[ Freelance Writing Support Base: ]       Tips for staying sane in times of crisis.

A face to face interview gives the best results as your copy can be interspersed with noted details of body language, surroundings, interruptions and evasions. You can also send a list of questions for your interviewee to answer--a method favoured in blogging. Or you can conduct your interview by phone or through webcams.

The important thing to get right is the question. You must frame your question so that there is no possibility of your subject simply answering yes or no. Prepare a list of twenty questions but be ready to listen to the answers. Each answer could give you a lead to a better question.

If you are too busy waiting to pounce in with your next prepared question, you could miss the most important aspect of your subject's personality and motivation.

You need to have a feel for what editors and therefore readers want to read.

You may know or think you know better than any editor but then you need to have the confidence and contacts to market your own work independently.

Writing sites and ezines with useful articles and practical info, sometimes including markets.

Tried and tested writing courses with personal reviews.

Specifically market related databases and ezines.

Links to promotional and paid-for article content sites

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New niche market on the travel front is Eastern Europe. Bulgaria will obviously only ever be a small niche site when it comes to article sales.Travel and tourism, magazines and newspaper articles will be the obvious markets for the moment. But the country is vibrant with hope as it works towards full entry into the EU and its historical and natural history sites are fascinating and well worth investigating.

Articles and news about Bulgaria are in the Annie-in-Bulgaria section.

The Bulgarian Visitor holds a variety of language learning tips and short Bulgarian language lessons.

On the banks of the Danube, Ruse is a beautiful town renowned for its architecture. Smaller and arguably more fashionable than Veliko Tarnovo, it is well worth a visit.