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HOW TO REMEMBER, WRITE AND PUBLISH YOUR LIFE STORY! by Angela Hoy
Using Angela’s MEMORY TRIGGERS, recall memories that have been dormant for years, and record those memories in chronological order in your memory notebook. Using the memory notebook as your outline, write your autobiography! **Also works for biographies and memoirs.**
Letters will return next week.
If, as I do, you enjoy reading so much that you read the labels on canned foods, why not, after you’ve read a book, try your hand at writing a book review and pick up an extra $50 or $100 a month? Writing a general book review doesn’t require any special expertise, only a good command of grammar and basic writing skills. Here’s how to go about it…
The halls are decked, the shopping is done, the gifts are wrapped and Matt will be arriving on Friday. We are so excited…!!
Today, I’m going to share another installment of our popular column, World’s Worst Book Proposals. Yes, we can learn from others’ mistakes! Featured below are real quotes from book proposals submitted to me over the past few months.
I couldn’t make this stuff up if I tried…
This week:
Writer’s chat rooms and discussion boards are constantly flooded with comments about rates for writers. New writers argue that they take what they can get to build a portfolio, while veteran writers argue that you should receive fair pay for your work, adding that you will never be respected if you simply give your work away. Yet, even long-time writers have fallen prey to some less than “acceptable” rates rather than turning down work considering the current economic state…
I queried the editor of (a magazine) with an article idea on spec.
He requested seeing the article. After reviewing, he stated that he
liked the article.
Per his request, I adjusted the word count from 1700 to 1050.
He asked how much I wished to be compensated for the article.
I replied that I would be happy with whatever he’s paid in the past for comparable articles.
He countered that he needed a price.
I caved in and requested $200 for the article and photos.
Communication stopped.
Would you happen to know how much this publication/website typically
pays for articles?
I’m curious if I’m way out of bounds with my request.
I’m usually not a big roller coaster fan but I was feeling adventurous at Universal Studios last week and I asked Max (age 10) if he’d ride one with me. Richard has been having problems with his neck and Mason (age 5) was too small so I really needed to talk Max into riding with me if I didn’t want to ride alone. He shook his head no.
I asked him again each time we heard people screaming from the roller coaster. He kept saying no. We passed Revenge of the Mummy and we didn’t know what it was but it seemed to be pretty popular based on the line. Max agreed to give it a try with me as long as we didn’t sit in the first row. I explained to Max that the location of our seat was out of our control. When it was our turn, the lady working there said, “Row 1, please…”
Regarding last week’s article, How to Get Art for Articles – I always find it easier to do the art myself, or take photos myself, as I am guaranteed to know who the copyright holder is without any concern whether someone gave me someone else’s work.
George Arnold Hall
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Business: George Arnold Hall’s Pen and Pencil
Series: Immortals of Scar (more info at georgearnoldhall.ca)
