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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 s...
Many of you have joined the RN2writer family because you saw an ad I run on Facebook. That ad introduces people to 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, 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 the ...
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 b...
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 steady,...
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 ...
I’ve talked about sending Letters of Introduction (LOIs) many times on the blog, but I only touched on how to write them once – way back in the third issue of this newsletter.
So I thought I should go over this process again.
When I talk about sending LOIs, generally I’m talking...
Aspiring nurse-writers frequently ask me what skills and knowledge they need before they can launch a freelance writing business. Many nurses already possess all the qualifications they need to become a professional writer, though they may not know it. So today I thought I’d tell you what I consider...
Many, many people don’t believe me when I say I only work part-time, yet earn six figures in revenue each year. But it’s true.
As I said, I believe life is all about time and how we spend it. Being somewhat hedonistic, I prefer to spend my time pursuing things I love to do, not slaving away at wor
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