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- Live the Writer’s Life (Without Client Work) You can live the writer’s life — have all the freedom and flexibility you want, control over your life, and financial peace of mind… without ever needing to work with a single client. And we want to help you make it happen!
- Success Story Interview: Tammica Dowd COS member Tammica Dowd joins AWAI Executive Director Katie Yeakle to share a success story rooted in relationships, timing, and smart guidance. After 17 years of knowing a former contact, Tammica recently reconnected — and that renewed relationship led to an exciting new client opportunity that helped move her career forward.
- March Issue: Too late? Too old? If you’ve ever worried it’s “too late” to build your writing career … this month’s issue will happily prove you wrong! Mindy personally loves the twists and turns … and proof second acts can happen at ANY age or stage of life.

The Writer’s Life
- Success Story Interview: Tammica Dowd COS member Tammica Dowd joins AWAI Executive Director Katie Yeakle to share a success story rooted in relationships, timing, and smart guidance. After 17 years of knowing a former contact, Tammica recently reconnected — and that renewed relationship led to an exciting new client opportunity that helped move her career forward.
- Success Story Interview: Cynthia Waine Brandt In this Inside AWAI interview with Executive Director Katie Yeakle, Cynthia shares how she transitioned from a structured, analytical career into creative nonfiction — and how she wrote her book while intentionally building an audience at the same time. She explains why this “one-two punch” helped her gain momentum before publication, and how it shaped both her confidence and her reach as a writer.
- Success Story Interview: Lisa Christoffel B2B Writers International Managing Editor Lisa Christoffel joins AWAI Executive Director Katie Yeakle to share how she got her business off the ground and what helped her grow into the respected strategist and mentor she is today. She walks through the early decisions she made, how she positioned herself in the B2B space, and the marketing strategies that consistently brought her the right kind of clients.