In the sixth of my new Ask-A-Pro series, I’d like to present you with Marcia Yudkin, syndicated columnist, freelance writer, and marketing consultant.

In the Ask-A-Pro format, I’ll tell you a little about the author and how-to-find-your-dream-job expert . . . then via the Comments section to this post, please feel free to ask a specific question about the career or job in question.

Anyone (expert or not) is free to post responses to your query, and I or the author/how-to-find-your-dream-job pro may chime in as well.

This is your chance to get unbiased advice from a real, honest-to-goodness-been-there-done-that dream job professional.

Over to you, Marcia.

Marcia Yudkin broke into print in 1981 with an article in the very first Education Life supplement of the Sunday New York Times. She has published ten books, including Freelance Writing for Magazines & Newspapers (HarperCollins), Six Steps to Free Publicity, (Plume/Penguin) and Internet Marketing for Less than $500/Year (Maximum Press) as well as articles in magazines ranging from the New York Times Magazine and Psychology Today to Ladies Home Journal, Cosmopolitan, and New Age. She has also delivered commentaries on National Public Radio, and since 1999 has had a weekly syndicated column on marketing distributed by Paradigm News.

Marcia’s entrepreneurial streak has led her to publish her own audiotapes, one of which was picked up by the Writers Digest Book Club and the Sounds True catalog and booklets. She is soon releasing a software program that makes it easy to distribute self-syndicated content on the Web.

Marcia Yudkin has spoken at more than 50 writers conferences over the years and has a coaching program in which she’s guided aspiring writers in the U.S., Switzerland, and Japan.

Dream Jobs To Go Title
How to Break in as a Syndicated Columnist

Current Profession
Writer and Marketing Consultant

Websites or Blogs You’d Like Us To Know About
http://www.yudkin.com/ – Discusses a lot of ways to make a living as a writer

Life Philosophy
Life is too short not to spend it doing what you most enjoy.

Favorite Read
The Lost Steps by Alejo Carpentier

Favorite Travel Destination
Vancouver Island, BC

Favorite Author
Henry David Thoreau

Favorite Music
Bach

Favorite City
Boston

Favorite Animal
Black bears and moose

Your Hobbies
Hiking and geocaching

Why Do You Live Where You Do?
It’s quiet and peaceful, surrounded by trees and wildlife.

The Most Important Piece Of Advice Anyone Ever Gave You About Life?
You only live once.

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