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This issue features articles on international markets by
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book proposals by David Breeden (ASK THE POET).
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CONTENTS THIS ISSUE:
From The Editor's Desk
Fresh Ink and Market Information
Ask The Poet
Targeting International Markets
The Global Marketplace
Writers' Classifieds
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FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK:
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Happy New Year, everyone!
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31st, 1999. If you don't have a forms-capable browser, you can
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handy online form at:
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Thanks so much to all those who sent me Christmas cards! Prize-
winner and details announced next issue.
Congratulations to the following prizewinners:
Mara Delcamp wins the 1999 Writer's Market (from the secret
prize giveaway in last issue's Inklings Classifieds section)
Jennifer Kennedy wins The Writer's Handbook 1999
(edited by Barry Turner, Macmillan General Books, 1998)
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FRESH INK
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BOOK PRIZE GIVEAWAY: A FIELD GUIDE FOR SCIENCE WRITERS
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Kindly donated by Leah Suslovich. Deadline: Jan.17,1999. To
enter, see URL below for details:
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The Rose and Thorn
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Nice collection of writers' links.
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The Write Page
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Online newsletter for genre fiction writers. Useful articles and
categorized resource links. Special section for new author
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Lots of useful resources here. Chats, critique groups, articles,
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header.
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Research-It!
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Excellent collection of online reference and research tools.
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Editor Ink
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My editorial blatherings on Inkspot. :-) Content varies, but
often includes publishing news, writing contests, market updates,
reader mail, highlight of writers' sites, the occasional
cartoon. Also links to daily world and tech news.
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INKSPOT WRITERS' COMMUNITY CENTER (IWCC) UPDATE
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MARKET INFORMATION
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Please get current, detailed guidelines before submitting to
publications if possible. Don't submit to email addresses unless
specifically stated. Include a SASE for surface mail replies.
More market info at: http://www.inkspot.com/bt/market/.
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"FNASR" = First North American Serial Rights, "SASE" =
self-addressed, stamped envelope, "simsubs" = simultaneous
submissions, "mss" = manuscript, "RT" = response time, "GL" =
guidelines, "wds" = words, "cc" = contributor's copy,
"IWGL" = Inkspot Writer's Guideline Library.
Markets Editor: Sal Towse (ST). Research asst: Shane Stacks (SS).
IAGORA
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iAgora, a new virtual community/webzine for international travel.
594 Broadway, Suite 612, New York NY 10012. (212)625-1771 FAX:
(212)625-1991 Editor: Adriana Abdenur (adriana@iagora.com)
Weekly. Launched Nov. 1998 Audience: wide global audience of
sophisticated travelers (right now, mostly college students)
NEEDS: Features (1000-1500 wds)--anything of interest to our
audience: politics, culture, food, religion. Features can be
written either as a personal narrative (1st person) or as a more
traditional 3rd person article, but in either case should be
analytical and preferably not too politically correct. We like to
include, along with the centerpiece, a Sideshow (400-600 on a
related topic) and/or a Profile (an interview with a relevant
person). An extra fee is paid for each of these optional pieces.
Travel pieces (500-750 wds)--anecdotes falling into two
categories, "Culture Shock" (reactions to a different culture)
and "Off the Beaten Path" (an unusual trip, destination,
occupation). Because the the articles are relatively short,
keeping them centered around one particular theme or event
generally works out best. All articles will be published in four
languages (French, German, Spanish and English). We accept
submissions in any of these languages. Writers who are able to do
their own translations will be paid an additional fee. PAY: On
acceptance for one-time electronic and print rights.
Feature/Centerpiece: $40. Accompanying Sideshow/Profile: $5 ea.
