Letters To The Editor For July 14
Letters will return next week.
PAYING EDUCATION MARKETS By Laura Yeager
I’ve been a teacher of writing for 25 years in colleges and universities. I began writing for education markets five years ago when I wrote and published three editorials at The Adjunct Advocate. This week, I sold an article to an education journal about using disability literature in writing and reading classrooms.
I’ve found (and hope you will, too) that the education market is a booming platform for inspired articles about all aspects of education.
My Inner Peace By Angie Mangino
What is success? To me, true success takes us to inner happiness.
Patriotic Bubbles!
We had a FANTASTIC 4th of July celebration on Sunday! Our good friends Mark and Corey came to visit with their niece, Lauryn.
Another Day, Another Cheapskate “Publisher” Looking for Free Labor
If I had a nickel for every time a hobbyist “publisher” sent me a “help wanted” ad for writers offering no pay, I’d be able to order pizza every single night.
Letters To The Editor For July 7th
Letters will return next week.
Selling Books Like a Client Advisor By Alice J. Wisler
As authors with books, we can learn from client advisors. True, what each of us really wants is to sell is a 328i or a romance novel. But the manner in which we do our selling is key to staying credible and authentic in a society that is filled with irritating sales folk. Plenty of authors push their paperbacks as though they are better than immortality. This can be exhausting for the customer. The real question to ponder is, do you care about your readership? Does it show?
When Contest Fees Make Sense By Ruth Schiffmann
I don’t relish the thought of admitting to my husband (or anyone else, for that matter) that this writing obsession of mine has put our finances into the red. As a means of avoiding that fate, I usually halfheartedly skim over contest listings in newsletters and blogs the same way I sort through my mail to weed out the junk. No matter how “legit” a contest was, if it required an entry fee, I would rule it out. Am I cheap? Maybe, or maybe I know how easy it would be to shell out a little bit here, a little bit there, always with my eyes on the prize until I had nothing left to show for myself but scraps of paper and tiny little pencil nubs.
A Movie Audition!
On Sunday, Max and I, along with Frank’s friend, Caleb, went to a movie audition. Pretty cool, huh? It’s for an indie film but they have quite a few speaking parts, along with the need for lots of extras. Filming is only during the summer and it won’t be a full-time thing so we thought…why not? I’ve auditioned for a TV reporter gig (got that years and years ago) and a high school musical (I got a non-speaking “Lady in Waiting” part and I got to sing…but not a solo) but I’ve never auditioned for a movie before. It was so much FUN!
HOW TO REMEMBER, WRITE AND PUBLISH YOUR LIFE STORY
Angela’s Hoy’s popular online class, now available in book format!
If you’ve always wanted to write your life story, but have a hard time recalling your memories, check out Angela’s memory triggers / autobiography book! (Works for biographers / ghostwriters, too!)
Excerpted from How to Remember, Write and Publish Your Life Story.
This excerpt may be reprinted/redistruted in its entirety as long as the entire excerpt, bio, and all featured links are included.
LESSON #1 EXCERPT: WHAT’S A MEMORY TRIGGER?
A memory trigger is one word that will bring forth not one, but several memories. The memory triggers featured in this book are going to evoke hundreds of memories from different years in your life. Memory triggers have
a way of spurring your brain to remember things you haven