3 Ways to Price Your Work for Your Freelance Writing Business
entrepreneur.com – Thursday March 17, 2016
In Moonlighting on the Internet, internet entrepreneur Shelby Larson presents the most reliable and proven ways you can create an extra paycheck for the short term and establish a continual revenue stream for the long term with your own website. In this edited excerpt, Larson offers tips on how to price your freelance writing projects.
Moneyball for book publishers: A detailed look at how we read
boston.com – Wednesday March 16, 2016
Andrew Rhomberg wants to be the Billy Beane of the book world.
Beane used analytics to transform baseball, famously recounted in “Moneyball,” a book by Michael Lewis. Now Rhomberg wants to use data about people’s reading habits to radically reshape how publishers acquire, edit and market books.
You Can't Write Without a Leap of Faith
huffingtonpost.com – Wednesday March 16, 2016
The most important thing every writer has to do is take a leap of faith.
What does that mean, exactly? That, no matter how stuck you are at the start of a book, or how unwieldy your manuscript becomes as you wade deeper into it, you have to believe in yourself enough to keep writing.
New Publisher Listing
firstwriter.com – Wednesday March 16, 2016
Publishes: Poetry;
Markets: Adult
Publishes books of poetry by Washington State poets. All submissions must be made through the annual competition, entry fee: $12. Submit online.
Top 10 tips on how to write like William Shakespeare
theguardian.com – Tuesday March 15, 2016
When I started writing the My Book of Stories series, my intention was to inspire young people to write their own stories by using plot ideas and characters from some of the best stories ever written. Looking at Shakespeare’s canon I realised that he covered almost every variant of story you might ever think of. From power struggles to love stories, adventures in the wilderness to life at court, you can find all of life in his plays, so here are my top 10 tips on how to write your own Shakespearean tales, in Shakespeare Week.
Agent Shares Publishing Secrets With Aspiring Authors
courant.com – Tuesday March 15, 2016
They came because they had stories to tell. Some had even turned those stories into manuscripts.
More than 20 local residents attended a session at the Putnam Public Library on March 5 to listen to literary agent Jan Kardys. She was in town to talk about book publishing, what agents look for in a manuscript, and the work writers need to do after they write their books.
New Magazine Listing
firstwriter.com – Tuesday March 15, 2016
Publishes: Essays; Fiction; Nonfiction; Poetry
Areas include: Arts; Criticism; Literature; Short Stories
Markets: Adult
Preferred styles: Literary
Online magazine dedicated to literature, social and cultural criticism, philosophy, and the arts. Send poetry submissions by post only, between February 1 and June 30. Prose, art, and multimedia accepted year-round by post or by email (up to 5MB). Postal submissions should include brief bio and SASE.
Should You Self-Publish or Pursue a Mainstream Publisher?
huffingtonpost.com – Monday March 14, 2016
Over the past month, I have fielded numerous inquiries about book development and promotion, so I figured it would be helpful to share with you my tips for both. In this first installment, I'll focus on the starting point question of whether to self-publish or pursue a mainstream publisher. There is really no right or wrong answer here. Instead, there are pros and cons of each route, along with numerous variables to consider. Here are some of them:
New Publisher Listing
firstwriter.com – Monday March 14, 2016
Publishes: Fiction; Nonfiction;
Markets: Adult; Children's
Accepts all fiction and nonfiction for adults. Accepts children's books with full illustrations only. No poetry or short story collections. Submit via online submission system.
Writers competing with the next Scandi noir, says Ian Rankin
telegraph.co.uk – Sunday March 13, 2016
British writers are facing more competition than ever as publishers turn their eyes to finding the next big foreign cultural craze to replicate the success of Scandinavian noir, Ian Rankin has said.
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