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Angela,
What can you tell me about author submission services?
R.M.
I have five children and over the last few years, I’ve made thousands of dollars writing about them. I write about our oh-so-precious “awww” moments, and I write about the times when they make me feel as though my head will explode.
COMPLAINT ABOUT GLANCE Magazine / glancemagazine.com / Glance Entertainment Magazine / Anthony West / Carolyn McKinney – Writer alleges he’s owed $480. Publisher tells WritersWeekly payment will be received on March 12th. Payment is not received and publisher stops responding to WritersWeekly.
Shakespeare Squared (listed as Shakespeare Square on the site) and Kim Kleeman were sued by The Burling Group in Nov. 2009. See this link.
It was kind of depressing on Wednesday. Zach was gone, nobody else was coming to visit us at the beach, and we only had one week left at that beautiful spot right on the Atlantic ocean. Oh, sure, we wanted to get home soon and see our loved ones but we were going to miss the place that had made the worst month of winter the absolute best month of winter! In Maine, we wake up to the sound of traffic. In South Carolina, we were waking up to the sound of crashing waves…
Read more HERE.
This week’s Maxism:
“You know, Dora isn’t really an explorer.”
Hugs to all!
Angela
For the past six weeks, we’ve spent every spare moment judging the hundreds of entries submitted for the Winter 2010 24-Hour Short Story Contest. In case you’re not familiar with our quarterly contest, this is how it works. On the date of the contest, at start-time, we send out the topic for that specific contest to all registered entrants. We also post it online. Only registered entrants can submit stories and the contests usually fill up before “start time.” Entrants then have 24 hours to write and submit their stories by email. The stories “must deal with the topic in some way to qualify” and they must not exceed the pre-assigned word count.
After reading the entries for each contest, we can see how difficult it is to come up with a unique plot when working with an assigned topic. But, inevitably, a few writers do manage to successfully break away from the pack.
So, sit back, relax, and take a rest from your busy day. Hey, are you feelin’ crafty?
WHO’S SCAMMING GRANNY? Snakes That Prey on Elderly Authors
Dear Ms. Hoy:
Your article about shifty agents conning the elderly was very sad and informative. It almost happened to my mother years ago when she used to write a local interest column for our city newspaper. She was working on a New England novel concerning the Isles of Shoals when an ‘agent’ contacted her. (He had read her column and gushed about how much potential she had.) He said for a reasonable fee she could get pubished, become famous, and not have to depend on my deceased father’s pension. Fortunately, my older brother got wind of this, became suspicious, tracked down the ‘agent’ in Worcester and discovered he had a ‘rap’ sheet’ of related scams beforehand. My mother was embarrassed and disappointed, but relieved.
I’m 61 myself, and I have learned to be cautious, and not quit my day job.
Regards,
Doug
THE AMAZON SETTLEMENT
Bravo! Congratulations on the settlement, Angela. You continually amaze and impress me with your committment to ethics, quality and doing the right thing even when it is far easier not to. Please know how much you are appreciated and admired.
My Best,
Debra Sanders
https://www.debrasanders.com
“Diversify. Broaden your client base. Earn more money.” This is typical advice given to corporate writers. But the risk of non-payment runs high when working with new clients – particularly small-to-medium-sized companies with fluctuating cash flow.
Here is my dilemma. I have worked for (a content mill) since July of last year. Sure, they pay steady, every week, but since seeing (a complaint posted about them online), I am not so sure about job security. This company pays just $5 for a 550-word article, and so I have to do 10-15 articles a day, just to make enough money to support my family. Sure I get a lot of repeat clients, and have a pretty stable article base, but there are so many days that I am working so long, I don’t have time to spend with my family.
Several months ago I self-published my first novel, Cyberkill, through BookLocker. It has recently been acquired by a traditional publisher called TrapDoor Books.
