Sophie Lizard is a freelance writer, editor and content marketing specialist whose blog Be a Freelance Blogger shows writers how to make money blogging for hire. She also mentors bloggers one-on-one and in small groups to provide the kind of personalised guidance you can't get from reading alone. 

Her writing has been published on Problogger, Brazen Careerist, Alternet, Lifehack and more than 100 other blogs. She's often called up to revive limp copywriting, ghostwrite corporate blog posts or edit non-fiction books on topics ranging from archaeology to productivity. 

Sophie's obsessed with neuroscience, prehistory, human nature and getting shit done.  She crash tests life at every opportunity and travels the world to meet up with friends and clients, usually with her family along for the ride. To get started on your own freelance writing journey, download her free resource The Ultimate List of Better-paid Blogging Gigs: 45 Blogs That Will Pay You $50 or More.

Dana is a freelance blogger, author of A Writer’s Bucket List, and managing editor of WritersBucketList.com, a blog and community dedicated to the pursuit of happiness through writing. She shares resources, tips, and tools for writers in search of a path through DIY Writing and on Twitter @danasitar.

Dana is also a contributor to the 2014 Writer’s Market, Guide to Indie Publishing, and the Amazon Bestselling guide eBooks Suck! (but they don’t have to). Her writing has been published by Writer’s Digest, Brazen Careerist, Make a Living Writing, SF Weekly, Seattle Weekly, and dozens more writing and career industry blogs and publications.

Her focus is in helping go-getters (entrepreneurs and freelancers) spread their message and build their brand through "artisanal content creation".  Her expertise offers information on how to grow an audience and connect with freelance clients through blogging, ebook/infoproduct creation,and much more.

 

Kelly Boyer Sagert is a professional writer and editor with 23 years of experience, and a member of the prestigious American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA). She has published eleven full length nonfiction books, plus a shorter e-book. She has also contributed material to more than one dozen other books, and has sold thousands of pieces of her writing to magazines, newspapers, online sites, encyclopedias and literary journals.

For four years, she served as managing editor of Northern Ohio's Over the Back Fence. This magazine, which profiled the art, history, intriguing people and fascinating places along Lake Erie's shores, was nominated by Writer's Digest for their "Top 100 Award" in 1998 and 1999. She served as the contributing editor for the Southern Ohio edition of Over the Back Fence as well, and she also edited five trade magazines and numerous business directories, community guides and travel planners for the company.

Kelly is a playwright, with several of her plays being performed in the Cleveland area. She speaks regularly at writer’s conferences and workshops, including at the American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA) conference in New York City, and at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York. She also appeared on an ESPN2 program called “The Top Five Reasons You Can’t Blame the Black Sox.”

Kelly Boyer Sagert teaches writing classes online at http://www.writersonlineworkshops.com and she wrote the FabJob Guide to Become a Freelance Writer, found at http://www.fabjob.com/freelancewriter.asp.