Question. Can you guess what type of publication I’m describing?
*Sample copies are often free.
*The pay tends to be on the medium-high side, $500-1000 per article and more.
*These magazines are bulwarks; they survive in any economy.
*Many, if not most of them, pay on acceptance.
Give up?
At 17, I wanted to write, but knew intuitively that a writer needs life experience.
When friends pursued journalism or English degrees, I studied forestry — something I know nothing about, though I’d always wanted to.
Getting good grades was easy – it was the forestry jobs that proved elusive. So, since I’d earned tuition money working as a nurse’s aide and was interested in health, I next went to nursing school.
Relm Publishing LLC / relmpublishing.com / Cathy Turner / Southern Communities Magazine / developmentsandcommunities.com / Southern Mountain Planned Communities – Another Complaint! Writer alleges she’s owed $1050.00.
ANOTHER COMPLAINT about Relm Publishing LLC / Cathy Turner
Recruit, Inc. / recruitathletes.com / highschoolcoach.com / recruitzone.com / recruitsportsevents.com / Mark Wienner – Writer alleges he’s owed $50.
About two months ago, when there was still snow on the ground, I lovingly set out my pots and my dirt and my seeds. Max helped me gently lay each tiny seed in each pot, and gently cover it with soil. We bought a special spray bottle so we could mist them gently, each day, giving them their nurishment. Once the seedlings emerged from the soil, reaching for the grow light Matt and Frank installed for me in the mudroom, Max and I fed them organic fertilizer. And, they grew. Oh how they grew! Each day, they were taller and more proud. Some reached for the grow light while others reached for the winter sunlight streaming through the window.
So, your book is finally being published! Congratulations! If you’re like the rest of us, you envision yourself walking into your local bookstore and seeing your book on the shelves. You start to plan book signings and appearances. And you dream about how big your first royalty check will be! But, if your traditional publisher is a small one…or even a new, unestablished POD publisher, how long will it last, and how much money and time could you lose?
“I think most artists create out of despair. The very nature of creation is not a performing glory on the outside, it’s a painful, difficult search within.” -Louise Nevelson
It’s been said to us many times. After hearing that you write for publication, there’s that coworker, relative or friend who will say with such ease, “Oh, yes, I would like to write, too. Everyone tells me I’m great at it. But I’m just busy with so many things now.”
Hi Angie,
I was looking at the ad from Blue Mountain Arts, Inc. in your latest issue .I have always considered greeting cards as a potential place to sell, but need some clarification. This statement, “Buys exclusive rights for all greeting cards. If a work is used only in an anthology, the writer keeps the copyright.” is the one that confuses me. If they buy my idea, does that mean that I can’t sell it anywhere else or just to another card company?
Thanks,
Sandy
Print on demand (POD) books rarely appear in bookstores, so sales usually must come through websites. But how do you get people to notice your book among the other millions of books listed on Amazon.com?
Airleaf Publishing and Bookselling – Owner of: airleaf.com / Bookman Publishing /
Bookman Marketing / bookmanmarketing.com / airleafclub.com /
signedbytheauthor.net / airleafeliteclub.com / airleafselect.com /
perfectheartbooks.com – Yet another complaint. Is anybody really surprised?
M.D. News / mdnews.com / Travis Barrington / Sunshine Media, Inc. /
sunshinemedia.com – Another complaint. This one doesn’t surprise us, either.
Relm Publishing LLC / relmpublishing.com / Cathy Turner /
Southern Communities Magazine / developmentsandcommunities.com – Writer is owed $725.00
White Hat Marketing / whitehatfirm.com / Robert Melillo / David
Casey / a.k.a. Set Sites High / setsiteshigh.com / & owner of Pocket-Poet /
pocket-poet.com and Saying It Write – Writer gets paid after WritersWeekly intervenes.
