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Markets Round-Up July 2006 © Deborah Ng - All Rights Reserved
It’s difficult to be motivated during the summer months, isn’t it? The outdoors, the pool, the barbecue grill, everything beckons. I suppose staying focused is one of those things freelance writers have to endure; I seem to be losing the battle lately. Still, I’ve managed to bring you a short list of some nice paying markets. Natural Home Magazine – Natural Home is dedicated to people who care about the environment, especially their own personal environment. If you grow your own or prefer to clean the house using "green" products, you may be a good candidate for contribution.
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How to Write for Magazines Why pay $100 or more for an online writing class, when you can now get Moira Allen's complete course, "Breaking into Magazines," in one low-priced book? How to Write for Magazines is an entire 8-week course for the beginning writer, including "assignments" to help you hone the skills in each session. If you want to start selling your articles to magazines and online markets, this book will show you the way! http://www.writing-world.com/bookstore/index.shtml ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ COMMON MISTAKES NEW ROMANCE WRITERS MAKE: and how to fix them! Part One © Judy Bagshaw - All Rights Reserved
I originally set out to write an article on ten common mistakes new romance writer's make. It got to be impossibly long. And so I present here, the first five. Watch for part two in the August issue. ~Judy
1.NEVER FINISHING WHAT THEY START It seems silly to write something so obvious, but it is amazing the number of new writers in particular, and most writers in general, who "never have enough time", or " got too busy" to write. We (and I say we, because I've been as guilty as anyone else of this) seem to be able to find a million and one excuses for not finishing our writing. We get "writer's block", or "the phone just wouldn't stop ringing", or "I just had to get to that sale". Whatever the excuse, that's exactly what it is...an excuse. Perhaps we're afraid of failing. Perhaps we lack some confidence in our talents. But the truth of the matter is, if you never take the chance, you won't ever know if you could have succeeded as a writer or not. Get your butt in the chair and finish something to send out for publication. You may be pleasantly surprised. 2.TELLING INSTEAD OF SHOWING This was one of the biggest flaws in my early writing, and I still have to guard against it. I've worked so hard to avoid this now, that I cringe when I see it in other people's writing. *This article is published at Romance Writer2Writer ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Easy Way to Write Romance Romance outsells all other fiction by a factor of 5 to I, but it's also one of the most difficult genres to break into. Why? Because the competition is enormous. The good news for you and me is that 90% of all romance manuscripts are reportedly terrible. This is because most new romance writers just don't understand the needs of publishers (magazine and book), agents and indeed, the reading public. This course takes a refreshing new look into the genre. Go to http://www.writer2writer.com/ewtwromance.htm to begin your career as a romance writer! Now also available as an ebook! http://www.writer2writer.com/ewtwromancebook.htm~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Do You Judge a Book by its Title? © Cheryl Wright – All Rights Reserved
As writers, we ensure that we use a great opening, that the content is spectacular, and each scene (in fiction) ends with a cliff-hanger. In short, we spend the majority of time tweaking our story. And of course, that’s the way it should be. But how much time do we devote to titles? It appears to be very little. I recently did an unofficial survey of both published and unpublished writers, and here’s what I found: Most believed: The title was unimportant If the editor didn’t like it, she would change it Makes no difference to the book People would buy the book no matter the title It was something to think about later… if the book sold They couldn’t be any further from the truth if they tried. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Three book package for writers. Normally selling at US$17 each (total US$51) this package is currently available for subscribers for just $3. Be quick though - this low price can't - and won't - last forever. Books are:
Let's Get Organised For details and to purchase, go to http://www.writer2writer.com/offer_subs.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Subscriber News:
Hi, Cheryl, I'm happy to report that my University of Texas, Arlington, seminar, "Exploring the Creative Process," (part of the National Writing Project and the "No Child Left Behind" program) was a great success. The educators I addresses were enthusiastic and accepting, and the Powers-that-be assured the participants that I was most assuredly going to be asked back again, which made us all happy. Darlene Artell Hartman ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hi Cheryl! My new book, NCO: No Compassion Observed came out a few months ago and is doing well; I signed on with Tropic Wave Radio just four months ago, In Short Order at www.highway2health.net, and the following has grown more than anticipated; and I recently signed on a couple months ago as a book reviewer at www.BookPleasures.com. This writing life is amazing! Thanks for the awesome newsletter! Keep them coming.
Best~ Sue Vogan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hi Cheryl,
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hi Cheryl, just wanted to let you know my romance novel, Satin Sheets will hit the shelves at all CVS Pharmacies the beginning of August. Publisher is Premium Press America the Jocelyn Hollow imprint. It will also be available at Amazon.com, Borders.com and BarnesandNoble.com. Check out my website for the cover and first chapter, http://roseannedowell.com/
Roseanne Dowell ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Christina Francine Whitcher talked with Judith Carruthers about the
life of a writer on "Career Talk," the radio station at Castleton State
College in Vermont.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Can you believe this? I just had another poem accepted for publication! The market this time around is the 2006 Binnacle Ultra-Short Competition. My poem "Scrape Rattle Bang" was one of about 60 finalists (out of more than 600 submissions). As a result, the poem will appear in their annual competition edition later in the year. Last year's publication (which included my finalist poem "The Last Time I Saw Lisa") took the form of a deck of cards (business-card size) in a decorative box. Will history repeat itself? I'm anxious to find out. For the first time this year, finalist entries will also be prepared as downloadable audio recordings--a first for me! (Here's hoping they record someone other than me reading the poem.) URL: http://www.umm.maine.edu/binnacle/short_2006.asp
Betty Dobson InkSpotter Publishing http://inkspotter.com/~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This past week marks the start of a new working relationship with JASP Publishing Inc. of Queens, New York. I've already edited a juvenile novel and a short children's story, and another juvenile novel is slated for next week.
