Great blog entry from Camille Dungy on one very important aspect of writing.
The New York Times has a great article about how some self-publishers are making it. Nowadays authors have two general routes to follow: sending to traditional publishing houses or self-publishing. Often I recommend that my clients take both paths at once. That recommendation can depend on the genre in which they’re writing but for many, it reduces the time and frustration of publishing.
Did you know you can be listed in Poets & Writers Magazine’s directory? Just follow the link and submit your application. If accepted, you’ll be able to connect with other authors, editors, and agents.
Quite an interesting look into book sales in India. They’re nearly all pirated copies. And yet the demand is really of note. In one of the poorest countries in the world, books are so important there are whole industries dedicated to providing them one title at a time, one street sale at a time.
I had to share this strange yet apparently true factoid about journalists…who show up in the top 10 jobs that attract the most psychotic individuals!
Prairie Wolf Press. The editor says:
Place and description are important to me. I want to see, hear, and experience a story while reading. I respond to writing that feels alive, where the writer has tapped into creative energy, and developed real characters, a vivid sense of place, and unique, lively language.
Google is offering a $25,000 fellowship for journalism.
Crazy Horse is a highly respected journal. Winning or placing in their contest would be a great victory.
Another contest that offers prizes in several formats: short story, essay, poetry, and interview.
This contest specifies that you must submit a collection of short fiction. You can submit a novella for the award but it can’t stand alone; you must submit more than that one work.
From the Iowa Review.
A Room of Her Own (AROHO) offers several prizes. Here’s the information for their Orlando Prize.
Colorado Review offers $2,000 for a short story.
Check out these 10 writing tips that are useful no matter what you’re writing. From author Janet Fitch.
Beth Hayden, a social marketing expert, offers ideas on how to sell books with Pinterest.
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