It’s smart to stay nimble in the freelance writing business. When one revenue stream dries up, it helps to have another (and another!) to replace it. That’s one reason I began writing corporate Web page copy. With strong demand, good pay and rapid turn-around, branching out into writing Web copy makes plenty of sense.
I have written a few science fiction, fantasy short stories and combined them into a small novel. I know you have listed this before, but do you know of any legitimate publishers or agents who can help unpublished writers?
I wouldn’t recommend it as a way to jumpstart a career but the truth is that after I was divorced my writing income began to grow, exponentially.
Well, all these blizzards have been a hoot and we appreciate the Christmassy feelings we got but…enough is enough already.
The publishing sites were abuzz last week over Amazon’s claim that they sold more Kindle ebooks than print books on Christmas Day. The press release doesn’t name the Kindle ebooks that were “sold” (but, oddly enough, it does name some best selling print books). When I heard about the press release, I went to Amazon.com to see what was “selling” so well.
Letters will return next week.
I was wondering if you had been successful getting Google to drop your book from their published pages?
I blundered into writing historical novels from an eccentric starting point – contributing to a military blog, or mil-blog. In 2002, I began writing for a mil-blog that had been started by an Air Force mechanic. This interested me because I was myself retired from the Air Force. All that was required to write for the blog was to be a veteran or active-duty military – and to write. I liked to write, had opinions, and a background in public affairs as a military broadcaster, so I took the plunge.
We’re having a second Christmas this week when our friends Doug and Raul come to visit. Combine that with Ali’s birthday AND another snowstorm and you can imagine that the excitement level is still pretty high at the Hoy House!
I must have been very good this year because Santa was very good to me! I got an antique log cabin dollhouse that I’ve had my eye on. It lights up on the inside and is decorated for Christmas. It’s beautiful! My favorite gift, however, was a gorgeous tree (an artistic, metal one) my mother gave me that is decorated with pieces of her mother’s jewelry. I am honored to receive it and the display is absolutely breathtaking! I cried when I opened it. 🙂
Okay, I have to get back to the festivities!
This week’s Maxism:
“Mom!!! Frank won’t stop singing to me!!!”
Hugs to all!
Angela
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I really am trying to be on “vacation” this week (ha ha). But, as a follow-up on last week’s piece,
Google Ordered to Pay French Publisher $430K for Copyright Infringement, I also found an article about a well-known author who has terminated her 36-year relationship with the Author’s Guild because of their dealings with Google. Read it HERE.
HAVE A SUPER AND SAFE NEW YEAR’S EVE, EVERYONE!!!
