News: The Christian PEN Proofreaders and Editors Network is offering a four-week online class entitled Marketing Your Services beginning Monday, May 20, 2013. Details here. I am the instructor, and I will post the lesson on a Google group each … Continue reading
FREE-–it’s the one word that gets everyone’s attention. Writers, like everyone else, love to use blogs, websites, backup services, and a host of other free-on-the-Web products. Some of them are truly free, while others are free for a limited time … Continue reading
Whatever your reason for writing, there’s a cost associated with it—time, resources, missed opportunities. What I’m suggesting goes beyond the old saying, “Time is money.” Effort Expended: Does writing “come easy” for you? If not, should you consider giving up? … Continue reading
Should you take any opportunity to get your work published, even if it means submitting to non-paying markets? My answer would be sometimes “yes,” and sometimes “no.” Yes, because non-paying markets give you: Bylines to use when marketing to … Continue reading
Writing for peanuts—that’s what you’ll be doing if you sell each article, story, or poem only once. You may be tempted to skip this article if you’re still trying to get your first piece published. Resist the temptation, because, once … Continue reading