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CONTENTS THIS ISSUE:
From The Editor's Desk
Fresh Ink and Market Information
Ask The Freelance Writer
Building A Writer's Business Plan
Writers' Classifieds
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FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK:
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Many thanks to Access Magazine for giving Inkspot a 4-star review
in their Jan.23-29 issue!
I'll be leaving in a few hours for the airport...my music group
has been invited to perform at Didgeri-Douze, a UK convention
(see http://www.weyrd.demon.co.uk/didgeridouze/didgeridouze.html
for information about the convention). I'll be away Feb. 2-12th,
but Jeff, Shane, Moira and others will be helping to keep an eye
on Inkspot for me while I'm gone. If you have any urgent
questions or concerns, please let one of them know.
No issue on Feb.16
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The next issue of Inklings will be sent out on March 1st.
Upcoming chats
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Feb. 3 - Harvey Stanbrough, poet (ICL)
Feb. 16 - David Wilson, sf/horror writer (Achieve)
Feb. 23 - Laurie Lewis, freelance pricing strategies (ICL)
ICL - Inkspot Chat Lounge, see http://writers-bbs.com:3337/
Achieve - Inkspot MOO environment, see
http://www.inkspot.com/ss/iwcc/ and announcement
near end of this issue
Coming in the Feb.9th issue of Global Writer's Ink
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In the next issue of Global Writers' Ink, discover how to "pick
up" a foreign language without taking lessons (and why this is
useful to a writer), and find out how to break into the UK travel
magazine market. For international writing links, articles, and
more info, please see http://www.inkspot.com/global/.
New chat lounge!
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When you have a chance, do check out Inkspot's new Chat Lounge.
No special software needed; you can chat using a regular
browser. Many thanks to Brian Rickman for setting this up.
Several Inkspot columnists and Discussion Forum Moderators have
already set up writing-related chats...be sure to take a look at
the schedule (link on page below).
http://writers-bbs.com:3337/ (Inkspot Chat Lounge)
http://writers-bbs.com/inkspot/?forum=chatsignup (schedule)
- Debbie
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FRESH INK
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PRIZE GIVEAWAYS: THE STORYTELLER FICTION WRITER'S WORKBOOK
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Offered through The Storyteller, FICTION WRITER'S HANDBOOK
by Melanie Fogel is a "Do-It-Yourself Guide To Workshopping
Your Fiction". Tyo Communications, 1999.
Deadline: Feb. 23. For more info about these books and how
to enter, see: http://www.inkspot.com/admin/giveaway.html
Congratulations to:
Robert Thurman, winner of THE FIRST FIVE PAGES
EZine.com
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Online handbook of ezine publishing. (DRO)
http://www.e-zinez.com/qa/index.html
How To Smell A Scam
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By Marcia Yudkin. Tips on how to recognize and avoid questionable
agents, contests, publishers, and other writing-related services.
http://www.scalar.com/mw/pages/myudkin.html
Copyright Clearance and Fair Use
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Links to a variety of resources on fair use and obtaining
permission to use copyrighted material. (MA)
http://www.lib.rochester.edu/copyright/default.htm
Business Writer's Free Library
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A huge collection of links to business writing and communications
resources. (MA)
http://www.mapnp.org/library/commskls/cmm_writ.htm
Authorlink
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The award-winning news, information, and marketing service
for editors, literary agents, writers and readers. (SS)
http://www.authorlink.com/
Text and Academic Authors
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An organization for academic authors; contains an extensive
collection of articles on contracts and related issues that would
be useful for any writer. (MA)
http://taa.winona.msus.edu/TAA/
Questions Most Frequently Asked by Freelancers
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A good overview of the freelance business; the FAQ itself
contains numerous internal links to other material. (MA)
http://www.freelanceonline.com/faqs.html
SWFA's About Writing
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Comprehensive list of tips and articles for all writers,
beginning to advanced. (SS)
http://www.sfwa.org/writing/writing.htm
eBook Network
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News, updates, articles, and links relating to the electronic
book publishing industry. (MA)
http://www.ebooknet.com
The Market List
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Market index for genre(SF/F/H) writers, also includes articles,
interviews, and reviews. Nicely done. (SS)
http://www.marketlist.com/
Authors on the Highway
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A place to list your upcoming booksignings or talks -- or to find
out where your favorite authors are speaking. (MA)
http://www.publishersweekly.com/highway/submit.html
DRO: Debbie Ridpath Ohi. MA: Moira Allen. SS: Shane Stacks.
