line someone else's pockets
11th July 2016 | for Creatives | the successful artist, writing, reaching your audience, value the art, Lola Augustine Brown |
"You don't need to line someone else's pockets to show off your writing skills. It's easy enough to set up your own blog and display your talents there or to write carefully crafted pitches that make editors want to assign you stories even if you are a newbie. (That's how I got my start.)"
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