I mentioned on the show, here are 24 things publishing should change in 2024. It is well worth a read and a share with anyone you know in the publishing industry, including fellow writers. Nicole is a bookseller at Oblong Books in Rhinebeck New York, is a book reviewer, a speaker at numerous book conferences, and the co-host of the fun Novelstalgia podcast with the New York Times bestselling author Ashley Poston. In this episode, I talk about how the writing industry is hard and getting harder. Writers are facing lower wages, less rights to our work and laws that affect where and how we work. I also talk about how important it is to use as many of the tools and resources that are available to help move the needle forward on your career. For me, one of those tools is Facebook. What works for you? I also talk about how the publishing industry needs to stop focusing on about social media numbers when deciding to take on someone’s book. Finally, I share tips that come from my experience as a judge in a major publishing contest. If you're looking to submit your work to a contest, these tips might help! Thank you so much for listening! Join me next time when my guest is Julie Sturgeon of Freelance Success. If you liked this episode of The Write Start, please give me a few stars and a review wherever you are listening to it. It does help me to grow this podcast and get it in front of more listeners. If you have questions, send them to me and I’d be happy to answer them here. Follow The Write Start on Instagram and if you want to support the show, click on the link in the show notes. I'll give you a shoutout on the show! Thanks!Support the showIf you like what you've listened to and would like to support The Write Start podcast, please visit https://www.buzzsprout.com/1322467/supporters/new. I'll give you a shoutout on the show! Thanks!

Hello and welcome to the latest edition of The Write Start Podcast! This is where you learn how to build a successful freelance writing career and, of course, how to make more money. The Write Start Podcast provides advice and suggestions delivered by experienced writers who have successful freelance writing careers. I’m Lisa Iannucci and I’ve been a full-time freelance writer for more than 20 years. It’s the right time for The Write Start. Here is the link to the essay by Nicole Brinkley that I mentioned on the show, here are 24 things publishing should change in 2024. It is well worth a read and a share with anyone you know in the publishing industry, including fellow writers. Nicole is a bookseller at Oblong Books in Rhinebeck New York, is a book reviewer, a speaker at numerous book conferences, and the co-host of the fun Novelstalgia podcast with the New York Times bestselling author Ashley Poston. This episode's guest is Jennifer L.W. Fink, a former nurse who built a successful full-time freelance writing career after a divorce and who used her experience as a mom of four boys to write the book, Building Boys: Raising Great Guys in a World that Misunderstands Males. We talk about how Jennifer guided her career to become what she wanted it to be while raising her children. Today, she’s an award-winning freelance writer; her byline has graced Parents, American Baby, Pregnancy, Boys’ Life, Ladies’ Home Journal, MyMidwest, Scholastic Instructor, Home Education Magazine, Proto, RN, Advance for Nurses, and other regional and national publications. She’s written for a variety of websites, including iVillage, scrubsmag.com, and bestnursingdegree.com, and creates print and online content for a variety of healthcare organizations. I hope you enjoy this interview with Jennifer. Next week I’ll be back with another episode on what I learned as a judge in a writing contest, how publishing companies and agents are using social media numbers to decide if your book is worth taking on and why this needs to change, and how Facebook makes me money.Follow The Write Start on Instagram and if you like what you've listened to and would like to support the work that goes into The Write Start podcast, please visit https://www.buzzsprout.com/1322467/supporters/new. I'll give you a shoutout on the show! Thanks!Support the showIf you like what you've listened to and would like to support The Write Start podcast, please visit https://www.buzzsprout.com/1322467/supporters/new. I'll give you a shoutout on the show! Thanks!

