The Write Start

Welcome to Episode 19 of The Write Start podcast. I’m Lisa Iannucci, and this podcast is all about becoming a successful full time freelance writer. I’ve had a very long career where I’ve written for many national magazines and newspapers and written, co-written to and ghostwritten more than 20 books. Now I’ll share my experiences and have on some great guests who will show you everything you need to know to find ideas, land assignments, and, most importantly, make money.

Today on The Write Start my guest is Brette Sember. Now the extremely short version of Brette’s bio is that she is an is award-winning author, freelancer, content producer, book coach, ghostwriter, indexer, developmental editor, and consultant. Her latest book is WWII Battle Trivia for Kids. Sember has written more than 40 of her own titles, ghosted many others, and coached many authors who have gone on to win awards. She regularly works as a content producer, indexer, and editor and continues to publish articles and essays. Her website is www.BretteSember.com

Well that’s it for this week’s edition of The Write Start podcast. Brette thank you so much for being on the show and thank you all for listening.  Please follow me on Instagram at @thevirgintraveler as well as @thewritestartpodcast and If you like what you heard on this podcast, please share it and leave me a rating or a review wherever you listen to The Write Start. Thanks again and I’ll see you next time. 

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Welcome to Episode 18 of The Write Start. I'm Lisa Iannucci, and this podcast is all about becoming a successful full-time freelance writer. I’ve had a very long career where I’ve written for many national magazines and newspapers and written more than 20 books. It’s my career, not my hobby and, on this podcast, you’ll learn everything you need to know about writing --from finding ideas to landing assignments and, most importantly, making money. 

This week on The Write Start my guest is successful full time freelance writer Jennifer L.W. Fink, RN, BSN, a Registered Nurse-turned-writer. She’s the creator of BuildingBoys.net, co-host of the ON BOYS parenting podcast, and author of The First –Time Mom’s Guide to Raising Boys. Jennifer has been published by The New York Times, U.S. News & World Report, The Washington Post, FOX News, Parents, Cancer Today and Medscape.  

Today she’s here to talk about her career and her book, one I wish I had when I was raising my son. But let’s get into this and find out how she’s been so successful in her full-time freelance writing career. 

Also, I have created a course that will launch at the end of August. No fancy title… It’s simply called Become a Successful Freelance Writer but it includes so much. I dig deep into finding ideas, pitching editors and using one article or idea to create multiple assignments. The course is intensive and you will get several resources from me, but most of all you’ll finish the course with a clear path of your writing goals and how to get there. 

If you sign up, you will have access to me at any time while you’re taking the course. The outline will be put up on the website shortly, but the course is open for enrollment as of now. Just go to https://the-writer-start.teachable.com/ to sign up. I know there are so many of these courses out there, but I’ve lived what I’m going to teach you and I’ve been teaching courses like this for years. I hope I can help you to finally become the successful full-time freelance writer that you’ve always wanted to be. https://the-writer-start.teachable.com/

Well, that’s it for this week’s edition of The Write Start podcast. Jenn thank you so much for being on the show and thank you all for listening.  Please follow me on Instagram at @thevirgintraveler as well as @thewritestartpodcast and If you like what you heard on this podcast, please share it and leave me a rating or a review wherever you listen to The Write Start. Thanks again and I’ll see you next time. 

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Welcome to Episode 17 of The Write Start. I’m Lisa Iannucci, and this podcast is all about becoming a successful full-time freelance writer. I’ve had a very long career where I’ve written for many national magazines and written more than 20 books. On this podcast, you’ll learn from me and my amazing guests everything you need to know about writing for different genres, finding ideas, finding work, pitching editors and more, but most importantly, you’ll learn about making money. Let’s get started! 

On today’s episode of The Write Start, I have a very special guest who I love with all my heart. Nicole Brinkley is not only my daughter, but she is also the manager of Oblong Books in Rhinebeck, NY and the host of the biweekly podcast Misshelved -- a podcast for book lovers. I have her on the show today because she has an interesting perspective about books and I know many of you want to write fiction and YA books, so listen closely because even I have learned so much from her. 

