ACCORDING to the excellent
Freedom From Writing web resource one should regularly update people as to where they can find your writing, so I had a wee scan through where my writing has been hanging out of late.
Apparently the best way to get material picked up and/or freelance writing assignments is to make sure that people can see what you've written already
As usual most of my music writing appears on my
blog, which is also syndicated on
Rockradioni and appears on my
Wikinut page. Some artists actually believe what I write and have used material and quotations on their Facebook and
Reverbnation pages...
Despite a few typos -I was pleased have had a gig review on the global (page views in excess of 1.2m) Metal Rules website for the
Steve Vai gig in Belfast, and
my review of Nine Inch Nails at Belsonic appeared on the Independent Voice webzine.
My creative writing - that is my short stories appear on my
Smashwords page for purchase (film options still available for some of these stories!).
The benefit of
Smashwords is that if you meet the standards your stories then appear on other online e-story outlets such as
iTunes,
Barnes and Noble, Sony readers amongst others. (Kindle users at this time have to purchase/read sample from my
Smashwords page to get it on your Kindle.)
After this time looking through where I have been published I took a little time flicking back through old clippings from my first jobs in journalism through to being the American Football correspondent for the now defunct Ireland's Saturday Night.
Doing so I came across my first published piece of creative writing, a short story that was carried by the BBC, a morality tale all about traffic...written before I was even 40 you can read it
here.
All in all not a bad output for a part-time hobby; maybe one day my freelance output will get bought and my creative stories will find a home (as said film options and TV options al still available)
If you want to share your freelance output, or hints and tips for aspiring writers (start writing is the main tip!) just drop your comment below and keep writing.