One of the most common questions I get asked is, "How do I get assignments (or a book contract) when I've never been published before?" First, you don't give up. You find ideas to write about and the right market to pitch them. Second, you listen to this episode of The Write Start. My guest is Pauline Bartel, and she gives you so much great advice while sharing her own journey as a successful freelance writer. Pauline Bartel has more than four decades of experience as an award-winning professional writer. She provides article writing coaching, book writing coaching, developmental editing and ghostwriting services to clients. She is the author of nine nonfiction books, including Gone With the Wind: 1939 Day by Day and The Complete GONE WITH THE WIND Trivia Book (2nd edition). Her byline has appeared in Seventeen, Mademoiselle, Woman’s Day, Writer’s Digest, and other national publications. As a book writing coach, she has helped more than 25 clients achieve their book publication dreams. She teaches the secrets of writing for publication in courses offered through Hudson Valley Community College, SUNY Adirondack and SUNY Schenectady. She is a member of the prestigious American Society of Journalists and Authors. Learn more at her website www.paulinebartel.com.Thank you all for listening.  Please follow me on Instagram at @thevirgintraveler as well as @thewritestartpodcast. If you like what you heard on this podcast, please share it and leave me a rating or a review wherever you listen to The Write Start. Thanks again and I’ll see you next time.Support the showIf you like what you've listened to and would like to support The Write Start podcast, please visit https://www.buzzsprout.com/1322467/supporters/new. I'll give you a shoutout on the show! Thanks!

(There were a few audio issues that I addressed and to fix them, I took out the original intro, so it jumps right to the start of the episode. My regular intro will return in the next episode!)Welcome to The Write Start podcast. I’m Lisa Iannucci, and this podcast is all about becoming a successful full-time freelance writer. I’ve had a very long career where I’ve written for many local and national magazines and newspapers and written, co-written, and ghostwritten more than 25 books. This podcast is where I share the lessons – both good and bad – that I’ve learned and give you tips on finding more work and making more money. I also bring on amazing guests who have had successful freelance writing careers too. Let’s get started! In this episode, I talk about what I've been doing over the last year. I thought I would have been back last July, but life took me in a different direction, and I needed to step back and regroup. I am brutally raw and honest about grief, anxiety, depression, and mental health in this episode because I think there are so many other writers going through the same thing. I'm sure you feel alone, and I don't want you to. After that, I dive deep into better interviewing skills. I'm often told that interviewing is a strong skill of mine, and, to be honest, it wasn't always that way. So I talk about how I got there, what I do to make the interview enjoyable while still getting the information I need, and more. I'm so happy to be back, and I would love to hear more about what you want to know. Follow me on Instagram, and please rate this podcast. It really does help. Thanks! And see you next time! Before you go, I do mention Happy Planner a lot in this episode, including their stickers. I'm not an affiliate (yet) but I do suggest you look into their products. My name is Lisa, and I have a (Happy) planner problem. https://thehappyplanner.com/  Support the showIf you like what you've listened to and would like to support The Write Start podcast, please visit https://www.buzzsprout.com/1322467/supporters/new. I'll give you a shoutout on the show! Thanks!

Welcome to The Write Start podcast. I’m Lisa Iannucci, and this podcast is all about becoming a successful full-time freelance writer. I’ve had a very long career where I’ve written for many local and national magazines and newspapers and written, co-written and ghostwritten more than 25 books. This podcast is where I share my experiences and give you tips on getting work and making more money. I also bring on amazing guests who have had successful freelance writing careers too. Let’s get started! My guest is Jen Coken, a leadership coach and speaker who helps people bust through imposter syndrome. You can find her at JenCoken.com where you can also take her quiz to see if you are impacted by imposter syndrome. Before you do that though, enjoy this interview with Jen Coken, and then when you’re done, go take the quiz. Thank you all for listening.  Please follow me on Instagram at @thevirgintraveler as well as @thewritestartpodcast. If you like what you heard on this podcast, please share it and leave me a rating or a review wherever you listen to The Write Start. Thanks again and I’ll see you next time. 1Support the showIf you like what you've listened to and would like to support The Write Start podcast, please visit https://www.buzzsprout.com/1322467/supporters/new. I'll give you a shoutout on the show! Thanks!