Betty Dobson InkSpotter Publishing http://inkspotter.com/~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Congratulations to everyone for all this wonderful news! **If you have any news, please send it along. (Don’t be shy – we won’t bite!) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Fr^ee Online Conference:
& The Muse Online Writing Conference: Lea Schizas, Editor of "The Muse on Writing," and Carolyn Howard-Johnson, of "Frugal Book Promoter" fame are sponsoring a virtual writers' conference on October 9th - 13th 2006 -- very possibly the first online conference as extensive as this. This conference offers writers -- published or not -- to mingle with some of the publishing world's personalities, to pose questions and learn from them, and to partake in many of the F~R~ E~E online workshops we will be hosting. Bookmark this site: http://www.freewebs.com/themuseonlinewritersconference/
It is now possible to pre-register. Pre-registrants will be assured of a place in the seminar or workshop of their choice. Come back often to see the newest presenters and workshops. Shel Horowitz just accepted our invitation and we already have dozens of others. Carolyn will be presenting on both book promotion and the craft of writing, specifically "Writing Sparkling Dialogue in 10 Easy Steps." To check on the growing faculty and workshop session, go to: http://www.freewebs.com/themuseonlinewritersconference/agenda.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ How Do I? No questions this month.
If you have a writing-related question, send it here. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Contests:
Coastal Writers 'Prime Rhyme Time' poetry competition
Australian residents only Open theme Entry Fee : 3 entries for $10 ALL entrants receive a copy of the competition anthology For details and entry form email:
rosieq@westnet.com.au or send an SSAE to : ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ www.BoomerWomenSpeak.com, the number one site on all search engines for "baby boomer women" is looking for your favorite summer memory from the 60s or 70s. Take us back. We want to reminisce. Submissions should be made to Georgia@BoomerWomenSpeak.com no later than August 1, 2006. The winning author will receive three books, a Friends Heal Friends t-shirt, a $25.00 gift certificate to Barnes and Noble, and inclusion in the Our Voices section at this link, http://www.boomerwomenspeak.com/stories.htm.
The books are:
Baby Boomer's Almanac, by Tim
Brolus
Writing Home, by Cindy LaFerle
For My Next Act, by Karen Baar
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TOM HOWARD/JOHN H. REID POETRY CONTEST Postmark deadline: September 30 $3,500 in prizes, including a top prize of $1,000. Winning entries will be published. Submit poems in any style or genre. You may submit work that has been published or won prizes elsewhere, as long as you own the anthology and online publication rights. Entry fee is $6 for every 25 lines, payable to Winning Writers. Judges: J.H. Reid, D.C. Konrad. Submit online or mail to Winning Writers, Attn: Tom Howard Poetry Contest, 351 Pleasant Street, PMB 222, Northampton, MA 01060. Winning Writers is one of the "101 Best Web Sites for Writers" (Writer's Digest, 2005). More information: http://www.winningwriters.com/tompoetry ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Outside the Square Fiction Workshop Get published QUICKER than you ever thought possible!
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Get a Grip on that Writer's Block © Roy A Barnes – All Rights Reserved When authors can’t find any new ideas to write about or are stuck in the middle of their manuscripts, the feeling is one of being mired in creative quicksand. This condition can be remedied expediently if you will apply the tips I have implemented to navigate myself quickly through the valley of the shadow of writer’s block: RESEARCH MARKETS: I strive to follow this rule: "If I am not writing, then I need to be researching markets, and if I am not researching markets, then I had better be writing." Oftentimes, I come across new ideas to write about because I spend some time daily checking the market listings of newsletters and databases. The way editors craft their market listings varies from publication to publication, so you will eventually come upon a market listing that will reignite your creativity. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A Note from our Sponsor:
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Easy Way to Write Romance Romance outsells all other fiction by a factor of 5 to I, but it's also one of the most difficult genres to break into. Why? Because the competition is enormous. The good news for you and me is that 90% of all romance manuscripts are reportedly terrible. This is because most new romance writers just don't understand the needs of publishers (magazine and book), agents and indeed, the reading public. This course takes a refreshing new look into the genre. Go to http://www.writer2writer.com/ewtwromance.htm to begin your career as a romance writer! Now also available as an ebook! http://www.writer2writer.com/ewtwromancebook.htm
* A complete list of recommended courses can be viewed here: http://www.writer2writer.com/workshops.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ad Swaps:
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