Published on March 12, 2008
As I sat completing an article for $700, I realized that it had only taken me seven hours to write, or a hefty $100 per hour. Later that day, following an editor’s notes, I completed a $100 article, which had also taken me seven hours, or a not so hefty $14.29 per hour. After reprimanding myself for taking on the assignment, I once again recalled my promise to no longer take on those poor hourly rate projects unless there was the potential of something much bigger and better to follow…
Published on March 12, 2008
How does one go about selling movie rights to their book?
-J
I think you’ll really like this page:
https://www.warrenadler.com/ask-movies.shtml
Warren Adler is the author of The War of the Roses and many more books. Ten of his novels have been optioned for film stories.
Published on March 12, 2008
Isaac Asimov said, “You must keep sending your work out; you must never let a manuscript do nothing but eat its head off in a drawer. You send that work out again and again, while you’re working on another one…
Published on March 5, 2008
March 1st dawned dreary for us with yet another snowstorm. We’ve had more than 93 inches this season so far. More snow and ice is expected later this week and we’re starting to wonder if we’ll be able to dig the RV out in time for our next trip…
Published on March 5, 2008
In case you’re a newbie, a blog is a regularly-updated personal journal that is posted online. Special software enables bloggers to post their comments instantly online. No HTML! Yea! Blogs have exploded in recent years because they make publishing online so easy and because they are usually of a more personal nature than professional websites. Blogs seem to attract the voyeur in all of us…
Published on March 5, 2008
- When Keyboard Keys Try to Escape!
- All Editors Should Pay on Acceptance
Published on March 5, 2008
In many cases, writers tend to be introverts. We sit in solitude, our most beloved companions of the workday being our computers and coffee, laptops and latte. Our playmates are pens, pencils, and paper…
Published on March 5, 2008
Is there a website where authors can post synopsis (what is the plural of synopsis? flying flock of synopsi???)?
Thought I’d check with you because you have so many resources at your fingertips, and because you do an awesome job.
Rose
Published on March 5, 2008
After a couple years of no success in trying to market children’s stories, I tried writing an article for Boy’s Life magazine on the subject of photography. It was quickly rejected…
Published on February 27, 2008
I have two laptops, a primary one and a backup one, for those days when the primary one croaks and needs to be taken to the computer doc. It’s rare but it happens…