Welcome to The Write Start podcast. I’m Lisa Iannucci, and this podcast is all about becoming a successful full-time freelance writer. I’ve had a very long career where I’ve written for many local and national magazines and newspapers and written, co-written to, and ghostwritten more than 250 books. This podcast is where I share my experiences and tips and bring on amazing guests who have had successful freelance writing careers too. Let’s get started! In this episode, I talk about finding ideas. One of the most common comments I have ever had about my writing is “Lisa you’re writing about so much…how do you come up with all of these ideas?” So I wanted to talk about that because there’s more to it than you might think. There are so many ways to find ideas. I’m going to give you some, but I’m hoping that you go to my website – thewritestartpodcast.com and you’ll see a link to a PDF that provides 25 ways to get ideas. You’ll get some of them in this podcast, but there’s a bunch there too. I’d also love to hear from you if you have other ways of finding ideas for your writing. There is a code in there for a discount on my upcoming course and I will send that out again once I get it up on the site. Well, that’s it for this week’s edition of The Write Start podcast. thank you all for listening.  Please follow me on Instagram at @thevirgintraveler as well as @thewritestartpodcast and If you like what you heard on this podcast, please share it and leave me a rating or a review wherever you listen to The Write Start. Thanks again and I’ll see you next time. Support the showIf you like what you've listened to and would like to support The Write Start podcast, please visit https://www.buzzsprout.com/1322467/supporters/new. I'll give you a shoutout on the show! Thanks!

(Let me know if this sounds familiar – audio issues, but Merry Christmas to me because I invested in a new microphone and this will be the last poor quality podcast episode. So my sincerest apologies to you, the listeners, and especially to my guest and friend Kate Hanley but please I can’t recommend it strongly enough that you try to listen to the podcast because Kate gives some great advice and shares some great tips.) Welcome to The Write Start. I’m Lisa Iannucci, and this podcast is all about becoming a successful full-time freelance writer. I’ve had a very long career where I’ve written for many local and national magazines and newspapers and written, co-written, and ghostwritten more than 20 books. This podcast is where I share my experiences and tips and bring on amazing guests who have had successful freelance writing careers too. Let’s get started! My guest on this edition of The Write Start is Kate Hanley, New York Times-bestselling ghostwriter, and personal development coach. Her books include Stress Less, A Year of Daily Calm, and The Anywhere, Anytime Chill Guide. She is also the author of How to Be a Better Person: 401 Simple Ways to Make a Difference in Yourself helps you live your best life (in 5 minutes a day).—and the World and she also is the founder of the How to Be a Better Person podcast (and man, in this world, we need that podcast). Her articles have been published in dozens of national publications, including Real Simple, Parents, Yoga Journal, and Martha Stewart’s Whole Living, and she’s been quoted in the Harvard Business Review blog, the New York Times, and Fortune.com.Kate thank you so much for being on the show and thank you all for listening.  Please follow me on Instagram at @thevirgintraveler as well as @thewritestartpodcast and If you like what you heard on this podcast, please share it and leave me a rating or a review wherever you listen to The Write Start. Thanks again and I’ll see you next time. Support the showIf you like what you've listened to and would like to support The Write Start podcast, please visit https://www.buzzsprout.com/1322467/supporters/new. I'll give you a shoutout on the show! Thanks!

Welcome to The Write Start. I’m Lisa Iannucci, and this podcast is all about becoming a successful full time freelance writer. I’ve had a very long career where I’ve written for many national magazines and newspapers and written, co-written to and ghostwritten more than 20 books. I’ll share my experiences and tips and bring on guests who have had successful freelance writing careers too.I’m excited for our guest today but I have to tell you that in this episode and in my next, I struggled with some audio problems, but I hope you’ll stick with the episode. The issues come and go and mostly happen when I am the one talking. I finally have rectified the problem going forward, but this interview and the next one that you’ll hear were, unfortunately, caught up in the bad audio issues. And for that, I’m so sorry. Listen to this episode here!Today on The Write Start podcast my guest is Laura Fuentes, the creator of MOMables, where she helps busy parents transform their mealtimes and make healthy eating a lifestyle they can sustain long-term as a family. With her Family KickStart Program, Laura has helped thousands of families improve their health and wellness by establishing healthier eating habits, building a strong mindset, focusing on quality sleep, and incorporating physical movement into their lifestyle.If you want to learn how to reduce your feelings of overwhelm and show up in your life the way you’re meant to, simplify healthy eating, get more quality sleep, develop a strong mindset, and treat your body right, download her FREE Busy Mom’s Guide to Living Your Best Life.She’s the Author of 5 Cookbooks, a successful entrepreneur, public speaker and spokesperson, makes regular television appearances, and competed on Food Network and won! Laura is bilingual, born and raised in Spain, and currently lives outside of New Orleans with her husband and 3 kids. You can find more about Laura on LauraFuentes.com, on Instagram @LauraSFuentes and @MOMables.Support the showIf you like what you've listened to and would like to support The Write Start podcast, please visit https://www.buzzsprout.com/1322467/supporters/new. I'll give you a shoutout on the show! Thanks!

