BedTimes Magazine

“BedTimes is the monthly business journal of the sleep products industry. Our readers are mattress manufacturers and their suppliers.” Welcomes new writers. 40% freelance. Circ. 4K. Monthly. Pays on acceptance. Publishes ms 1-3 months after acceptance. Buys all rights. No reprints. Responds 2-3 weeks. Sample copy available by email. Guidelines available by email. Pays $0.50-$1.00/word for 750-3000 words. Submit query by email only.

The WritersWeekly Trivia Contest Question For 12/04/2015!

Question for 12/04/2015: According to the ad on WritersWeekly.com, which freelancer writer flunked math but earned $3K writing about economics? You must be a WritersWeekly.com subscriber to participate in the weekly contests. Subscribe (it’s free!). NOTE: ONLY ONE WINNER PER HOUSEHOLD PER CALENDAR QUARTER, PLEASE. THIS WEEK’S PRIZE: A FREE At-Your-Service Publishing Package from BookLocker.com! A […]

Writing Jobs For 12/04/2015

Freelance Medical Writers American Society of Clinical Oncology Freelance Women’s Holistic Living Writer Poppy and Seed Freelance Assistant Editor The Federalist Papers Project Freelance Senior Editor Daily Chatter Freelance Ghostwriter Prmediaonline.com Freelance Writers Everyday Health, Inc. Freelance Writer Fooda Freelance Writer / Personal Trainer The Cheat Sheet Freelance Writers SheKnows Media / sheknows.com Freelance Writers […]

Whispers and Warnings For 12/04/2015

Whispers and Warnings For 12/04/2015

  • Court Says Prisoner Can’t Sue Newspaper For Not Publishing Vegas Gambling Odds
  • Authors side with Apple in e-book price-fixing Supreme Court appeal
  • Turkish court to decide if comparing Turkish president to ‘Lord of the Rings’ character Gollum is a crime
  • ‘Spotlight’ movie reveals how journalists really do their job

Writers, Why Not Write About Yourself For Profit? By Wendy Hobday Haugh

Writers, Why Not Write About Yourself For Profit? By Wendy Hobday Haugh

Looking for a fresh article idea? An engaging topic? An interesting person to profile? Don’t discount yourself. The fact that freelancers so often look outward in search of interesting people, places, and things to write about can sometimes blind them to the fact that aspects of their own lives, too, may be abundantly noteworthy. I’ve […]

Revisit That Shelved Book Idea! It Might Be THE ONE!! By S. Briones Lim

Revisit That Shelved Book Idea! It Might Be THE ONE!! By S. Briones Lim

An intense love for writing can certainly breed openness to receiving ideas. Inspiration often comes out of nowhere-music, dreams, and maybe even from people-watching. The influx of ideas could be so great at times that honing in on just one may be a problem. In fact, I’d been guilty of pushing a story idea away, putting one off as if it weren’t as “worthy” as the rest of them. The problem is, sometimes that shelved idea could be the one that may start it all.

The Ebook Trend is Definitely WANING! NOW WHAT?! By Angela Hoy

The Ebook Trend is Definitely WANING! NOW WHAT?! By Angela Hoy

Way back in 1998, we predicted ebooks would become a successful revenue model for authors after I wrote and self-published one of the very first ebooks, before “ebook” was even a known term, and before Stephen King made the term famous. But, even while we promoted and sold ebooks for authors, we also said that print books would never become obsolete.

Things Are Finally Calming Down!

Things Are Finally Calming Down!

While the business is still in pre-Christmas-hysteria mode, things on the home front are calming down.