Links from today's show:
Book Industry Charitable Foundation: https://www.bincfoundation.org/
We Need Diverse Books: https://diversebooks.org/

A special gift for my listeners this week! As writers, we do a lot of sitting so taking care of our health is extremely important. MOSSA On Demand offers 12 unique programs with hundreds of workouts at 10-, 30-, and 60-minute lengths. MOSSA On Demand is available for just $9.99 per month, and new customers can sign up for a free trial but listeners to The Write Start podcast get an extra bonus. if you use my coupon code you can get an additional 30 days free. This is actually in addition to the standard offer of a free 14-day trial, so it is 44 days total. The coupon code WRITESTART21

Please follow me on Instagram at @thevirgintraveler as well as @thewritestartpodcast and If you like what you heard on this podcast, please share it and leave me a rating or a review wherever you listen to The Write Start. Thanks again and I’ll see you next time. 

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Welcome to Episode 16 of The Write Start. I’m Lisa Iannucci, and this podcast is all about becoming a successful full-time freelance writer. I’ve had a very long career where I’ve written for many national magazines and written more than 20 books. It’s my career, not my hobby and, on this podcast, you’ll learn from me and my amazing guests everything you need to know about writing for different genres, finding ideas, finding work, pitching editors and more, but most importantly, you’ll learn about making money. Let’s get started! 

Last week, I talked to Barbara Clarke about writing memoirs, and this week, I continue that conversation with another Erik Sherman who is on his 7th book working with professional athletes about their life stories. I had the pleasure to talk to Erik about his process, how he started working with these athletes and what else he does in his career.

A little about Erik Sherman -- He has been writing professionally since he was 14 years old. He’s the author of Out At Home, with former Dodgers and A’s outfielder Glenn Burke, who invented the ‘high five’ and died tragically of AIDS, is currently being made into a movie by actress/producer Jamie Lee Curtis through Amazon Studios.  Sherman is also the co-author of four other highly acclaimed baseball autobiographies with Steve Blass, Mookie Wilson, Davey Johnson, the 69 Mets, and his most recent book is Two Sides of Glory: The 1986 Boston Red Sox In Their Own Words which has an April 1, 2021 release date.  Erik is an annual lecturer at the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.

I hope you enjoy the interview.

Well, that’s it for this week’s edition of The Write Start podcast. Erik thank you so much for being on the show and thank you all for listening. Please follow me on Instagram at @thevirgintraveler as well as @thewritestartpodcast and If you like what you heard on this podcast, please share the podcast and leave me a rating or a review wherever you listen to The Write Start. Thanks again and I’ll see you next time. 

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Welcome to Episode 15 of The Write Start. I’m Lisa Iannucci, and The Write Start podcast is all about becoming a successful full-time freelance writer. I’ve had a very long career where I’ve written for many national magazines and I've written more than 20 books. It’s my career, not my hobby and, on this podcast, you’ll learn from me, and my amazing guests, everything you need to know about writing for different genres, finding ideas, finding work, pitching editors, and more, but most importantly, you’ll learn about making money. Let’s get started!

My courses are coming soon!

A shout out to a new podcast -- Misshelved. Now I have to say this is not an advertisement and I’m not being paid to tell you about it. That’s because I wouldn’t take a penny from my daughter -- it’s her podcast. She doesn’t even know I’m saying this, but I have to tell you that if you’re a writer or if you love books, you need to check out Misshelved, a new bi-weekly podcast series from award-winning bookseller Nicole Brinkley. In each episode, you’ll meet an independent bookseller and listen in as they talk to one of their favorite authors about books, publishing, and the world we live in. You can find Misshelved on several platforms, including Spotify.  Please check it out.

So for this week’s interview, I talk to author Barbara Clarke’s about her new memoir The Red Kitchen. I wanted to dive into the writing of a memoir because I talk to so many writers who want to start their careers by writing their memoir but really don’t have an idea of how to go about it and since this is Clarke’s second memoir, I thought she would have some good insight on the process. I was right. Clarke’s book chronicles the long-term effects of an early childhood trauma and how that alters a life's course, but it’s written in a way that’s deep and funny all at the same time  “The Red Kitchen” (April 6, 2021, She Writes Press)/ Enjoy the interview -- oh and sorry about the noise in this one I’m working on it again but you can still hear it! 

Please follow me on Instagram at @thevirgintraveler as well as @thewritestartpodcast and If you like what you heard on this podcast, please share the podcast and leave me a rating or a review wherever you listen to The Write Start. Thanks again and I’ll see you next time. 

