Last June, I took the plunge. After eight years of freelancing part-time, I chose to pursue a full-time writing career. Was I nervous? You bet. Has it worked out? Better than I ever hoped.
The following are tips I’ve learned along the way, with additional advice from successful full-timers…
Can I use the photograph of a painting on my book’s cover?
-Jeanine
Can you take a photo of a painting and use it on a book cover? What about about a photo of a sculpture? How about a building? Well, it depends….
This part of copyright law can be confusing. There’s an excellent article on this subject here:
https://www.wipo.int/sme/en/documents/ip_photography.htm
Ever since I encountered the word synchronicity, I’ve seen it working in my life. I met that word about the same time I met Peggy Vincent. At that time, 2002, Peggy was writing her first book, Baby Catcher: Chronicles of a Modern Midwife, a memoir of her experiences birthing babies in the San Francisco area.
As I write this (on Monday), I’m still, technically, on vacation. I am looking forward to getting back into the swing of things later this week and I’m glad the holidays are over so we can get back to the usual schedule (working, homeschooling, working, homeschooling…). But, for now, I’m giving my brain a much-needed rest (which means I’m only working until 2:30 p.m. until after the holidays).
Letters will return after the holidays.
If you’re a die-hard editor, journalist or freelance writer, chances are you balk at the word “advertorial.” You know what basic advertorials are – they’re either a full page or half page of promotional copy facing a full-page ad or sitting over a half-page ad. You may feel like you’re a sell-out if you’re writing marketing or public relations copy, but guess what? Advertorial writing fees can really add up for you.
How can I find paying fiction markets on your site?
-Jack
We do have several paying markets for fiction writers on our site.
Go here: https://search.writersweekly.com/search-ww.cgi
Type fiction in the box there.
In the drop-down box below it, click Search Markets and Jobs.
Who would have guessed that an article I sold for $200 the first month after subscribing to WritersWeekly.com would lead to a six-figure book deal seven months later? Certainly not me, but after all, that’s the exciting thing about a writing career – one never knows what opportunities may be around the corner, and dreams sometimes really do come true.
Some WritersWeekly readers subscribe already knowing that the path to being a published writer isn
