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 like a fairly full-time commitment. Please comment – let us …(there’s more) Continue reading
Do you know the difference between various self-publishing options available to authors? The following specific definitions of publishing options is attributed to the Writer Beware section of Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. It bears repeating. A commercial publisher purchases the right to publish a manuscript (usually together with other rights, known as subsidiary rights), and pays the author a royalty on sales. Most …(there’s more) Continue reading
Go to any forum, social media or networking site, or writer blog and you’ll find the battle of what writers should get paid raging on and on. An interview with a most successful writer/ghost writer/publisher, Claudia Suzanne, turned up dead -on advice: Don’t settle for substandard pay. “Bow to your fears, and you will be made afraid.” Don’t tolerate sub-standard treatment. Claudia holds that we …(there’s more) Continue reading
The never-ending saga of to write or not to write for content mills rages on. Wired took on the issue, and, as always, kind of over-covered the story. But for writers of any experience level, Wired gives a lot of information about content mills, in particular, about Demand Studios. That mill is pretty representative of all of them. Consider this – Wired says Demand’s CEO …(there’s more) Continue reading
Writing romance novels for money seems like a dream, doesn’t it? Today’s guest writer, Marin Thomas tells you first-hand how to break in to the lucrative field of women’s fiction and romance writing. Breaking In By Marin Thomas, Harlequin American Romance Author A few years ago, I spoke to a group of aspiring writers. I’ll always remember the looks of disbelief on their faces when …(there’s more) Continue reading