Travel piece: $20 RT: 2-3d. (ST)
URL: http://www.iagora.com/
GL: http://www.iagora.com/pages/html/about/guidelines.html
E-mail: info@iagora.com
BACK TO COLLEGE
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Back To College. Back to College c/o WD Communications. P.O. Box
2001. Fullerton, California 92837. (714)447-0734. Editor: D.
Rickerd. Weekly news/information e-zine for adult re-entry
students who are pursuing professional development or an advanced
degree. Major areas free. Most readers are motivated by the
desire to excel in their studies and accelerate their degree plan
as much as possible. NEEDS: Articles addressing issues of
importance to the older student: obtaining financial aid,
distance education, finding the right program (comparing costs
and quality of curriculum), graduate school, or attaining
academic excellence. 500-1000 wds. Writers may query or submit
proposed articles by using our submission form (GL page has
link). Queries must include full details on the article idea,
biographical information, prior articles or references, estimated
length of article, and a writing sample. Submissions are
preferred by Wednesday, before 5 p.m. Pacific Standard Time for
the upcoming week. PAY: On acceptance. $0.05/wd for exclusive,
first-use one-time electronic rights only. We also retain the
non-exclusive right to archive all submitted articles on an
indefinite basis. RT: 7d. TIP: Please follow guidelines. (ST)
URL: http://www.back2college.com/
GL: http://www.back2college.com/guide.htm
E-mail: wdcom@usa.net
CYBER OASIS
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Cyber Oasis. Editor/Publisher: David Eide. Monthly electronic
magazine dedicated to the literary world. NEEDS: literary work
(poems and stories), personal essays (evocative, personalist,
"think Thoreau"), articles (well written and factual, should deal
with problems writers encounter), and commentary ("take something
in the real world and deal with it"). GL: send with email as
plain-text ASCII attachment, with 'submission/oasis' as the
*subject* line. No multiple subs or simsubs, previously
published material okay. LENGTH: 2000 wds the usual, longer
pieces accepted if exceptional. RIGHTS: FNASR, First Electronic.
PAYS: $20 for articles and stories, $10 for poems (not hard and
fast, work out with editor). RT: one month to six weeks. TIP:
"I'm looking for the best literary material I can find for an
audience that thinks, as well as material that helps writers
become more resourceful in their endeavors." (SS)
URL: http://people.delphi.com/eide491/oasis.html
GL: http://people.delphi.com/eide491/submit.html
E-mail (for submissions and editorial contact):
eide491@earthlink.net
JAPAN TRAVELER
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Japan Traveler. Japan Traveler Publications. 807 (25) Lions Plaza
Ebisu. 3-25-3 Higashi Shinagawa. Tokyo 150-0011, Japan. TEL/FAX
(03) 5742-1372 Editor: Steve Angelique. Monthly travel magazine
(20-24pp) distributed free and mailed to subscribers. Circ: 18K.
Audience: Adult men and women with an average education of four
years university. 60% speak English as a first language and 40%
as a second language. 95% travel internationally one or more
times annually and 60% are in a foreign country as they read it.
NEEDS: Nonfiction travel, culture, leisure. First person accounts
should be avoided. All areas open to freelancers; photos (35mm
b/w or color) usually required. Typical story length is one or
two pages (10pt x B5) Reprints ok. E mail transmission ok; for
IBM send as text file, for Mac send as file attachment. PAY: On
publication 3,000 - 5,000 yen per page plus copies for one time
Japan-only rights. 1,500 per photo for one time East Asia rights.
Photos returned if requested. Lead time: 1-2mo. SAMPLE: In
Japan- one year subscription is 2,500 yen, 250 single issue.
Beyond Japan- US$35 for one year subscription via air mail, US$4
for single issue. (ST)
GL: available by e-mail
E-mail: qf3s-angl@asahi-net.or.jp
COMPUTOREDGE MAGAZINE
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ComputorEdge Magazine. P.O. Box 83086. San Diego, CA 92138.
Editor: John San Filippo. The nation's largest regional computer
weekly, with editions in Southern California and Colorado.
