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Breaking news -

Getting started, editing and proofreading, websites classes coming up at WAB

I'll be teaching my usual classes at Writers and Books in January, February and March. Details are at:

http://wab.org/workshops/2010-winter/business.shtml#1

Booklet has been updated

I added some new info to my popular booket, "Get Paid to Write! Getting Started as a Freelance Writer." It's available for $20 from me. You can send a check or use PayPal for your copy; details at left.

I'm on blog radio!

In January 2010, I was interviewed by Nancy Arvizu for her Page Readers blog-talk radio series. Check it out here:

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/page-readers/2010/01/07/page-readers-talks-with-ruth-e-thaler-carter-author-of-get-paid-to-write

New publication is here

I've written a new publication for the Editorial Freelancers Association (EFA) on "Freelancing 101: Launching Your Editorial Business" that is now available via the EFA and lulu.com. Details are at http://www.the-efa.org/res/booklets.php#freelancing. It isn't the same as attending one of my seminars in person, but it's a pretty good substitute, and provides detail that most seminars can't quite cover. Enjoy!

2010 presentations coming up

I love doing speeches and presentations! Here's what's coming up in the next few months. If there are topics you would like to have me present for your organization, just let me know at Ruth@writerruth.com or 585-248-8464.

I'm presenting classes for Rochester's Writers and Books on "Basics of Editing and Proofreading," "Getting Started as a Freelance Writer" and "Websites for Writers" this fall. For program details, click on my "When is my next seminar?" link. For online registration, go to:
http://www.wab.org

I'll also be doing several presentations for Communication Central in Rochester in the new year. Details will be at:
www.communication-central.com

Recent 2009 presentations

The opportunity to share tips on "Launching Your Editorial Business" for the Editorial Freelancers Association made my first trip to Seattle, originally for the centennial conference of the Association for Women in Communications, even more rewarding.

My first-ever proposal for a presentation to the national Society for Professional Journalists (SPJ) convention was accepted! I discussed getting started in freelancing for journalists in Indianapolis in August; details at: www.spj.org.

My June 18 workshops in NYC for the Editorial Freelancers Association (EFA) - one on websites for writers and editors; the other on getting started in freelancing - went very well. Everyone seemed to enjoy the interaction and the information, and no one was fazed by the day's torrential rains!

On May 29, I did a presentation on "Marketing Yourself through Your Writing Skills" at the spring 2009 professional development conference of the Rochester Professional Consultants Network (RPCN). Details are at: http://rochesterconsultants.org/052909eventinfo.html

My workshops for the Editorial Freelancers Association (EFA) on getting started in freelancing and websites for colleagues on May 14 in DC were a great opportunity to meet colleagues and help people do better at developing their freelance efforts.

My presentations on "Finding, Hiring and Working Well with Freelancers" and "Getting Started as a Freelance Tech Communicator" at the 2009 Society for Technical Communication (STC) national Tech Comm Summit, in Atlanta on May 5 and 6, went quite well.

It was an honor for my presentation on "Getting Started as a Freelance Tech Communicator" to be accepted for the prestigious 50th annual spectrum conference of the Rochester, NY, chapter of the Society for Technical Communication in early April - my third year of presenting at this event.

Presentations on freelancing and on websites for freelancers at the Region 3 conference of the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) in Philadelphia on April 24 and 25, took me back to my newspaper roots!

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