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specifically stated. Include a SASE for surface mail replies.
More market info at: http://www.inkspot.com/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.
Markets Editor: Sal Towse (ST). Research assistants: Shane Stacks
(SS), Margaret Shauers (MS), Kathie Meyer (KM), Jan Edwards (JE),
Jerri Ledford (JL).
THE ARTIST'S MAGAZINE
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The Artist's Magazine. 1507 Dana Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45207.
(513)531-2690 ext. 467. FAX: (513)531-2902. Monthly,
nuts-and-bolts, instructional resource for the working artist in
search of artistic and professional success. CIRC: 220K. NEEDS:
Articles that teach beginning, intermediate and advanced artists
how to paint and draw better, and how to sell their work
professionally. LENGTH: 1.2k-2.2k wds. GL: "Writers should query
in advance rather than send unsolicited manuscripts. Queries
should include: A cover letter giving us a clear picture of the
slant and purpose of the proposed article (including a possible
title and subtitle); The artist's resume, credits and
approximately 8-12 slides or larger transparencies of his or her
work. (Note: All slides should be in protective plastic slide
sleeves); The writer's resume, credits and photocopies of no more
than two clips (if different than the artist); A self-addressed
stamped envelope (SASE) large enough and with sufficient postage
for returning the slides. Let your query demonstrate that you
know where you want to go and how to get there. If we like your
idea, we'll do one of two things: 1) ask for a comprehensive,
detailed outline or 2) assign the piece to you." RTS: "First
world serial rights for one-time use, including the right to
edit, revise, abridge and condense the material; to publish the
same in one or more installments; to use the author/artist's
name, biography and likeness in connection with the publication,
advertising and promotion of the material; to reuse the material
for promotional and advertising purposes; and to use the material
on electronic or computer-based information services, including
our Web sites, accompanied by appropriate author/artist credit."
PAY: On acceptance. $200-$350/article. RT: 3 months. TIP(S): "Our
most consistent need is for instructional articles written in the
artist's voice, rather than in newspaper-style reporting or Q&A;
interview styles. All features should emphasize the how-to: how
an artist works with a medium, solves problems and conducts
business. You are talking to artists, not the general public, so
techniques and methods must be specifically explained and
demonstrated. Writers should try to avoid clichs and concentrate
on basic, practical, step-by-step instruction with a friendly,
conversational tone. The goal is for the reader to be able to
pick up a brush (or whatever) and duplicate the described process
or technique after reading the article. The Artist's Magazine
typically deals with realistic and semi-realistic painting; we
rarely feature abstract art. Therefore, we suggest that you
peruse recent copies of the magazine and compare them to the work
of the artist you have in mind before you send in your
submission." FURTHER NOTE: "Although we do consider submissions
from freelance writers the vast majority of our articles are
authored by fine artists themselves." (SS) [Note: The Artist's
Magazine is an FW Publication]
URL: http://www.artistsmagazine.com/
GL: http://www.artistsmagazine.com/tam_gl.html
E-Mail: tamedit@fwpubs.com
CALIFORNIA WILD MAGAZINE
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California Wild Magazine: Natural Sciences for Thinking Animals.