On today’s episode of The Write Start my guest is Cindy Begel and I have to admit that I decided to do this episode purely for selfish reasons because this episode focuses on becoming a television and movie writer and not becoming a typical print journalist -- what I really focus on here. I still think that any writer can learn, and be inspired by, Cindy so I hope you'll listen.Cindy Begel is a television writer-producer who has worked for the legendary Garry Marshall and Norman Lear. She’s worked on many classic prime time hit shows, including some of my favorite TV shows ever --  Mork & Mindy, Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley, The Jeffersons, Head of The Class, Alice, and The New Leave It To Beaver. She has also written for The Martin Short Show, and Mama’s Family. She created/wrote all 52 episodes of the animated series The Kids From Room 402. She wrote feature films for Paramount and Universal Studios. Cindy has some great stories to tell including her chat with Lucille Ball, dinner with Carol Burnett, making Robin Williams laugh and more! Well, that’s it for this week’s edition of The Write Start podcast. Thank you all for listening.  Please follow me on Instagram at @thevirgintraveler as well as @thewritestartpodcast and If you like what you heard on this podcast, please share it and leave me a rating or a review wherever you listen. Thanks again and I’ll see you next time. Support the showIf you like what you've listened to and would like to support The Write Start podcast, please visit https://www.buzzsprout.com/1322467/supporters/new. I'll give you a shoutout on the show! Thanks!

Welcome to Episode 19 of The Write Start podcast. I’m Lisa Iannucci, and this podcast is all about becoming a successful full time freelance writer. I’ve had a very long career where I’ve written for many national magazines and newspapers and written, co-written to and ghostwritten more than 20 books. Now I’ll share my experiences and have on some great guests who will show you everything you need to know to find ideas, land assignments, and, most importantly, make money. Today on The Write Start my guest is Brette Sember. Now the extremely short version of Brette’s bio is that she is an is award-winning author, freelancer, content producer, book coach, ghostwriter, indexer, developmental editor, and consultant. Her latest book is WWII Battle Trivia for Kids. Sember has written more than 40 of her own titles, ghosted many others, and coached many authors who have gone on to win awards. She regularly works as a content producer, indexer, and editor and continues to publish articles and essays. Her website is www.BretteSember.comWell that’s it for this week’s edition of The Write Start podcast. Brette thank you so much for being on the show and thank you all for listening.  Please follow me on Instagram at @thevirgintraveler as well as @thewritestartpodcast and If you like what you heard on this podcast, please share it and leave me a rating or a review wherever you listen to The Write Start. Thanks again and I’ll see you next time. Support the showIf you like what you've listened to and would like to support The Write Start podcast, please visit https://www.buzzsprout.com/1322467/supporters/new. I'll give you a shoutout on the show! Thanks!