Provides non-technical, entertaining articles on all aspects of
computer hardware and software, including productivity, advice,
trouble-shooting, personal experience, and an occasional piece of
computer-related fiction. While focusing on novice and
intermediate computer users and shoppers, our well-educated
readers also include experts. Combined circ ~200K. Size of the
San Diego issue is 80-100 pp; Denver is smaller. NEEDS: Our
issues have themes, but we're looking for more than just articles
fitting the issue subject; our issues have two or three different
treatments of the cover theme, rounded out by inside articles and
columns on a variety of topics, including online systems, the
Internet, multimedia, Macintosh hardware and software,
alternative operating systems, and answers to common computer
problems. PAY: Within two wks of publication. FNASR or one-time
reprint rights, plus one-week electronic rights. (We don't
maintain an online archive.) $100 per feature article--if an
article runs in both the California and Colorado editions, $150.
Feature articles should be approximately 1K wds in length.
Shorter pieces (500-800 wds) accepted for our Beyond Personal
Computing section: $50 ($75 for both editions). The columns Mac
Madness and I Don't Do Windows (alternative operating systems
like Amiga, Linux, OS/2, etc.) are open to freelancers. Columns
(750-900 wds) pay $75 each ($100 if run in both editions). We
prefer electronic queries over any other form of submission. We
strongly discourage any surface mail correspondence. We do _not_
accept any unsolicited e-manuscripts. Solicited manuscripts can
be e-mailed. SAMPLE COPY: Send catalog-size envelope with seven
first-class stamps. CURRENT NEEDS: See editorial calendar. TIP:
Be familiar with the magazine. Read several issues, understand
the editorial focus. 1) Write with a strong voice. Our readers
don't want to read a simple list of the new features in XYZ
software; they want to know what you think about the new features
in XYZ software. 2) Write with personality. Don't be stiff. Write
like you're explaining your topic to your neighbor--a six-month
computer user--over a bottle of beer and a good cigar. 3) Have an
angle. For example, instead of writing a sterile review of Word,
WordPro and WordPerfect, write an article about why you think
WordPro is better than Word or WordPerfect. (ST)
URL: http://www.computoredge.com
GL:
http://www.computoredge.com/sandiego/Writer's%20Guidelines.htm
Editorial calendar:
http://www.computoredge.com/sandiego/1998-9.htm
E-mail: editor@computoredge.com
Please send market news to Sal Towse, towse@inkspot.com.
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Ask The Experts
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*** Please put "inklings question" in the subject header. ***
Judith Bowen (ROMANCE WRITER) JudithBowen@poboxes.com
David Breeden (POET) drpoetry@ktc.com
Charles Deemer (SCREENWRITER) cdeemer@teleport.com
Mark Fowler (LAWYER) askthelawyer@inkspot.com
Carol Henson (BOOK DOCTOR) bookdoc@Prodigy.net
Ken Jenks (ELECTRONIC PUBLISHER) MindsEye@tale.com
Michelle Sagara (SF/FANTASY WRITER) Michelle.Sagara@sff.net
Lee Wardlaw (CHILDREN'S BOOK WRITER) lee@inkspot.com
Marcia Yudkin (FREELANCE WRITER) send to yudkin@inkspot.com
Columnists may be unable to reply privately to every message,
but will answer selected questions in future issues of Inklings.
Please keep your question BRIEF and send it to *one* columnist.
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ASK THE POET
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by David Breeden <drpoetry@ktc.com>
Writing a poetry book proposal
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Q: How do I write a book proposal?
A: The most common error made by inexperienced poets is rushing
to get a book of poems published. The drive to publish a book of
poems too early wastes the time and postage of poets and clogs
the desks of editors.
Part of the problem arises from a misunderstanding of the nature
of a poetry collection. Think of a book of poems as a greatest
hits collection. Many, if not most, poems in a strong collection
have passed through the fires of magazine publication. So doing,
they have appealed to enough readers and editors that there will
be an audience waiting for that book.
A book of poetry is not a magic bus to fame and fortune. Many
times poetry collections languish, unread, in
boxes...disappointment for the poet and disaster for the
publisher. Wait until you have a solid collection of poetry and
an audience who wants to read it.
Next, do your homework. Don't waste money and time proposing
your book to a press that would never publish it. Publishers
discriminate on almost any ground imaginable: age, sex, sexual
orientation, race, religion, political or aesthetic beliefs.
