Spring Cleaning and Spring Building
It’s finally warming up a bit in Maine. The thermometer actually got above freezing last week and it was over 50 today! Some of the snow is melting, but there’s a ton of it so it’ll take awhile.
Writers I Can’t/Won’t Help Through Whispers And Warnings By Angela Hoy
As WritersWeekly.com Whispers and Warnings becomes more well-known in the industry, there is a growing list of writers who I just can’t and/or won’t help.
Letters To The Editor For March 14th
- Add a “Publish-By-Or-Pay” Clause to Your “Pays On Publication” Contracts
- Promote Your OWN Website, Not Your Publisher’s
- Giving Writers Leverage
Writers Come Last In The Publishing Food Chain By E.D. Easley and Angela Hoy – Part 2 Of 2
Part 2 of 2
Last week, we looked at the insulting rates writers are often paid by electronic writing publications.
Help Leaping from Newspapers to Magazines
Angela,
I have been reading your newsletter on and off now for ages now and I’m always amazed at your fluid personal style, but this was absolutely the cutest thing so far…”As her emails came faster and with more anger, she stopped using any capital letters at all. Can you imagine how embarrassed she would be if I published her emails?”
My Writing Journey With Booklocker: Help When There Was None By Rickey E. Pittman
Several years ago, I had completed my first novel, Red River Fever. Discouraged from having wasted a year with an editing/agent scam, I didn’t know what to do with my novel. I knew it was a good novel, and wanted to get it into print so I could move on to other books I wanted to write. My best writing friend, who had read my novel, recommended that I take a look at Booklocker.com, and consider using them.
Flu Bug Departs; Spring Fever Arrives
We’re all feeling much better. It looks like Richard escaped the bug, even after kissing me while I was feverish. Zach spent three days in bed. He had it worst of all.
Letters To The Editor For March 7th
Letters will return next week.
Writing for Writing Publications: Do you want fries with that? By E.D. Easley Part 1 of 2
Writers writing for writing e-zines have long known they’ll probably never retire in that market.
They come to expect low pay. “You’ll never get rich writing for us,” one e-zine acknowledged in its guidelines, “but you’ll get great exposure.”
Maybe the exposure is worth it. Almost all the writing e-zines are distributed to large audiences of other writers, but they also go to agents, editors and publishers…
Add A “Publish-By-Or-Pay” Clause To Your “Pays On Publication” Contracts
Angela,
A publication pays upon publication. Now, it could be months before they publish the piece…but in the meantime, they don’t pay the writer, but have yet to publish the work after three or so months.
Is the pub considered a deadbeat in your view ONLY IF they publish the work and don’t pay?
Please advise.
Roy