Welcome to Episode 18 of The Write Start. I'm Lisa Iannucci, and this podcast is all about becoming a successful full-time freelance writer. I’ve had a very long career where I’ve written for many national magazines and newspapers and written more than 20 books. It’s my career, not my hobby and, on this podcast, you’ll learn everything you need to know about writing --from finding ideas to landing assignments and, most importantly, making money. This week on The Write Start my guest is successful full time freelance writer Jennifer L.W. Fink, RN, BSN, a Registered Nurse-turned-writer. She’s the creator of BuildingBoys.net, co-host of the ON BOYS parenting podcast, and author of The First –Time Mom’s Guide to Raising Boys. Jennifer has been published by The New York Times, U.S. News & World Report, The Washington Post, FOX News, Parents, Cancer Today and Medscape.  Today she’s here to talk about her career and her book, one I wish I had when I was raising my son. But let’s get into this and find out how she’s been so successful in her full-time freelance writing career. Also, I have created a course that will launch at the end of August. No fancy title… It’s simply called Become a Successful Freelance Writer but it includes so much. I dig deep into finding ideas, pitching editors and using one article or idea to create multiple assignments. The course is intensive and you will get several resources from me, but most of all you’ll finish the course with a clear path of your writing goals and how to get there. If you sign up, you will have access to me at any time while you’re taking the course. The outline will be put up on the website shortly, but the course is open for enrollment as of now. Just go to https://the-writer-start.teachable.com/ to sign up. I know there are so many of these courses out there, but I’ve lived what I’m going to teach you and I’ve been teaching courses like this for years. I hope I can help you to finally become the successful full-time freelance writer that you’ve always wanted to be. https://the-writer-start.teachable.com/Well, that’s it for this week’s edition of The Write Start podcast. Jenn thank you so much for being on the show and thank you all for listening.  Please follow me on Instagram at @thevirgintraveler as well as @thewritestartpodcast and If you like what you heard on this podcast, please share it and leave me a rating or a review wherever you listen to The Write Start. Thanks again and I’ll see you next time.  Support the showIf you like what you've listened to and would like to support The Write Start podcast, please visit https://www.buzzsprout.com/1322467/supporters/new. I'll give you a shoutout on the show! Thanks!

Welcome to Episode 17 of The Write Start. I’m Lisa Iannucci, and this podcast is all about becoming a successful full-time freelance writer. I’ve had a very long career where I’ve written for many national magazines and written more than 20 books. On this podcast, you’ll learn from me and my amazing guests everything you need to know about writing for different genres, finding ideas, finding work, pitching editors and more, but most importantly, you’ll learn about making money. Let’s get started! On today’s episode of The Write Start, I have a very special guest who I love with all my heart. Nicole Brinkley is not only my daughter, but she is also the manager of Oblong Books in Rhinebeck, NY and the host of the biweekly podcast Misshelved -- a podcast for book lovers. I have her on the show today because she has an interesting perspective about books and I know many of you want to write fiction and YA books, so listen closely because even I have learned so much from her. Links from today's show: Book Industry Charitable Foundation: https://www.bincfoundation.org/We Need Diverse Books: https://diversebooks.org/A special gift for my listeners this week! As writers, we do a lot of sitting so taking care of our health is extremely important. MOSSA On Demand offers 12 unique programs with hundreds of workouts at 10-, 30-, and 60-minute lengths. MOSSA On Demand is available for just $9.99 per month, and new customers can sign up for a free trial but listeners to The Write Start podcast get an extra bonus. if you use my coupon code you can get an additional 30 days free. This is actually in addition to the standard offer of a free 14-day trial, so it is 44 days total. The coupon code WRITESTART21Please follow me on Instagram at @thevirgintraveler as well as @thewritestartpodcast and If you like what you heard on this podcast, please share it and leave me a rating or a review wherever you listen to The Write Start. Thanks again and I’ll see you next time. Support the showIf you like what you've listened to and would like to support The Write Start podcast, please visit https://www.buzzsprout.com/1322467/supporters/new. I'll give you a shoutout on the show! Thanks!

Welcome to Episode 16 of The Write Start. I’m Lisa Iannucci, and this podcast is all about becoming a successful full-time freelance writer. I’ve had a very long career where I’ve written for many national magazines and written more than 20 books. It’s my career, not my hobby and, on this podcast, you’ll learn from me and my amazing guests everything you need to know about writing for different genres, finding ideas, finding work, pitching editors and more, but most importantly, you’ll learn about making money. Let’s get started! Last week, I talked to Barbara Clarke about writing memoirs, and this week, I continue that conversation with another Erik Sherman who is on his 7th book working with professional athletes about their life stories. I had the pleasure to talk to Erik about his process, how he started working with these athletes and what else he does in his career. A little about Erik Sherman -- He has been writing professionally since he was 14 years old. He’s the author of Out At Home, with former Dodgers and A’s outfielder Glenn Burke, who invented the ‘high five’ and died tragically of AIDS, is currently being made into a movie by actress/producer Jamie Lee Curtis through Amazon Studios.  Sherman is also the co-author of four other highly acclaimed baseball autobiographies with Steve Blass, Mookie Wilson, Davey Johnson, the 69 Mets, and his most recent book is Two Sides of Glory: The 1986 Boston Red Sox In Their Own Words which has an April 1, 2021 release date.  Erik is an annual lecturer at the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.I hope you enjoy the interview.Well, that’s it for this week’s edition of The Write Start podcast. Erik thank you so much for being on the show and thank you all for listening. Please follow me on Instagram at @thevirgintraveler as well as @thewritestartpodcast and If you like what you heard on this podcast, please share the podcast and leave me a rating or a review wherever you listen to The Write Start. Thanks again and I’ll see you next time. Support the showIf you like what you've listened to and would like to support The Write Start podcast, please visit https://www.buzzsprout.com/1322467/supporters/new. I'll give you a shoutout on the show! Thanks!