Some publishers will be irritated that you have published in
particular kind of magazine; others will require it. Some
publishers will be irritated that you have a marketing plan.
Others will require it. Do your homework.
Now for the letter. It should be in a standard business letter
format. Do it right. Type it. Make it neat and error free.
In the first paragraph describe the collection you propose. What
are the themes? In what style do you work? Who and what are
your influences? Avoid hype. Tell the truth.
In the second paragraph describe your publishing record. What
magazines and when? Any prizes won? Any previous books? Don't
exaggerate.
In the third paragraph describe your background. What do you do
for a living? What are your social and community concerns? What
do you do as hobbies? Tell the truth.
In the fourth paragraph describe your commitment to selling the
proposed book. Are you willing to do readings? Do you have a
niche market in mind--such as skeet shooters or anti-nuclear
activists? Don't exaggerate.
With the letter--unless instructed otherwise in the press
guidelines--include a sample of about a dozen pages of your
poetry. Send it off and hope.
Poets do get collections of poetry published. Every day.
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David Breeden's poetry and essays have appeared in numerous
magazines, including Mississippi Review, North Atlantic Review,
Paragraph, Pikestaff Forum, Turnstile, The Quarterly, as well as
four books. In addition to editing the literary magazine Context
South and the Press of the Guadalupe, he is working on a novel
and screenplay. His URL is: http://www.davidbreeden.com (includes
a link to his other poetry column, Dr. Poetry).
Copyright (c) 1999 David Breeden.
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TARGETING INTERNATIONAL MARKETS
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by Jan Rodgers <jan@zoo.co.uk>
The first lesson in any writing course is to use personal
experience or knowledge of a particular subject as material.
Subsequent lessons then go on to explain how to turn this
material into an article that a magazine or newspaper will
publish. If you finish the course, somewhere along the way, a
scant mention of overseas markets will be made. If you blink,
you'll miss it. What a waste!
Of course, targeting international markets isn't easy. What part
of writing is? There is no reason to assume, however, that it's
more difficult to break into than any other market. All you need
to know are the "do's and don'ts".
Find a topic
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Read your local newspaper or favourite magazine, to find
potential parallels, or total opposites, with other countries. If
that doesn't get the writing juices flowing, think of your life
style and that of your neighbourhood. Would anyone be interested
in hearing about it? Something you take for granted as a normal
day to day occurrence could well be intriguing to a continental
reader.
Find a market
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To find a market for your idea, the Internet is an invaluable
tool. Searching for 'magazines' or 'newspapers' in your target
country will bring up a site list of publications. Most sites
have archived editions and samples of articles from which you
can do a market survey of suitability.
Here in the UK, almost every article has an 'overseas angle'.
From pet care to business management, there is usually a
cross-referenced example of how another country tackles it. The
BIG ones doing the rounds at the moment are the millennium bug and
how to solve it, and on a lighter note, how we will greet the
year 2000...an international subject if ever there was one.
Approaching the editor
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Having a good angle is only half the battle of getting published
overseas. How do you approach the editor? If you are used to
querying editors by email or fax in your own country, you should
carefully consider whether this approach is appropriate in your
target country. Almost all editors will prefer one of these
methods from their established freelancers, but to receive
several unsolicited, and possibly unusable, faxes or emails from
unknown sources is more likely to alienate rather than endear.
This is particularly true of the UK. If the first approach is
anything other than snail mail, you are in effect committing
freelance suicide with that particular publication. The exception
to this is if the idea is time-dependent. If the article is
news-based and will lose its public appeal by any delay, then it
is perfectly acceptable to telephone, fax, or email the editorial
office. This doesn't include ideas for anniversaries that happen
regularly. If you come up with an original idea for Valentines
Day on February 12th that does not constitute a time led article.
Put it in your ideas book, and snail mail the query at the
beginning of December next year.