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Welcome to Episode 14 of The Write Start. I’m Lisa Iannucci, and this podcast is all about becoming a successful full-time freelance writer. I’ve been where you are and where you want to be, so I’m sharing my many years of experience with you. You’ll also learn from my amazing guests about writing for different genres, finding ideas, finding work, pitching and more, but most importantly, you’ll learn about making money. 

On this episode of The Write Start, my guest is award-winning author Jen Singer. This is an interview I know you’re not going to want to miss. 

Jen was the founder of the MommaSaid blog, the author of multiple “Stop Guessing Yourself,” books on parenting, an incredible speaker, ghostwriter and writing coach. 

In 2007, she was diagnosed and ultimately beat Stage 3 non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, and last year she fought a tough battle against Covid-19 which left her with a pacemaker. Through it all, Jen has documented her thoughts about her Covid struggles and progress and recovery through what she calls her “prednisongs” and her Heartbroken: Erratically Posted Thoughts About Life After Covid and we’ll talk about both of them. Her writing makes me laugh, makes me cry, and inspires me. She has inspired others in her keynote speeches. She has overcome some of life’s biggest struggles and continues to amaze and I’m so excited she decided to talk to me today because you’re going to learn so much. 

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Welcome to lucky Episode 13 of The Write Start. I’m Lisa Iannucci, and this podcast is all about becoming a successful full-time freelance writer. I’ve been working from home and on the road for the last 25 plus years, writing books and writing for magazines, online publications, newspapers, and corporations. Each week on this podcast, you will learn about writing for different genres, finding ideas, finding work, pitching, and more, but most importantly, you’ll learn about making money. Let’s get started! 

This week's interview is with syndicated travel columnist Christopher Elliott. It doesn’t matter if you’re a travel writer or not. Christopher gives a lot of great tips on syndicating your work, working for newspapers, and more. I hope you like it!

Christopher thank you so much for being on the show and thank you all for listening. Please follow me on Instagram at @thevirgintraveler as well as @thewritestartpodcast and If you like what you heard on this podcast, please share the podcast and leave me a rating or a review wherever you listen to The Write Start. Thanks again and I’ll see you next week!  

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On this week’s episode of The Write Start, my guest is full-time freelance writer Dina Gachman who has had bylines in The New York Times, Marie Claire, Bustle, Forbes, In Style, and Vogue -- just to name a few -- and just some of those bylines will have other writers salivating and wondering how they can do the same. She’s also a ghostwriter and writes essays, reported stories, and branded content.

Gachman is also the author of Brokenomics, a book of humorous essays and tips about money. You'll learn a lot from Dina. Enjoy the show! 

Thank you all for listening to The Write Start podcast. Please follow me on Instagram at @thevirgintraveler as well as @thewritestartpodcast. If you like what you heard on this podcast, please share the podcast and leave me a rating or a review wherever you listen to The Write Start. Thanks again and I’ll see you next time. 

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Welcome to Episode 11 of The Write Start. I’m Lisa Iannucci and this podcast is all about becoming a full-time freelance writer. I’ll show you how to make money writing for magazines, online publications, newspapers, and corporations. We’ll go through the ins and outs of pitching and working with editors. Most importantly, we’ll talk about making money. 

Today on The Write Start, my guest is Michele Wojciechowski, who is a great friend, wonderful writer and a hilarious comedian. Her work has appeared in such publications as Forbes, MarketWatch, Reader's Digest (U.S.), Vanity Fair, Discover Magazine, and Parade Magazine, just to name a few. She’s the author of Next Time I Move, They'll Carry Me Out in a Box. Since 2003, she has written her Wojo’s World® column and she’s also written and performed standup comedy since she was 18 years old. 

Enjoy the interview!
Thank you all for listening to The Write Start podcast. Please follow me on Instagram at @thevirgintraveler and  @thewritestartpodcast If you like what you heard on this podcast, please share the podcast and leave me a rating or a review wherever you listen to The Write Start. Thanks again and I’ll see you next time.!

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Hi everyone and welcome to the first episode of The Write Start podcast in 2021 and episode #10 overall. I’m Lisa Iannucci and I’ve had a successful full-time freelance writing career for 30 years. How did I get here? I set goals. 

Today this episode is all about setting goals for your freelance writing business and the 5 questions you should ask yourself. Of course you all know that if you’re listening to this later than January 1st it’s way too late to start making a goals list right? Of course it isn’t! You can make a goals list at any time! So enjoy the episode! 

Follow me on Instagram and DM me your goals. I'm at @thewritestartpodcast. 

See you next time! 

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