Here’s what appears to be an interesting opportunity for writers trying to connect with literary agents. PagetoFame is a new competition inviting writers to submit opening pages of a book idea. If the idea has merit, it should progress through a series of evaluation rounds and ultimately connect with a professional agent.
I have no first-hand [...]

Earn $30,000 daily form your blog. $30K from blogging? Well, Darren Rouse, the world’s most prolific blogger, says you can. Who’s going to argue with him? If you can manage to parley your blog into $30K a year, you should absolutely quit your day job and do something else – you’ll make a fortune, but [...]

This help wanted ad appeared in a newsletter for writers. Do you think the job offer is balanced and fair for both parties? Read the employment qualifications – all of the emphasis is mine – and see how you react. The writer would be required to do multiple articles per week – the job looks [...]

If you write, the following resources are some you should be following or reading. these are professionals who know the business of books, publishing, and writing. They have much to say of value to writers, freelancers, copywriters, copyeditors and anyone smithing words.
Marcela Landres, former editor Simon and Schuster
Men with Pens – not men at all, [...]

Trash Proof News Releases is a handbook (about 200 pages) for anyone who needs to promote a book or product with press releases. You may think you know all about writing press releases, but you could easily be wrong. the goal, as with all writing, is to get them read. Most end up in the [...]