Registration open for July freelance panels!
Registration open for July freelance panels!
Get in quick!
(Illustration by Matt Lubchansky)
Hello! Registration for July’s freelance panels is now open! And goodness do we have a stacked schedule this month. Most Sundays will be one themed panel, usually at 3 p.m. Eastern time, followed by a general-advice panel, during which you can ask questions on any topic — like pitching, general career questions, working with editors, money, etc. — at 4:30 p.m. Eastern time.
Here’s what’s on the schedule. Click each link to sign up for that session:
July 12
3 p.m.: So you want to publish a book
4:30 p.m.: How to be a better freelancer
July 19
3 p.m.: Travel writing during a pandemic
4:30 p.m.: How to be a better freelancer
July 26
3 p.m.: Let’s talk about writing and story ideas
4:30 p.m.: The business of freelancing
August 2
3 p.m.: The art of structuring a longform story
4:30 p.m.: How to be a better freelancer
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To view all of July’s sessions on one page, click here, and follow me on Twitter for panel updates throughout the week. (I’ll be announcing a few special guests this month on Twitter, so keep an eye out!)
And, as always, please feel free to share this with and/or forward this to any journalists or organizations who might be interested!
Oh, a few other things …
• If you’d like to donate to help offset costs for this project, here is my PayPal. Anything above the costs for maintaining this — $365 per month — will be contributed to the Journalist Furlough Fund. I’ll publish receipts of contributions in this newsletter every month. Reminder: You do not need to contribute money to participate in Zoom sessions.
• I want to flag two incredibly useful Tweets and one with some great longreads from this week:
This one, from Rolling Stone writer Ej Dickson, which has thousands of responses to the question: What’s the best reporting advice you’ve gotten during your career? (Don’t forget to click the Retweets and comments button to see all of the quote-tweet answers.)
This one, from freelance writer — and panelist this month — Kat Boogaard, in which she links to a post of six lessons she’s learned from six years of freelancing.
This one, from yours truly, to which people replied with their favorite longform stories of the past decade.
• Next week in this newsletter I’ll publish a full recording of the Zoom panel on writing better personal essays. Make sure you’re subscribed to get it!
• Email me with questions, comments, thoughts, cute pet photos or anything else at freelancingwithtim@gmail.com
Okay bye ily!
-Tim ❤️