Welcome to Episode 15 of The Write Start. I’m Lisa Iannucci, and The Write Start podcast is all about becoming a successful full-time freelance writer. I’ve had a very long career where I’ve written for many national magazines and I've written more than 20 books. It’s my career, not my hobby and, on this podcast, you’ll learn from me, and my amazing guests, everything you need to know about writing for different genres, finding ideas, finding work, pitching editors, and more, but most importantly, you’ll learn about making money. Let’s get started! My courses are coming soon! A shout out to a new podcast -- Misshelved. Now I have to say this is not an advertisement and I’m not being paid to tell you about it. That’s because I wouldn’t take a penny from my daughter -- it’s her podcast. She doesn’t even know I’m saying this, but I have to tell you that if you’re a writer or if you love books, you need to check out Misshelved, a new bi-weekly podcast series from award-winning bookseller Nicole Brinkley. In each episode, you’ll meet an independent bookseller and listen in as they talk to one of their favorite authors about books, publishing, and the world we live in. You can find Misshelved on several platforms, including Spotify.  Please check it out. So for this week’s interview, I talk to author Barbara Clarke’s about her new memoir The Red Kitchen. I wanted to dive into the writing of a memoir because I talk to so many writers who want to start their careers by writing their memoir but really don’t have an idea of how to go about it and since this is Clarke’s second memoir, I thought she would have some good insight on the process. I was right. Clarke’s book chronicles the long-term effects of an early childhood trauma and how that alters a life's course, but it’s written in a way that’s deep and funny all at the same time  “The Red Kitchen” (April 6, 2021, She Writes Press)/ Enjoy the interview -- oh and sorry about the noise in this one I’m working on it again but you can still hear it! Please follow me on Instagram at @thevirgintraveler as well as @thewritestartpodcast and If you like what you heard on this podcast, please share the podcast and leave me a rating or a review wherever you listen to The Write Start. Thanks again and I’ll see you next time. Support the showIf you like what you've listened to and would like to support The Write Start podcast, please visit https://www.buzzsprout.com/1322467/supporters/new. I'll give you a shoutout on the show! Thanks!

Welcome to Episode 14 of The Write Start. I’m Lisa Iannucci, and this podcast is all about becoming a successful full-time freelance writer. I’ve been where you are and where you want to be, so I’m sharing my many years of experience with you. You’ll also learn from my amazing guests about writing for different genres, finding ideas, finding work, pitching and more, but most importantly, you’ll learn about making money. On this episode of The Write Start, my guest is award-winning author Jen Singer. This is an interview I know you’re not going to want to miss. Jen was the founder of the MommaSaid blog, the author of multiple “Stop Guessing Yourself,” books on parenting, an incredible speaker, ghostwriter and writing coach. In 2007, she was diagnosed and ultimately beat Stage 3 non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, and last year she fought a tough battle against Covid-19 which left her with a pacemaker. Through it all, Jen has documented her thoughts about her Covid struggles and progress and recovery through what she calls her “prednisongs” and her Heartbroken: Erratically Posted Thoughts About Life After Covid and we’ll talk about both of them. Her writing makes me laugh, makes me cry, and inspires me. She has inspired others in her keynote speeches. She has overcome some of life’s biggest struggles and continues to amaze and I’m so excited she decided to talk to me today because you’re going to learn so much. Support the showIf you like what you've listened to and would like to support The Write Start podcast, please visit https://www.buzzsprout.com/1322467/supporters/new. I'll give you a shoutout on the show! Thanks!

