The Best 5 Blogs for Writers

As a writer you should always be looking to improve your craft and sharpen skills. The lessons from these 5 best blogs for writers will help to improve and broaden those skills.

Tips that writer's pick-up from books on writing isn't always relevant or useful in today's world. As an apprentice you should learn from the masters of the craft first hand day-to-day. It's the day-to-day details that make a master's work excellent and an apprentice's education worthwhile.

Freelance Writing

http://www.thewritersmanifesto.com/blog/

Freelance Writing is about sharing tips with writers on how to make money on the Internet using their writing skills. Monica Mundell and associates share their experiences in the freelance world of blogs; affiliate marketing, real world clients and Internet sales.

I like the fact that real writers post on this site. Sometimes you will see post on what frustrates these writers. Rants come out occasionally that somehow always touch home with us writers.

This is a well-written blog and always has relevant information to share that is useful everyday. This is one of my favorite blogs for writers and I have adopted several of their ideas and tips. I never miss a post and you shouldn't either.

Content Marketing Today

http://contentmarketingtoday.com/

Content Marketing Today is all about using content to market your goods and services on the web. Written specifically toward those writers that are looking to use their pen to drive sales or for the non-writer to sell on the Internet.

It doesn't matter if you are trying to increase page views or just plain sell a book, this blog will strengthen your skills on how to market your services and products by using content.

In today's world, we wear many hats as we strive to earn a living and Newt Barrett is dedicated to being an important resource for your business and our craft.

Daily Writing Tips

http://www.dailywritingtips.com/about/

Maeve Maddox has lived, studied and taught English in the USA, UK and France. Having received her doctorate in comparative literature, she is always right on with a tip about such things as misused words, grammar, punctuation, freelance writing, or expressions. Dr. Maddox is also a skilled book writer, having penned both fiction and non-fiction.

She and her associates have written hundreds of posts on just about every writing tip you can imagine. This blog has become for me a staple in my tool-kit to hone my skills. Being very organized, it is easy to locate any subject and find answers quickly to enable you to do what you do best-- write.

Men with Pens

http://menwithpens.ca/

James Chartrand has some of the richest content anywhere dealing with writing and selling your work. Along with his associates, he always inspires writers to write better and sell harder. I look forward to their post because I like the way they write and the subjects are extremely insightful.

A successful blog, Men with Pens is read by over 7,500 readers daily. They also have the talent to build a killer website, make it pretty, and do the copywriting to bring in the bucks. This site is another must for would-be writers as they plow their way through the maze of writing opportunities and strive to educate us on the fine points of making a living.

Copyblogger

http://www.copyblogger.com/

The tag line on this blog says it all: copywriting tips for on-line marketing success. Brian Clark has done a great job with over 100,000 subscribers to this site as proof positive that anyone who makes a living writing comes to this site for information.

I have read and gone back and re-read the same post two or three times to make sure I get every little tidbit that is posted on his site by him or his associates because they are that important in our world of electronic content.

Copyblogger is recognized the world over as one of the most important web sites in the world of writing, copywriting and on-line marketing. If you have never visited this site then you are the poorer because of it. Go today - as a matter of fact right now - and gather in the nuggets of selling on the Internet.

These five sites are the best in the business and will entertain you as they teach you the craft of writing. Competition is fierce as many of us struggle to be noticed. But the lessons you will learn from these different masters of the craft will improve your writing.