Are you a beginning or advanced writer with goals and aspirations but no clear direction on your path to the writing life?

If the answer is yes, you are not alone. Even professional, published writers find they are adrift from time to time, must deal with rewrites and rejection, and wonder why the writing "bug" has no cure. www.onceawriter.com is for those scribes who write not just because they want to, but because they must.

Professional freelance writer Marie Bartlett has more than 25 years of experience in the rough-and-tumble world of creative nonfiction writing, from producing national magazine articles to nonfiction books.

What you can learn from Marie’s expertise:

• How to start a freelance writing business with tools of the trade
• How to break into magazine writing
• Getting ideas
• How to find a slant for your story
• Interviewing techniques
• How to write a query
• Dealing with rejection
• How to write a book proposal

Marie also offers individualized coaching services, workshops, freelance and corporate communication services, copywriting, public relations assignments, and contracted business communication projects.