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People ask the BEST questions in the group coaching sessions! I just love the creative queries nurses come up with as they work at transitioning to freelance writing.
A couple of weeks ago, a nurse in the group asked, “When do you pay the sources you interview?”
And the hair on the back of my neck...
I’ve talked about sending Letters of Introduction (LOIs) many times in my coaching sessions, but then I realized I didn’t actually have a blog post that discusses exactly what these prospecting tools are or how to write them. Derp.
So I thought I should go over that.
Cold LOI vs Warm LOI
When I t...
Recently, J emailed me to ask a question I get frequently from nurses who are curious about becoming a freelance writer. They said…
“I’m currently in nursing school and am wanting to do nurse writing on the side as I work as a bedside nurse. I’ve been a great writer in English courses and business ...
Many of you have joined the RN2writer family because you saw an ad I run on Facebook. That ad directs people to buy a little ebook I wrote to unveil the world of freelance writing to other nurses – because my mission is to help nurses “own” the healthcare communications space. But we need more nurse...
Recently, this message floated into my inbox:
Hi! My name is Alicia, I've been a Women's Health Nurse (among many other departments!) for 13ish years. I have the Ultimate [Health Journalism Basics for Nurses] course and the 50 Markets download (great info btw) but I noticed there wasn't a lot of
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Recently, a Facebook commenter asked me: If everybody hops on the RN2writer bandwagon, won’t this just result in a glut of nurse-writers, with work for nobody?
The answer? No, absolutely not.
And the reason why not can be summed up in a single word: Volume.
Take a moment right now to appreciate t...
I’ve often said that the biggest catch-22 nurses encounter when trying to launch a writing career is how to get work samples when nobody will hire you without work samples.
Right?
Well, there’s an easy way around this problem. I’ve talked about this before, but I don’t think I’ve been clear enough...
Recently, a nurse wrote to me to ask a very sensible question: “Though I have been a nurse for many years (one field, one organization), I only know what I know. While browsing content, you and others seem to write on such a wide variety of topics. Do you spend a lot of time researching?”
I thought...
You might be surprised to know my first (and best) advice to nurses who want to become writer is this:
Don’t quit your day job.
It’s not because I doubt the viability of freelance writing as a career. I’ve been making my living as a writer for the past eight years. Writing provides me with a stead...
In reviewing my correspondence over the past year, I’ve calculated I receive about 16 emails per month from nurses interested in learning more about becoming freelance writers. I’m always happy to respond, though you probably can understand now why I brought back RN2Writer. It’s much more efficient ...
