Letters To The Editor For March 16th
Letters will return next week.
Query Rejected? You May Not Have to Take No for an Answer By John K. Borchardt
After I’ve sold three or more articles to an editor, I will sometimes telephone an editor to find out why she has turned down my latest query. Sometimes when I finish the phone call I’ve made a sale. The tactics I use to accomplish this depend on why the editor rejected my query.
Sometimes the editor tells me that she does want an article on a subject but prefer it be slanted differently. We discuss the slant she prefers. Sometimes when we hang up I rewrite my query giving her the slant she prefers. When I do this I usually end up with an assignment.
Does “All Rights” Mean I Can’t Tell My Story Again? No!
I found a market to sell a personal paranormal experience story but they buy all rights. I’m not sure I’m comfortable with never being able to tell the story to anyone else again. If I were to tell the same story in a different way, so that I am not reselling the same writing, is that in violation of the rights they buy? Would I be allowed to do that?
Write What They Want By Kimberly Hutmacher
I spent the first four years of my children’s writing career making solid progress in the magazine market but failing to sell a book. I read books. I took classes. I wrote numerous picture book manuscripts and submitted them to several publishers. I worked hard, but I wasn’t getting anywhere…
Update on Accident Recovery + Pictures
As most of you know, our daughter and her boyfriend were in a head-on collision three weeks ago. For their privacy, I am referring to them as “A” and “M” when writing about the accident…
Topic, Common Themes, and Winners of the WritersWeekly.com Winter 2011 24-Hour Short Story Contest!
For the past six weeks, we’ve spent every spare moment judging the hundreds of entries submitted for the Winter, 2011 24-Hour Short Story Contest…
Letters To The Editor For March 9th
This week:
- Angela’s Free Online Book Marketing Advice Works!
- How to FINALLY Get Amazon to Correct Your Book Page or Search Results!
How I Broke into Professional Membership Society Magazines By John K. Borchardt
Almost every profession has one or more professional societies dedicated to the career and specialized knowledge interests of its members. Many of these organizations publish magazines dedicated to these interests. These magazines often pay freelance writers and do not require them to be members of the organization…
Topic Alone Does Not Determine Book Sales!
Do you publish many titles – fiction or non-fiction – by African American authors? Or books of interest to an African American audience? Has there been much success with these?
Never Judge a Writing Assignment by the First Brief By Juhi Basoya
Writing is as much about communication as it is about expression. I learned this the lucrative way when I inadvertently got involved in a client’s ongoing project…