Jennie M. Xue

Publish Your Freelance Work Abroad

by Jennie S. Bev

Publish Your Freelance Work Abroad
Parlay an international interest in your local viewpoint into a freelance gig

[This article was previously published by Media Bistro (NYC) on June 4, 2008. It has been more than two years, so some details are no longer current.]

By Jennie S. Bev

Today I write bi-weekly op-ed pieces for The Jakarta Post, an English print newspaper based in Jakarta, an Asian metropolis 9,400 miles away from New York. I also guest blog for Asia Blogging Network based in the same city. From time to time, I write articles for Asia Sentinel, an online news site based in Hong Kong, China. Reprints of my articles can also be found in the pages of Korea Times based in Seoul and Asia News Network based in Bangkok, Thailand.

Recently, I have just received an assignment to write for Reader's Digest Asian edition and have been approached by a literary agent to write an installment for The Complete's Idiot Guide. In the midst of all these, I also write for Tracy Press, a community paper based in my hometown as a "Town Crier" columnist, and have published in and mentioned by glossy magazines, such as Entrepreneur, Canadian Business, and Audrey. I was also interviewed and contacted for future interviews by Radio Singapore International, KQED, ABC Australia, and BBC.

I received all these by writing from home in the far east of San Francisco Bay Area. Call me an armchair columnist/commentator, I don't mind. Now let's see how you too can raise your profile by breaking into international publications.

Teaching Online to Raise Your Writing Profile

by Jennie S. Bev

Teaching online is one of the best things that a writer can do to take his or her talents to the next level, raise profile, and be useful for the community. Teaching writing and teaching online have proven to be gratifying for many freelancers. It provides an opportunity to connect, to learn, and to share. For most writers, the Internet and Web 2.0 provide a powerful platform for success.

An online teaching position had enabled me to build my writing portfolio by designing writing curricula, lesson plans, and online interactions. On top of that, teaching equals learning, which provides an unprecedented opportunity to brush up skills continuously. You, too, can be an online instructor while raising your writing portfolio. In The World is Flat, Thomas L. Friedman said, and I should add, "and everybody all over the world is learning online." You can imagine how big the market share is.