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Saturday, April 19th, 2008 |
Vintage Wordpreneur Article
By Jennifer Brown Banks
Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.” Stephen King
Ever wonder what the hands of fate will deal you in the way of success as a writer? Or why some individuals reap the rewards of literary recognition, while others fail and fade into anonymity?
Just as highway signs alert travelers of their impending destination, there are giveaway indicators that point to “the road to success” for writers.
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Friday, March 14th, 2008 |
Good tips… for everybody, not just freelance children’s writers. Try it: Whenever you see children, plug in your desired target reader or genre instead. The advice is just as good and sensible. — EES
Article by Suzanne Lieurance
Chances are, you won’t be the next J.K. Rowling. After all, she’s the only children’s writer on the planet who makes over a billion dollars from her work.
But that doesn’t mean you can’t make a living as a children’s writer. Here are a dozen ways to get your freelance career started:
1. Make sure you learn the basics of writing for children. If there aren’t any courses in children’s writing available where you live, take a correspondence course (through the mail) or enroll in an online workshop in children’s writing. There are many good correspondence courses and online workshops available. Use Google and type in the words “writing for children.”
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Wednesday, January 30th, 2008 |
Got a book project but not exactly sure how to specifically define its target market? That’s a problem, especially since that detail is critical for pitching the thing to an agent/editor/publisher.
Not to worry. There is a fairly easy way to figure it out. Interestingly enough, it’s one of those things better to do physically rather than online:
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Friday, September 28th, 2007 |
We’re wired and hooked up.
That, imo, is one of the neatest things about being a writer today, something we most certainly did not have way way back pre-Internet… or even early-Internet for that matter.
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Wednesday, September 19th, 2007 |
Kinda destroys whatever excuses we may have come up with not to write our books, doesn’t it?
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Wednesday, September 12th, 2007 |
Wordpreneur reclaimed… it’s mine again!
Well, technically it’s always been “mine,” but the past few years (since its inception, really), Wordpreneur.com has predominantly featured “other people’s content.”
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Tuesday, May 1st, 2007 |
Article by Kathryn Lively. A good short list of book conferences and conventions Ms. Lively strongly encourages us all to attend, particularly for book promotion purposes.
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Tuesday, May 1st, 2007 |
Article by Anne Lebrecht. A pro’s take on where the industry may be heading. Well, the literary part of the industry anyway.
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Friday, April 20th, 2007 |
Article by Sophfronia Scott. Confused about the differences between traditional publishers, PODs and digital printers?
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Monday, March 26th, 2007 |
By Dana K. CassellÂ
At their best, writing contests provide motivation to complete those stories or poems, encourage winners to keep writing, and even pay top winners a bit of cash.
At their worst, writing contests rob you of your rights – and sometimes of your money.
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