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!
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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.
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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.
For book authors, here are 20 low-cost ways to market your books.
Some basics to remember when planning your submissions here.
Resilience Combats Rejection
Check out this article on how to handle the rejections that are a part of every writer’s life. Mark McGuinness has a background as a psychotherapist before becoming an author’s coach, so his advice is founded in longstanding theories and practices.
Joan Gelfand recently shared this:
According to Writer’s Relief, the writer’s submission service, the average writer has a 4% acceptance rate. A good writer has a 10% rate and if you’re really lucky 20% and higher.
Make the Most of Rejection
This essay provides 5 tips for handling rejection letters. They range from honoring your very real emotional response to moving on to the next opportunity.
Literary Magazine
Straight from the land down under comes the spring 2012 edition of Meanjin, a literary journal founded in Brisbane in 1940 by journalist and editor Clem Christesen. For more than 70 years, the journal, now an imprint of Melbourne University Publishing, has delved into the Australian cultural and literary scene,
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Writers League of Texas “Agents & Editors” Conference, June 21-23, Austin, TX
Features many literary agents, editors and authors.
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Words in 3 Dimensions Writers Conference, May 24-26, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Features sessions, authors, agents and editors.
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PennWriters Conference, May 17-19, Pittsburgh, PA
This event, the state’s largest conference, will have multiple literary agents in attendance taking pitches.
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Kentucky Writers Conference, April 19, Bowling Green, KY
This is a free one-day writers conference with sessions on how to get published. It precedes the Southern Kentucky Book Fest (April 20).
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