Published on January 7, 2004
Hi Richard,
I am in a period of enlightenment right now, as far as my writing career is concerned. It’s a place I have never been before, but I am enjoying, thoroughly, reading everything I can get my hands on that I think might teach me something new about this mysterious craft of writing.
Your sites, both Writersweekly.com and Booklocker.com have helped me immensely. So, in closing, I wanted to say, “Thank you,” to you, Angela, and your staff for all of the hard work that you put into making the sites the bountiful baskets of resources that they are! Keep up the great work and here’s to a fantastic 2004 for all of us!
Cheers,
Jessica Martinez-Stanfield
Dear Angela,
I enjoyed your piece in Start Writing Now (November 2003 – https://www.writersdigest.com/store/magdisplay.asp?id=WY1103). The first two paragraphs were real grabbers.
Party on…..
Parrott Sutton, Kinston, NC
Published on January 7, 2004
writing career advice, writing scams
I have written for a national publication and was told by the senior editor that the pay per article was $50. I received that amount for my first article for them. I have two more deadlines to write for this magazine –two articles that I pitched.
This magazine had a listing on another website and I contacted that person, who is the deputy editor, to inquire on what they were looking for and what they paid. She emailed me back saying they pay a flat rate of $350 for the same amount of words I am supposed to write for the next two articles.
Published on January 7, 2004
writing career advice
On the WritersWeekly.com Freelance Job Listings, I found a link to the CBC Radio Freelancer Forum. As a print writer, radio was a BIG stretch, but a little desperate for paying markets, I registered for the CBC forum and newsletter. In one of the newsletters was a request for “consumer” pitches requiring freelancers to test several products and tell which gave consumers the best bang for their buck. The finished pieces were only 3 or 4 minutes long and I knew that this was something I could do.
Published on December 30, 2003
Aaaah! What a relief! I love the holidays, but I sure am happy when they’re finally over. No more shopping, no more wrapping, no more rushing, hustle and bustle. Aaaah, now we can just relax. We did have one unfortunately incident this week. Ali turned 13…
Published on December 30, 2003
Hi,
I’d like to say that I used to have a subscription to “Writers Digest,” but I find WritersWeekly.com to be more informative and the information more relative. Thank you for all the effort you put into WritersWeekly.com. Keep up the great work!
J. Phillips
Published on December 30, 2003
By Diane S. Craver
Author of How To Run A Profitable Preschool Without The Hassle
Although I loved having a preschool, I didn’t want to do this again at this point in my life. However, her comment did make me realize that maybe there could be young mothers now in similar situations that I had been in years ago. I decided to write a short book, giving the necessary information for anyone to start their own preschool home business. My ebook, How To Run A Profitable Preschool Without The Hassle, has been a positive experience.
Published on December 30, 2003
I have a million story ideas, many of them based upon my own wonderful (and dysfunctional) family or my wonderful (and dysfunctional) friends and relationships. I am scared to use this material, as I suspect the origin of my ideas will be obvious. How do you use this incredibly valuable and fascinating material without offending everyone you love?
Published on December 23, 2003
Our mini-holiday vacation by train to Boston was super! We ate gobs of good food, froze our rear ends off while walking everywhere, and collapsed in a fit of giggles when Ali got her suitcase handle stuck in the subway turnstile…
Published on December 23, 2003
Often, a new writer will come up with innovative “out-of-the-box” ideas for promoting a book without realizing that (a) they may actually hurt sales and (b) it’s been done many times before. “Scam” is probably too harsh a word for many of these ideas, but some of them are downright unethical and illegal. That’s what we’ll focus on in this article.
Published on December 17, 2003
Well, we had quite a magical, celestial evening on Friday night!
On the way home from dinner, with a wind chill below zero outside and Christmas music piping through the speakers in the van inside, Frank suddenly yelled from the backseat, “I just saw a white light shoot through the sky!”
We all got excited and started looking out all the windows, but we didn’t see anything else…yet. A few minutes later, Richard and I were sitting in the front and, out of space (literally), a green ball of light shot out of the sky and appeared to travel…
