Copyrighting Letters
What are the legalities of publishing letters received from others?
Don’t Give It Away By Linda White-Francis
Call it dumb luck or beginners luck, but when my first try at writing resulted in a fifty-dollar check for a twenty-five word true story I sent to a romance publication–about our talented dog Puff, it gave me reason to pause. Then when another $50 dollars arrived that same year for a small filler I wrote for a celebrity tab–about our adventurous bird Petey, I knew I wanted to be a writer, but not necessarily in the pet department.
Dissecting Owl Pellets
We are SO proud of our our son, Frank (age 12)! He received a $25 gift certificate to Amazon for Christmas and he’s been hanging onto it until now. He brought it to me today and asked me to order him a bag of Owl Pellets.
Another Possible Scam Targeting Writers By Angela Hoy
We were recently approached by a firm wanting us to post a “job ad” for them. The ad involved hiring writers to email pre-written articles. These “articles” were promotional and the emails would be unsolicited, meaning the writers were being hired to spam others.
Letters To The Editor For March 2nd
This Week:
- Janet Shares Hint On Providing “Samples”
- A “Free Book” To Review Isn’t Respectable Payment
- Spewing Venom At Editors
Reaching the Homeschooling Market By Margie Sims
When our family relocated from Tennessee to Vermont, I was confident I could keep landing assignments from my southern editors. I wasn’t so sure, however, if I could successfully continue teaching creative writing to homeschoolers-something I had been enjoying for five years. By asking myself the 5 W’s and the H, I found answers that not only satisfied my itch to teach, but also met a legitimate need in my new community.
Pestered Into Submission By Karen Edmisten
A few years ago, while on a committee at my parish, I gave a talk that detailed my spiritual journey. A friend found the talk intriguing and repeatedly pestered me to get it published. “Uh-huh,” I thought, “as if it’s that easy…” But when I spoke with my spiritual director he also encouraged me to seek publication. Eventually, I sent my story off, assuming nothing would come of it. Although I’d always thought of myself as a writer, I’d long before given up thoughts of writing professionally.
Spring Fever
Ali’s basketball team made it all the way to the finals on Saturday…but they didn’t win. It was a real nail biter and Ali was very happy to win 2nd place in the league. Zach’s team made it to the semi-finals. Needless to say…we spent the entire weekend at the YMCA!
Don’t Spew Venom At Editors After Rejection By Angela Hoy
After I ran last week’s article, Don’t Argue With Editors After Rejection, I received an irate email from a woman whose article was recently rejected. (Contrary to our guidelines, she’d submitted an unsolicited piece without querying first.) She called my writing “a sham of an article.”
Letters To The Editor For February 23rd
This Week:
- Another Poetry.com Potential Victim Saved!
- Writers Who Argue With Rejection
- Leigh Ann says…
- Peter says…