Your query letter should be written on headed paper - nothing
fancy, but something that looks professional. It should contain
your name and address and ALL methods by which you can be
contacted; fax number, telephone number, mobile phone number, and
your email address. An obvious point to mention here is that when
you include your email address in any correspondence, remember to
check your email regularly for replies. At the end of your
letter, mention that copy (the article) can be faxed, emailed or
both as required (Yes! Some editors I work for want copy sent
using both methods). And always send a stamped self-addressed
envelope for their reply, using international reply coupons. If
your idea grabs the editors' attention, he will probably email
you declaring his interest and ask you to contact him. An editor
will invariably want to discuss an article with you, which will
obviously involve a telephone call, probably yours. You will have
to telephone at a time that is convenient for him.
If your work is accepted for publication, discuss payment
(remembering exchange rate fluctuations), how the editor wants to
be invoiced, and ask for a copy of the magazine or newspaper to
be sent to you when your article has been published. Overseas
copy is good for your CV.
Once you have broken the ice with an editor, you will be able to
discuss future query letters and the best way to submit them.
Good Luck!
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Jan Rodgers is a freelance writer and photojournalist living in
the UK. In addition to her articles for writers' magazines, she
is a columnist for two business publications and is also in the
process of writing a non-fiction book on the various types of
childcare that are available to working parents.
Copyright (c) 1999 Jan Rodgers.
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THE GLOBAL MARKETPLACE
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by Michael H. Sedge <pp10013@cybernet.it>
Last week I received a letter from a freelancer asking the best
way to begin her foreign marketing. My advice to her, and you, is
to begin with articles and images you have already produced and
perhaps sold in North America. There are three reasons, each of
which follows my theory of minimum work for maximum profit.
Initially, you should consider overseas publications to be
secondary markets. Rather than thinking up new ideas, you can
quickly produce query letters based on completed articles and
photos and get them out to several editors. Your goal should be
to get in the doors and build a relationship with editors that
will eventually lead to new assignments. Once that happens, your
writing business begins to work in reverse. That is, foreign
publications become the prime markets and you then resell the
original articles done for them in North America.
Why, you may ask, don't you simply send the completed manuscript
and images to the editor? After all, isn't the editorial package
complete? Editors, no matter where they live, are busy people.
It takes a few seconds to read a good query and know whether one
wants an article/photo package on a subject. A finished
submission, on the other hand, takes up more time.
This is one reason not to send a completed article, from the
editor's perspective. More important are the reasons that you,
the writer/photographer, want to send a query letter first.
International postage or courier service is not cheap. Once an
article is packaged, it could easily cost you $15-$35 to send to,
say, Singapore. However, an airmail letter, including envelope,
stamp, etc., can be sent for less than $.50.
In addition, queries can also be sent easily by fax or e-mail to
get quick attention from editors. Long, multi-page article
transmissions and stock photo listings are not only cumbersome,
but discouraged by most buyers.
Once an article/photo package has been accepted, based on the
initial query, an editor may request a specific focus to target
his readership. He may want a piece half the size of your
original story, or twice the size. There may be individuals or
information that he wishes to be included. He could request 60
color slides, or black-and-white prints. On the other hand, he
may only want four or five.
Last year, for example, I wrote a feature for Armed Forces
Journal International, in Washington, DC. The topic was computer
security. While the article focused on military computer systems,
much of the information also applied to corporate electronics. I
therefore considered this a good candidate for any international
magazine covering business. Following my initial market
research, off went four queries to different parts of the globe.
A week later, Isabelle Lim, then editor of the Singapore Airport
magazine, Changi, informed me that the article would probably
fit into the business section of the magazine. She preferred,
however, some link to Singapore as well as a selection of general
images of people using computers.
Reviewing my research, I found a quote by Lam Kwok Yan, a senior
lecturer and spokesman for a group of researchers at the National
University of Singapore. I inserted this information near the
beginning of the article, giving it the exact slant Lim had
requested. I also included a selection of color slides. The
result: a two page article, with two images, which brought
$420.00.
Rewriting articles to give them specific country or market focus
will greatly increase your chances of an international sale.
