NAIWE in Public View What was all the buzz about at the Hanover Book Expo 2025? Authors listened attentively to hear how the National Association of Independent Writers and […]

Finding Support and Protection for Your Ostomy Life shouldn’t stop because you have an ostomy. In fact, ostomies are often a second chance at living a full and productive life. That doesn’t mean, […]

Member Benefit: Discount on Institute of Professional Editors Limited Events Member Benefit #36 The Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd) is the professional association for Australian and New Zealand editors. It exists to […]

Laura Pennington Briggs, NAIWE's Business of Writing Expert We wanted to get to know Laura Pennington Briggs (NAIWE’s Business of Writing Expert) better, so last month we sat down with her. Here are some thoughts […]

Ostomates: Do You Want to Feel Supported this New Year? An ostomy is a surgical procedure that reroutes part of the intestines outside of the abdomen so bodily waste collects in a pouch. While for patients […]

Tracking Your Website and Blog Stats: What You Can Learn “Don’t wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect.  There will always be challenges, obstacles, and less-than-perfect cond […]

Make the Best Use of Your Editing Budget: A Pre-Editing Checklist By the time you hire a copyeditor, academic evaluator, or proofreader, you may be eager to be done with your project and feel like dumping it directly […]

How to Choose a Freelance Editor An editor can bring out the best in a book or manuscript, but for this to happen, you must choose the right type of editor for the job. Although there […]

Blog Strategically: How to Get it Done and Get it Read“What a waste of time,” grumbled a writer at a recent conference. He was responding to yet another speaker’s suggestion that a blog is one of the simpl […]

Ostomy Clothing and Appliances: What You Wear Matters What you wear can affect your health, and that’s especially true if you’ve had an ostomy, a procedure that directs the body’s waste products through […]

20 Secrets of Blogging Success Ever wonder how successful bloggers got where they are? If you’d like to start or improve your own blog and turn it into a really useful tool for g […]

Days to Celebrate in January January 2: National Science Fiction Day. American author and Boston University professor of biochemistry Isaac Asimov was born on January 2, 1920. He was […]

6 Irresistible Reasons to Stop Explaining Yourself Writers and freelance editors often have to deal with naysayers and critics who can’t imagine why they don’t just get a “real job.” It can be hard to […]

7 Telltale Signs It’s Time to Get Over Yourself and Get Support As freelance writers and editors grow more successful, they often find themselves becoming scattered and busy with tasks that aren’t directly related t […]

The Missing Step Between Meeting and Meaningful Connection Over the past couple years, my team and I have been working on a very special project – one that would hopefully create magic for anybody who n […]

The Ins and Outs of Living with an Ostomy Over 130,000 Americans have ostomy surgery every year, and it’s estimated there are about one million people in the US living with an ostomy. I’m one […]