Welcome to lucky Episode 13 of The Write Start. I’m Lisa Iannucci, and this podcast is all about becoming a successful full-time freelance writer. I’ve been working from home and on the road for the last 25 plus years, writing books and writing for magazines, online publications, newspapers, and corporations. Each week on this podcast, you will learn about writing for different genres, finding ideas, finding work, pitching, and more, but most importantly, you’ll learn about making money. Let’s get started! This week's interview is with syndicated travel columnist Christopher Elliott. It doesn’t matter if you’re a travel writer or not. Christopher gives a lot of great tips on syndicating your work, working for newspapers, and more. I hope you like it!Christopher thank you so much for being on the show and thank you all for listening. Please follow me on Instagram at @thevirgintraveler as well as @thewritestartpodcast and If you like what you heard on this podcast, please share the podcast and leave me a rating or a review wherever you listen to The Write Start. Thanks again and I’ll see you next week!  Support the showIf you like what you've listened to and would like to support The Write Start podcast, please visit https://www.buzzsprout.com/1322467/supporters/new. I'll give you a shoutout on the show! Thanks!

On this week’s episode of The Write Start, my guest is full-time freelance writer Dina Gachman who has had bylines in The New York Times, Marie Claire, Bustle, Forbes, In Style, and Vogue -- just to name a few -- and just some of those bylines will have other writers salivating and wondering how they can do the same. She’s also a ghostwriter and writes essays, reported stories, and branded content.Gachman is also the author of Brokenomics, a book of humorous essays and tips about money. You'll learn a lot from Dina. Enjoy the show! Thank you all for listening to The Write Start podcast. Please follow me on Instagram at @thevirgintraveler as well as @thewritestartpodcast. If you like what you heard on this podcast, please share the podcast and leave me a rating or a review wherever you listen to The Write Start. Thanks again and I’ll see you next time. Support the showIf you like what you've listened to and would like to support The Write Start podcast, please visit https://www.buzzsprout.com/1322467/supporters/new. I'll give you a shoutout on the show! Thanks!

Welcome to Episode 11 of The Write Start. I’m Lisa Iannucci and this podcast is all about becoming a full-time freelance writer. I’ll show you how to make money writing for magazines, online publications, newspapers, and corporations. We’ll go through the ins and outs of pitching and working with editors. Most importantly, we’ll talk about making money. Today on The Write Start, my guest is Michele Wojciechowski, who is a great friend, wonderful writer and a hilarious comedian. Her work has appeared in such publications as Forbes, MarketWatch, Reader's Digest (U.S.), Vanity Fair, Discover Magazine, and Parade Magazine, just to name a few. She’s the author of Next Time I Move, They'll Carry Me Out in a Box. Since 2003, she has written her Wojo’s World® column and she’s also written and performed standup comedy since she was 18 years old. Enjoy the interview!Thank you all for listening to The Write Start podcast. Please follow me on Instagram at @thevirgintraveler and  @thewritestartpodcast If you like what you heard on this podcast, please share the podcast and leave me a rating or a review wherever you listen to The Write Start. Thanks again and I’ll see you next time.!Support the showIf you like what you've listened to and would like to support The Write Start podcast, please visit https://www.buzzsprout.com/1322467/supporters/new. I'll give you a shoutout on the show! Thanks!

Hi everyone and welcome to the first episode of The Write Start podcast in 2021 and episode #10 overall. I’m Lisa Iannucci and I’ve had a successful full-time freelance writing career for 30 years. How did I get here? I set goals. Today this episode is all about setting goals for your freelance writing business and the 5 questions you should ask yourself. Of course you all know that if you’re listening to this later than January 1st it’s way too late to start making a goals list right? Of course it isn’t! You can make a goals list at any time! So enjoy the episode! Follow me on Instagram and DM me your goals. I'm at @thewritestartpodcast. See you next time! Support the showIf you like what you've listened to and would like to support The Write Start podcast, please visit https://www.buzzsprout.com/1322467/supporters/new. I'll give you a shoutout on the show! Thanks!