Inserting quotes or information from the periodical's home
country, as I did in the above article, tells the editor that you
are tuned to his readership. It adds credibility to you as a
writer, and moves you one step closer to receiving future
assignments.
Similarly, when photographs reflect the "home country" of the
publication, art directors tend to select those over other images
they may be considering.
When an editor likes your work, take the required time and effort
to focus the article and images. Even though a full or partial
rewrite or even a new shoot may not be required, take the time
necessary to do what is required to make the sale. Take the
editor's or art director's point of view for a minute. Look at
your text and images for possible reasons they could be rejected.
For instance:
Your work: Contains a religion or religions, alcohol, drugs,
modern women's fashions, dogs, pigs; includes quotes from clergy;
touches on military topics.
Editor (Middle East): Can't use it. These topics are taboo
based on social and political beliefs.
Your work: Includes several quotes, all from North American
sources.
Editor (Hong Kong): Would be a nice article for us, if she had
only come up with some Asian experts.
Your work: Highlights Oprah Winfrey; Howard Stern; Dave Berry;
Larry King.
Editor (Italy): Who are these people?
Your work: Includes measurements in inches and feet.
Editor (South Africa): Why didn't she use metrics? The United
States is the only major country in the world that still uses
inches and feet.
Your work: Uses words like color, theater; organized; recognized.
Editor (United Kingdom): If the writer wanted to sell me this
story, why didn't she take the time to spell these words
correctly? (i.e. British-English spellings: colour; theatre;
organised; recognised). Fortunately, those working with
computers (which should be everyone in this day-and-age) have
the advantage of sophisticated word processing programs such
as Microsoft Word, that let you alter the dictionary and
spell check features to various languages and countries.
If your original article was written in English (US), you can
change the configuration of your word processor to, say, English
(UK), run the spell checker and convert those "ers" to "res" and
"zeds" to "seds."
If you are in doubt whether a word is spelled differently in the
United Kingdom than in North America, and have Internet access,
check the on-line British-American dictionary at
http://www.peak.org/~jeremy/dictionary/dict.html.
Photographers should also examine their images to ensure they are
not slanted towards a market other than the one they are trying
to sell. For instance, if you are illustrating Russian fishing
fleets, you certainly would not want to have Japanese fisherman
in the picture. Similarly, for an article on French Champagne,
you would not want wine bottles labeled Chianti.
No one said that becoming an international freelancer was easy.
As these examples demonstrate, it often takes additional effort
to make your work sellable abroad. Much less work, however, than
creating a completely new feature or slide selection.
==-----------------------------------------==
This article is excerpted from Michael Sedge's recently-released
book, Writer's & Photographer's Guide to Global Markets
(Allworth). The book can be ordered by calling 1-800-491-2808.
Mail orders can go to: Michael Sedge, 2733 Midland Road,
Shelbyville, TN 37160. Price, including shipping, of the
224-page, hardcover title is $24.00. E-mail to Sedge:
pp10013@cybernet.it.
Copyright (c) 1999 Michael Sedge.
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UPCOMING Chats:
IWCC CHAT TUTORIAL with Robert Marcom
Date/Time: 13 Jan, 8 PM EST (9 PM CST, 2 AM GMT)
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Learn to navigate the MOO landscape with your friendly host,
Robert!
WRITING FOR E-PUBLICATION with Loretta Kemsley
Date/Time: 20 Jan, 8 PM EST (9 PM CST, 2 AM GMT)
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Learn how writing for E-media differs from ink-media, and how to
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Everything a writer needs to know about the problems of
Procrastination and Writers' Block. Read GET CREATIVE, NOT
DEPRESSED by Louis Birner, Ph.D. Trade paperback or electronic
editions. See http://www.xlibris.com/LouisBirner.html
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WRITE IN PROVENCE! May 15-31, 1999. 2-wk intensive writing with
Paul Christensen and Luis Urrea will recharge your creativity in
fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. Daily writing and touring of
countryside. Lodging in fairy tale inn (Hotel Des Sequins). Max
20 participants. More info: atelier@tca.net or phone 409-693-3885.
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