Here are some of the highlights of today’s writing job board:

• A digital agency is hiring a remote creative director and copywriter with 8+ years of experience to lead narrative and copy strategy across client brands. Pay is $190,000–$230,000/year.

• A major beverage brand is hiring a brand naming strategist and copywriter with alcohol industry experience to develop positioning for a new ready-to-drink product. Pay is $50–$55/hour.

• An arts organization is hiring a freelance managing editor to oversee production and workflows for a new small-book imprint. Pay is $2,000–$3,000/month.

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Editing is one of the most challenging (and important!) parts of the writing process, but is often overlooked.

In today’s workshop in collaboration with ProWritingAid, learn how to approach the editing process without getting overwhelmed.

In this workshop, you’ll learn…

• My pass-by-pass self-editing workflow (story first, sentences second, polish last)

• A live walkthrough of ProWritingAid’s brand-new redesign — you pick a mode (Plan, Write, or Edit) and only see the tools you need for that stage

• How to get developmental feedback on your entire manuscript with Manuscript Analysis, and how Virtual Beta Reader predicts where readers might put your book down

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Here are some of the highlights of today’s writing job board:

• A creative talent agency is hiring a freelance copywriter for membership marketing and video campaigns. Pay is $33-$67/hour.

• A video game company is hiring a Senior Writer/Narrative Designer on contract to own narrative design for episodic events and character-driven stories. Pay is $49-$73/hour.

• A national news organization is hiring a senior weekend and evening audience editor to lead real-time audience operations across platforms. Pay is $60,000-$93,750/year.

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Hi writer,

Tomorrow’s the day — on August 20th at noon PT/3pm ET, I’m co-hosting a free live workshop with the team at ProWritingAid — the digital toolkit for storytellers I’ve been using on my own manuscripts.

Here’s your 30-second prep list:

• RSVP if you haven’t here (it’s free!)

• Bring a chapter you’re stuck on if you’d like!

• Come with questions for the Q&A (me + the ProWritingAid team)

As a reminder, we’re covering…

📚 From First Draft to Final Polish: Edit Your Book Like a Pro with ProWritingAid

In 60 minutes, we’ll cover:

• My pass-by-pass self-editing workflow (story first, sentences second, polish last)

• A live walkthrough of ProWritingAid’s brand-new redesign — you pick a mode (Plan, Write, or Edit) and only see the tools you need for that stage

• How to get developmental feedback on your entire manuscript with Manuscript Analysis, and how Virtual Beta Reader predicts where readers might put your book down

• Live Q&A — bring your messiest chapter and your hardest editing questions

📚 RSVP here!

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Here are some of the highlights of today’s writing job board:

• A media company is hiring a Senior Editor. Pay is $2,500/month.

• A voter activation nonprofit is hiring an organizing copywriter to write participant-facing emails, texts, scripts, and in-app copy for a platform reaching tens of thousands. Pay is $5,250/month.

• A telehealth mental health platform is hiring a Senior Manager of Creative Strategy to lead direct response campaigns and patient acquisition creative. Pay is $150,000-$185,000/year.

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✍️ New Opportunities for Writers

• An innovative fiction prize is awarding $15,000 to writers with at least three published books, recognizing outstanding work in short story collections, novellas, or novels with no length restrictions.

• A major research institution is providing a $90,000 stipend for a nine-month fellowship (September through May) requiring on-site work five days a week, supporting scholars and creative writers conducting research.

• A prestigious African literary foundation is offering a £18,000 grant paid monthly over twelve months (with possible extension to eighteen months for nonfiction writers) to support the completion of a full-length book, including mentorship by established authors.

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Here are some of the highlights of today’s writing job board:

• A data protection company is hiring a part-time technical writer for remote support documentation. Pay is $50-$80/hour.

• An e-commerce platform is hiring a video scriptwriter for product education, brand campaigns, and social content. Pay is $80,000-$100,000/year.

• A publishing services firm is seeking experienced freelance ghostwriters for nonfiction book projects across self-help, memoir, and business.

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📝 New on the The Pitch List

• A prestigious literary magazine is seeking up to 10 pages of poetry for their 2026-2027 submissions. Pay is $800 ($4 per line), plus two contributor copies and a 50% discount on additional issues.

• A civic honors program is accepting applications for a two-year ambassador role promoting poetry and literary arts in a major U.S. city. The honorarium is $16,000 ($8,000 per year) for this official position.

• A nonprofit independent press is featuring one exceptional poem per quarter in their poetry series with no submission fees. Pay is $150 per selected poem, with a three-month featured placement.

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Here are some of the highlights of today’s writing job board:

• A financial services firm is hiring a freelance copywriter for website content and employee bios. Pay is $30-$35/hour.

• A large-scale AI initiative is seeking experienced technical writers for developer-focused documentation. Pay is $50-$90/hour.

• A global healthcare communications agency is hiring a Head of Content Studio to lead creative strategy. Pay is $240,000-$290,000/year.

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Since May, I’ve been running an experiment on my personal Substack, Sutoscience: publishing a novel one chapter at a time, every Friday, in public.

