Published on June 24, 2015
10-15% freelance. “After 20 successful years, Houseboat magazine continues to specifically target a core audience by capturing the freedom and lifestyle that is only possible on a houseboat. Editorial includes everything from fishing and decorating to learning how to become a successful live-aboard. Included in each issue of this bi-monthly publication are destination features, family spotlights and of course those high-end houseboats that are the talk of the dock. With the down economy we’re working to keep our regular contributors working, but we plan to get back to accepting more freelance work from new authors in the future.” Circ 30K. Biannually. Pays on acceptance. Publishes ms 3-6 months after acceptance. Buys first rights. Occasionally accepts reprints. Responds within one week. Sample by email. Subscription $19.95. Guidelines by email.
Published on June 24, 2015
It’s hard to believe but Mason just turned 9 years old. Some of you may remember his birth story, which I posted back in 2006. Or, you might remember when he was hospitalized 12 days later.
Mason wants to be a surgeon someday so he asked us to make him a cake that “is an abdomen cut open with all the internal organs spilling out.”
Published on June 24, 2015
Actual submissions from freelance writers…
Published on June 24, 2015
I am staying with the 90+ Day plan you gave me, and must admit…it is really been great …
Published on June 24, 2015
writing tips
There are two types of people in this world: Those who can edit and those who can’t…
Published on June 24, 2015
I’m using MSWord on a PC. Why are some of the spaces between words in my fully-justified manuscript uneven? There are normal spaces between most words, and weird, long spaces between others…on the same line of text! It doesn’t make any sense. Can you help?
Published on June 24, 2015
I am a millennial and I believe in the power of old-fashioned networking…
Published on June 17, 2015
Tess Gerritsen’s lawsuit over film ‘Gravity’ is dealt a setback “At issue is whether Warner Bros. can be held liable for an agreement she signed with a production company, which was absorbed by Warner Bros., to make a film with similarities to her book.”
Published on June 17, 2015
Donald Trump campaign fires back: We paid to use Neil Young’s song “The New York real estate mogul arrived on stage at his campaign kickoff announcement Tuesday as the sounds of Young’s ‘Rockin’ In The Free World’ blared through the atrium at Trump Tower in midtown Manhattan…with the rocker claiming Trump didn’t have permission to […]
Published on June 17, 2015
Simply Read Books Faces Complaints of Late Payments, Breached Contracts “A group of Canadian children’s book authors and illustrators is unhappy with Vancouver-based publisher Simply Read Books, which they say has breached contracts and failed to pay advances and royalties on time. Nine creators and one former Simply Read editor spoke to PW, with complaints […]