Letters To The Editor For September 1st
This week:
- Writing or Editing for Non-Profits: When to Say NO!
- Finding Garbled, Illegal Copies of Your Articles Online? You’re Not Alone!
Set the Stage for Success By Shirley Raye Redmond
If you’ve recently sold or purchased a home, you may be familiar with the hottest trend in moving real estate. It’s called “staging” and involves demonstrating creative combinations to attract potential buyers. Many real estate agents even hire professional “stagers” to make properties-for-sale more attractive to potential buyers. They rearrange furniture to create flow and energy. They de-clutter dens and bathrooms. They might brighten a black coffee table with a vase of white roses to make the living room “pop.”
Why go to all this trouble? To make a sale, of course, and to help clients see the potential in a particular property. Staging works! By modifying the techniques, I’ve sold children’s book manuscripts on topics that have already been covered pretty thoroughly-including one about fairies (yes, another book on fairies!) to Random House…
Can Your Put My Ebook in the Apple iBookstore? Yes!
Hi Angela,
I want my ebook listed in Apple’s iBookstore but the ePub file conversion and submission process looks really confusing. Is anyone offering a service to help people with the process?
Janet
Tweet, Tweet: Using Social Media to Increase Sales By Lisa Tiffin
I’ve always wanted to write a column, but it wasn’t until Twitter intervened that it became a reality for me. The funny thing is I didn’t even have a Twitter account when it happened. Luckily, I have a few good people looking out for me.
DAYS 5 – 8: We Are NOT Acclimated!
On Saturday morning, I emptied my (rather large) purse and then re-packed it with sunscreen, bottled water, and an extra pair of clothes for both the boys…
Finding Garbled, Illegal Copies of Your Articles Online? You’re Not Alone!
One of our authors experiences is a common scam occurring in increasing numbers online.
Letters To The Editor For August 25th
Letters will return next week.
Writing or Editing for Non-Profits: When to Say NO! By Jordan Swift
I recently walked away from a public arts organization that billed itself as a non-profit literary journal. It took other staff members and artists to wake me up. The poetry editor quit due to the senior editor’s unprofessional attitude, while artists that I contacted simply said NO to publishing their work for free.
The “we’ll pay you when we get a grant” job involved accepting all submissions, but I tried to be selective. In reality, I never got any quality submissions (unless you count the senior editor’s regular submitters) and it was for many reasons…
Get Quality Writing Jobs…the Old Fashioned Way!
After reading your articles about content mills, I am now left wondering what place is suggested to get started in freelance writing.
Writing sites give a lot of info., pro and con, but……..what is the
answer? What places are the best?
DAY 1: Backseat Giggles
We’ve once again taken the business on the road! We’re currently on the trip we were supposed to take in May, which was postponed when Richard broke his leg.
As soon as we hit the road today, Max and Mason made up a rousing game with their Mario and Luigi dolls, and were giggling in the RV for a couple of hours straight. They were making the dolls fart on each other (sigh…)