Published on June 22, 2005
About a year ago I came up with a brilliant idea. I was going to write an advice column for twentysomethings and every newspaper and magazine was going to want my column in their publication. With my newfound career as a columnist, I just knew I was going to be able to lay back and make a killing by writing my world-renowned column. I did my research on how to submit a column, wrote my query and six sample articles and after sending it to two papers and getting turned down because of budget reasons, I became discouraged. I don’t have much patience (what twentysomething does?). Then I got my new issue of WritersWeekly.com and read the success story, I Am the Publisher by Pamela White who started a food ezine. I began to think: Why should I wait for the papers to realize my column is a great idea? To heck with them, I’ll do it myself. That is when Twentity.com was born.
Published on June 15, 2005
Max (age 3 1/2) sprained his knee on Saturday. We think it happened when he was playing Toy Story (jumping while yelling “To infinity and beyond!). He was limping a bit on Friday night but woke up on Saturday unable to walk. It will probably be the most expensive emergency room visit in the family’s history.
Published on June 15, 2005
Last week, I published an article on selling advertising space in books. Unfortunately, only one reader responded to my call for individuals’ experiences with this type of revenue stream. But, I liked her story so much that I bought it to run in this week’s issue. To read how one author has successfully sold ad space in her books, see this week’s Freelance Success Story.
Published on June 15, 2005
This Week:
- One Of Many Letters About Kathryn’s Inspiring Article!
- Kudos
- Comment On Editor’s “Someday” File
Published on June 15, 2005
Playwright and novelist Saul Bellow once said, “I discovered that rejections are not altogether a bad thing. They teach a writer to rely on his own judgment and to say in his heart of hearts, “To hell with you.”
Published on June 15, 2005
My secret to selling ads in my books is to write about a specific locale and to then sell ads to businesses in that area.
Published on June 8, 2005
On Saturday it was in the 90’s here. Ug! We’ve been in Maine long enough to become de-acclimated to hot weather. So, while cleaning out the garage that day, I was positively melting and had a heat headache for hours afterward. When Sunday rolled around and it hit the 90’s again, Richard and Zach, resigned to their fate after listening to me whine for 24 hours, went into the attic and started the annual, laborious job of dragging down all the horribly heavy window unit air conditioners. It took another hour or so to get them installed (I was outside, dying once again while working in the yard). By the time it was all done, a big cloud came over the horizon. It was a fast-moving cold front and, on Monday morning, we actually had to turn the heater on!
Published on June 8, 2005
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Don’t you wish companies would offer you money to include an ad about them in your next book? Most of us would love such an infusion to our writing income. A question about this coveted practice arrived in my in-box just this week.
Published on June 8, 2005
Hi Angela,
Thank you, thank you and (just one more) thank you. I read your article about pay-per-click websites as I started to subscribe to a couple of them. To be fair – I don’t know yet how ethical they are but I’ve placed a piece of work with each, so patience will be a virtue in this case.
I wasn’t aware of their impracticality until I started to consider your points. I’ll be subscribing to WritersWeekly.com shortly and hopefully find a reasonably rewarding site or two. I’m a university student at the moment, so a summer income would be welcome.
Thanks again,
Paul B.
Published on June 8, 2005
Are you a pizza connoisseur? An expert cookie maker? Maybe you’ve visited a winery, know the best diners in 10 states, or your town hosts the world’s largest strawberry festival. Even if the extent of your food expertise lies only in your grandmother’s recipe box, you have an angle for an article. You just need to know where to sell it.
