WHAT in the WORLD is in THAT BOX?! Topic, Common Themes, and Winners of the WritersWeekly.com Winter, 2021 24-Hour Short Story Contest!
A wedding ring? A mysterious map?? A severed finger???
To Georgia and Back…in Only Four Days!
When we took a walk the first evening, we heard no traffic noise, no sirens…no nothing! Well, there was a flock of geese flying overhead that made quite a racket. At dusk, the frogs in a nearby pond started up a grand chorus.
A publisher wants $4,000 to market my book to OTHER publishers?!
They are simply luring in authors, and then upselling them on worthless services.
Things are Crazy Nuts Here!
Yesterday, we made an offer on a house in far northwest Georgia, in the mountains, and the offer was accepted today. Now, we are drowning in paperwork…
Yes, We’re Weird! And, That’s Why We’re Still in Business!!
I was always a weird (um, naughty) kid. I never aligned myself with social norms. I recognized when something was ridiculous, even if “everyone else” was doing it. I would do things differently, despite the fact that…
Survival Magazine Needs 1-2 Outdoors Gear/Firearms Accessories Writers – Pays $0.06/word
THIS JOB LISTING MAY NOT BE POSTED ELSEWHERE. Survival Magazine https://survivalmag.net CONTACT: Robert Brannon, Manager – robert@survivalmag.net We’re a small-ish media company with multiple web assets under management in various niches – cybersec, outdoors, audio, legal & more. We’re looking to expand our content production capacity ASAP to hit our growth goals for 2021. Who […]
A VERY Expensive Anthology Scam Targeting Writers
Authors must pay more than $1,000 to be included. It costs even more if the author wants his or her name on the cover…
Posting “Read-Aloud” of Children’s Books on YouTube – Good Idea or Not?
Aside from the copyright infringement implications, I have a moral problem with this as well…
Let It Snow…and Snow…and Snow… Enough Already!!!
We woke up in the morning, and it was 9 DEGREES!!!
WritersWeekly Trivia Question for 01/29/2021
Congratulations to Cynthia Clinton for being the first to correctly answer that “Print books still outsold ebooks” According to last week’s issue of WritersWeekly, in 2020, what dynamic did Covid NOT change in the publishing industry? ***Please answer the trivia question using our contact form HERE. Do not post the answer in the comments section […]