Letters to the Editor For November 24th
This week:
- ETSY.COM!
- Amazon – Do They Draw The Line ANYWHERE?
The Real Insight into Travel Writing Perks By Roy Stevenson
Everyone thinks that travel writers travel the globe for free, fly everywhere first class, stay in resorts and spas, and get pampered at every destination. This can happen although it is getting rare. The days of magazines paying all of your expenses for trips are long gone…
Should I Pay to Have My Book Reviewed? NO!!!
I received an e-mail from Get Book Reviews.com suggesting I go with them to receive a book review. Do you know anything about them and if so what? Any advice?
CHRISTMAS SHOPPING!
In order to more enjoy my December, I have decided to try to get my shopping done earlier this year. Last Sunday, I spent the entire day on my laptop, shopping online. I try to buy non-China-made items whenever I can and I also try to support artists.
Amazon – Do They Draw The Line ANYWHERE?
Unless your Internet connection has been out for a week or so, you’ve likely seen the story about Amazon…
Letters to the Editor For November 17th
This week:
- Amazon’s Contract for Authors – What does it really say?
- The Pager Chronicles, Volume II
OF NEEDLES AND HAYSTACKS: How I Navigate the Daunting Job Boards By Sarah Snyder
I have a regular conversation with a freelance friend and it kind of goes like this: She laments not being able to find work. I say hit the job boards because that’s where I find them. She replies that she’s tried it and it’s hopeless. I believe her…
Are Publishers’ Marketing Packages Really Worth It?
Angela, I’m ready to publish my book now. But, I believe I need a LOT! of help marketing it. I am not at all good on the computer.I don’t know where to get a computer email list of potential buyers, or how to go about comtacting them if I did. Are the marketing packages these other self publishing companies offer really working?
Know Your Rights By Diane Stark
When I first started writing, I would find a market I was interested in writing for, send them a query and then wait to hear back from them. If they liked the idea, I’d write the story, they’d print it and I’d cash the check. End of story.
But it wasn’t the end of the story. Or it shouldn’t have been…
MEOW! THUMP THUMP THUMP…
I woke up last night because Zach, our oldest, had the TV on too loud downstairs. I didn’t want to wake up the little ones so I didn’t run on the front hall light as I headed for the stairs, intent on reprimanding Zach.
I was walking down the stairs in the dark and, in a flash, heard a loud “MEOW!!!”…