The book is a romantic thriller called let me be your ghost, and here’s the pitch:

Lola Whitman has built a career disappearing into other people’s stories. As a memoir ghostwriter, she’s invisible by design—NDAs signed, name on nothing, the best listener money can rent.

What her clients don’t know: the tapes don’t stop with her.

Then Ezekiel Crane walks in—billionaire, tech CEO, defense-industry darling—and asks her to write his memoir. He’s charming. He’s dangerous. He’s hiding something.

So is she.

let me be your ghost is a serialized thriller about deception, desire, and what happens when the most powerful man in the room decides he wants to know who you really are—and you’ve got secrets to keep.

Eleven chapters are live. New ones drop every Friday. The first four are free, and they start here:

📚 read chapter one for free

And a note for the writers here: serializing has been the best deadline I’ve ever had.

The book publishes every Friday whether or not the muse clocks in, and readers arrive chapter by chapter, the way stories used to. If you’ve got a manuscript gathering dust in a drawer, this format might be what gets it out. In the meantime, you can read more about the 6 best practices for serializing fiction on Substack here.

Here’s the fun part: astrology has an entire discipline about exactly this. It’s called astrocartography — it maps where your planets sat at the top of the sky the moment you were born, then draws lines around the globe where each planet’s energy runs strongest.

Your Jupiter line is where luck finds you. Your Venus line is where the money flows. And your Mercury line? That one is literally the writer line.

We built a free quiz that computes all six of your career lines for real — actual math on your actual chart, not a vibe — finds the cities they run through, and then does the thing astrologers never do:

It checks whether you can actually afford to live there.

Dream cities, sorted against your real budget. Use it to pick your next writing retreat, your remote-work month, or just where the vision board points. At minimum, you’ll walk away with a brand-new answer to “if you could move anywhere tomorrow…”

You’ll need your birth time for this one (the sky moves fast), and about three minutes.

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P.S. Don’t know your birth time? Start with the Cosmic Career Quiz instead — it only needs your birthday, and it matches you with real openings from the board.

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Here are some of the highlights of today’s writing job board:

• A creative agency is hiring a freelance copywriter for a short-term insurance PSA campaign. Pay is $100/hour.

• A digital agency is seeking a senior content strategist for remote contract work leading editorial initiatives and client strategy. Pay is $75-$85/hour.

• A medical communications firm is hiring a Director of Medical Writing to oversee complex pharmaceutical programs and lead a writing team. Pay is $191,000-$263,000/year.

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Here are some of the highlights of today’s writing job board:

• A market access agency is hiring a freelance copy supervisor for digital and print healthcare content. Pay is $85/hour.

• A founder-led LinkedIn content platform is hiring a senior content writer for a Series A generative media startup. Pay is $3,500-$5,000/month.

• A fintech company is hiring a finance storytelling lead to embed with their finance team and create customer narratives. Pay is $160,000-$220,000/year.

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✍️ New Opportunities for Writers

• A major journalism fund is accepting applications for investigative grants supporting cross-border reporting on animal welfare in European food systems, with a share of €150,000 available per call.

• A four-week solo wilderness residency for writers, poets, playwrights, screenwriters, journalists, and literary nonfiction authors working at the intersection of environmental challenges and creative expression, with a $2,500 stipend plus free lodging in your own private cabin.

• An arts institute is offering a 4-6 week criticism residency in Portland, Maine including $4,000 stipend, private accommodations, and travel stipend for writers engaging in public scholarship.

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Here are some of the highlights of today’s writing job board:

• A B2B YouTube agency is hiring a scriptwriter and YouTube strategist to write high-quality video scripts for 40+ client channels. Pay is $3,000-$6,500/month.

• A YouTuber deep-dive documentary channel is hiring a freelance scriptwriter for remote work. Pay is $50-$150/project.

• A leading virtual medical practice for women and children is hiring a Senior Manager of Internal Communications. Pay is $140,000-$160,000/year.

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His books include The Art of Brevity, Pep Talks for Writers, and, most recently, something out there in the distance — a “flash novel” created with photographer Gail Butensky. His writing has appeared everywhere from The New York Times to Poets & Writers, and he’s currently at work on a memoir, with a novel and a book about rejection on the way.

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Here are some of the highlights of today’s writing job board:

• A venture capital firm is seeking a ghostwriter to write 10 social media posts per week and manage engagement for executive accounts. Pay is $4,000/month.

• An established children’s publisher is hiring an experienced Americanization editor to adapt UK books for US audiences on a 7-month contract. Pay is $50–$65/hour.

• An executive communications agency is hiring a remote ghostwriter to craft high-level thought leadership and LinkedIn content for C-suite leaders. Pay is $105,000–$120,000/year.

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Here are some of the highlights of today’s writing job board:

• A growing agency is hiring a freelance copywriter to concept and craft copy across social content, video scripts, executive ghostwriting, and long-form thought leadership. Pay is $85–$125/hour.

• A major healthcare organization is hiring a remote web UX copywriter to translate complex healthcare information into clear, customer-friendly messaging. Pay is $55–$60/hour.

• A global healthcare corporation is hiring a remote copywriter and editor to adapt branded materials and align content with updated messaging frameworks. Pay is $50–$55/hour.

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