Published on September 15, 2004
This Week:
Published on September 8, 2004
Max’s third birthday party was on Saturday was a smashing success. The grown-ups had a cookout, the older children played tee-ball and croquet, and Max ran his trains through the dirt, just happy to be surrounded by so many kids. Some of you may remember that on Max’s first birthday party, Frank’s friend, Mitchell, was hit by a car in front of our house on his way to the party (he’s fully recovered now). Last year, Ali had to go to the emergency room on Max’s birthday for two sprained fingers. No injuries were sustained at the party on Saturday…which is why it was so successful! Max’s actual birthday is today, Wednesday, so we’ll be holding our breath all day long, praying nothing happens!
We’re currently plotting our next trip for WirelessTrips.com. We’d planned to go to Florida, but we’re currently checking with the campgrounds we were going to visit to see if they’ll be re-opened soon because of that fiesty Hurricane Frances. Some are open and some are closed, so our trip may be slightly delayed.
The children started school this week. Ali and Frank are homeschooled (they actually attend a private school in Vermont via distance learning) and they were very happy to open all their new pencils, erasers and notebooks. It’s so quiet in the house right now. As I’m sitting here typing, Ali and Frank are right here in front of me, doing their math. Max wanted to “go to school” too, today, so Ali made him some big alphabet letters to trace. He enjoyed “school” for about 30 seconds and then ran into his room to play with his trains.
The nights are chilly here now and the days are getting shorter. If you look closely while driving through town, you can see that the leaves are just starting to change. It’s cool and a bit cloudy today, perfect weather for a light sweater. I LOVE this time of year!
Hugs to all!
Angela
P.S. Want to read real query letters that landed these contracts?
Woman’s Day – $2,800; Redbook – $3,500; Ladies Home Journal – $3,000; DiscoveryHealth.com – $2,000; Lifetime Magazine – $3,000; Life Extension magazine – $6,480; Natural Remedies $11,300; and many more!
See: https://www.writersweekly.com/books/1409.html
Published on September 8, 2004
How often have you seen this statement? “All submissions become the property of XYZ Company?”
What if you saw that while you were applying for a freelance (or full-time) writing job? If you do, be very wary.
Published on September 8, 2004
Thank you for your article on non-paying writing publications. As a newsletter editor myself for over four years, I’ve managed to find the funds to pay the writers who contribute to my publications even when it put me financially in the red back in the beginning. I am ever amazed at how little writers pay writers. I keep a list of writing newsletters and websites that accept submissions, and I feel I’ve hit the jackpot when a publication pays more than $20. I am dumbfounded at what some of the major newsletters pay with editors bragging about their own successes. Thanks for preaching the mantra of “do not write for free.” (For your information…I pay writers $30 for 500-700 word articles.)
C. Hope Clark
https://www.fundsforwriters.com
Editor’s Note: Hope Clark isn’t the only one who’s noticed this trend. Read today’s Feature Article, To Pay or Not to Pay…Fellow Writers.
Published on September 8, 2004
With keen interest I read a letter written to Angela Hoy from a fledgling newsletter editor unable to pay column writers. Angela nicely but firmly advised the editor to think twice about that no-pay policy. She warned the novice that the seasoned and veteran writers would flame viciously and ruin the editor’s reputation.
Not so. Writers write for free all the time and no one seems to care. Writers even write for other writers without the respect of a paycheck. What I’ve learned as a writer who likes to write articles about writing, is that writers are some of the worse paymasters in the world. And for some reason that depresses me.
Published on September 8, 2004
Taking the plunge into writing full time has been one of the hardest and yet easiest decisions of my life. In the last year I have gone from stumbling along to writing every day and submitting work at least three times a month.
Published on September 8, 2004
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Published on September 1, 2004
The city is installing a new sewer system on our street and things have been quite noisy and hectic here for the past three weeks. The good news for Max is that they’re now right in front of our house. There is a huge “twackturr” right in front of our window and it’s been digging and scooping and filling up dump trucks all day long, every single day. (They start at about 6:00 a.m. each morning…grrr!) Anyway, they’re even using explosives to blow up the huge rocks, which the kids think is super cool.
The other day, Max was sitting at his perch, by our bedroom window upstairs, watching the big “trackturr” out front. After about an hour, he turned to me and said, “Mommy, I don’t want pway wif dat trracturr. It too big. I go get baby trackturr.” And he disappeared to his room and returned with a toy “trackturr” that he proceeded to push on our bed, scooping up covers and dumping them on the floor.
The trackturr sure is close to our power lines. They keep bumping into them over and over again. Eeesh.
Hugs to all!
Angela
P.S. Want to read real query letters that landed these contracts?
Woman’s Day – $2,800; Redbook – $3,500; Ladies Home Journal – $3,000; DiscoveryHealth.com – $2,000; Lifetime Magazine – $3,000; Life Extension magazine – $6,480; Natural Remedies $11,300; and many more!
See: https://www.writersweekly.com/books/1409.html
Published on September 1, 2004
In response to last week’s article, 10 Things You Should NOT Say When Submitting Your Book for Consideration, one reader wrote asking for a list of 10 thing you SHOULD include in a book proposal. I called on our trusty friend and book marketing expert, MJ Rose, who generously offered to pen an article on this topic for us to run this week. Please see this week’s Feature Article.
Published on September 1, 2004
This Week:
- Sites For Young Writers
- A Pub For Young Writers
- Book For Young Writers
- Thanks For 10 Things NOT to Say Article
