Writing
Get Started Travel Writing
Get Started Travel Writing Have you ever dreamed of travelling on someone else’s dime and writing articles that actually pay? We all start out small, maybe writing for free until we build up our portfolio but we must get to the point when we know our writing has to have a monetary value. This interview in the newsletter gives us [...]
YES You Can Make Money Writing!
Besides publishing books my goal was to get paid for writing magazine articles. But first I did my time. I wrote for local papers for free to get exposed and used to the tighter style of writing and meeting a deadline. The first time I was published in Our Canada, a national glossy magazine, even [...]
Published Articles by Barb
Archived and current articles published in magazines are available at: Snowbirds & RV Travel A series about our 2009 northern trip started June/July 2009 and continued for the following months: Aug/Sept/09, Oct/Nov/09, Dec/Jan/10, and Feb/Mar/10. Click on the month and “turn the pages” until you arrive at the article. Stay tuned for April/May/10 issue. RV Times [...]
RV Canada With Boo the Menopausal Van:Sample Chapter
Just one of 21 chapters about our adventures while crossing Canada in a cranky van called “Boo the Menopausal Van.” The last three chapters are valuable resources for travellers. Chapter 5: Ontario (ON) Water, Water Everywhere Welcome to the biggest province on our trek and the one with the biggest heart! Even with gas funds [...]
Great Northern Book Tour
Greetings from the way far north! We are at day 25 of our four month book tour/exploration of Canada’s great far north. We’ve been in Whitehorse, Yukon for four days and leave tomorrow for Dawson City. What a vast land this is where there are more caribou than people: 165,000 to only 32,000 people. All [...]
Toastmasters Improves Authors
You are the leader you’re looking for. Billy Jean King I’ve been a member of Sunshine Speakers Toastmasters for almost eight years. It has changed my life in so many ways: increased confidence, better communication and leadership skills, and given me the courage to believe in myself so I can make my dreams come true. [...]
Is Self-Publishing For You?
Have you dreamed of seeing your writing in book form?Does it seem so very far away? We’ve moved past the old stigma that said the only way to be a “real” author was to send out your manuscript endlessly until someone somewhere decided you were good enough to publish. Those days are gone as we’ve [...]