Think about these opportunities...

Ah, the opportunities out there for work-at-home writers like us! Writers who write about their own successful journey recommend that we find a niche in which to be an expert, and venture into other areas, as well. Variety is the spice of life, isn't it?...and no less true for writers.

While I'm busily carving out my own niche, I also look for writing opportunities that help me stretch my writing muscles (or offer a quick buck while I work on projects closer to my niche). Writing greeting card prose is a terrific way to write using an economy of words, thereby sharpening your ability to write tight in other areas. One of my favorite areas is writing resumes. A while back, I wrote resumes for townspeople who didn't want to tackle that task on their own. It was a nice side business, as well as a rewarding one (three out of four let me know the resume I'd written for them got the interview, the number one job of a resume). Recently, I gave a resume as a grad gift to a friend's kid; and I've donated resume packages at fundraising time to a couple of causes I believe in.

But a writing field none of us should ignore is business-to-business writing. It's lucrative and enjoyable. But is it easy? Probably not...yet very doable. How? For anyone considering it, Bob Bly, a veteran in the field, offers valuable how-to's of navigating those waters. Groping along on your own can take months, even years, and, in that slow process, you lose precious time and the ability to earn good money. Bob's courses are valuable to me because they're jam-packed with everything I need to know to get started and earn real money. Lots of good stuff, including how to write marketing plans and white papers (check out the link on the side if you want to learn more).

The absolutely great thing about the work-at-home business of writing today is this: We have unlimited opportunities to write in whatever field interests us and we have writing experts like Beth Ann Erickson (Filbert Publishing), Kelly James-Enger, Jenna Glatzer, Julia Cameron, and Bob Bly (to name a few), who share their expertise with folks like you and me who want to make a go of this biz.