California Academy of Sciences, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco,
CA 94118. (415)750-7116. FAX: (415) 221-4853. Editor: Keith
Howell. Magazine published by the California Academy of Sciences,
the research facility, natural history museum, and aquarium in
San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. Quarterly. CIRC: 30K. NEEDS:
"Readers' interests range widely, from ecology to geology, from
endangered species to anthropology, from field identification of
plants and birds to an armchair understanding of complex
scientific issues." Articles sought are interesting
scientifically, but also tell a story. New information, new
theories, and new research a plus. Most material bought also
concerns the CALIFORNIA WILD's main geographic region. LENGTH:
1K-3K wds. FURTHER DEPARTMENTS: "Skywatcher: An account of recent
research in a field of astronomy: 2K-3K wds. Wild Lives: A
description of unusual behavior in a particular species or genus:
1K wds plus excellent photos. Trail Less Traveled: A 1,000-wd
description of the fauna and flora seen along a little known, but
not too strenuous, hike." GL: Queries preferred to unsolicited
manuscripts. Query Format: "A proposal should take the form of
the proposed story's opening paragraphs, followed by a
description or outline of the remaining text. Faxed queries are
fine, but we don't encourage email queries." If unsolicited
manuscript is sent, it *must* be accompanied by SASE. If
possible, be prepared to supply CALIFORNIA WILD your article on
disk in either MS Word or text format. Important: "Source
Documentation must be available for every manuscript. Authors
should be prepared to provide a list including complete
information about publications consulted and interviews
conducted, including the name, title, address and telephone
number of each source." Multiple submissions okay, no previously
published material accepted. RIGHTS: FNASR and limited
electronic. PAY: $.25/wd. 2 wks prior to publication. TIP(S):
"Style of articles should be friendly, anecdotal, and thorough.
We prefer to avoid technical language and to define specialized
terms only when the words themselves and the concepts they embody
are appropriate to the story. Regardless of the complexity of the
subject matter, authors should try to write simply, using short
sentences and paragraphs of not more than four or five sentences.
Colloquial usages are fine as long as they're not carried to
extremes. Stories should include fleshed out personalities, these
may be scientists, environmentalists, or historical figures."
SAMPLE COPY: Send SASE with $1.75 postage. (SS)
URL: http://www.calacademy.org/calwild/
GL: http://www.calacademy.org/calwild/standard/guide.htm
E-Mail: calwild@calacademy.org
THE AMICUS JOURNAL
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The Amicus Journal, Natural Resources Defense Council, 40 West
20th Street New York, NY 10011. 212.727.2700. Fax: 212.727.1773.
Editor: Kathrin Day Lassila; Deputy Editor: Dana Nadel Foley;
Poetry Editor: Brian Swann. Print magazine covering a wide range
of national and international environmental issues. Quarterly.
CIRC: 140K. SIZE: 48 pps, 7-1/2" x 10-3/8". AUDIENCE: General
public/those concerned with environmental issues. NEEDS:
Interesting environmental stories. Non-Fiction (essays,
interviews/profiles, exposes, reviews), photographs, poetry.
Submissions must be of the highest quality writing. LENGTH:
Non-fiction 200 to 3,500 words, photos should be 8" x 10" black
and white or color, poetry one page. RIGHTS: FNASR. PAY: On
publication. Published poetry $50, plus a one year subscription.
Pay rates for non-fiction and photographs are negotiable. RT:
Reports on queries in 3 months. SAMPLE COPIES: Back issues are
available for $4.00 each, prepaid. Magazine also published on Web
site. SUBMISSION: Query letters required. Query letters should be
sent by mail with published clips. NO EMAIL SUBMISSIONS. Chicago
Manual of Style should be followed for MSS submission. Please
send query letters, not complete manuscripts. ADDITIONAL TIPS
FROM EDITOR: Read a copy of Amicus before submitting query. (JE)
URL: http://www.nrdc.org/nrdc/eamicus/index.html
GL: Writers Guidelines for SASE
Email: amicus@nrdc.org
MICHIGAN QUARTERLY REVIEW
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Michigan Quarterly Review (MQR), University of Michigan, 3032
Rackham Graduate School, 915 E Washington St., Ann Arbor, MI
48109-1070. Laurence Goldstein, editor. Phone: 734/764-9265.
Established in 1962, the Michigan Quarterly Review publishes
general interest articles, short stories, and poetry for the
educated, well-read audience. Quarterly. CIRC: 1,500. SIZE:
160pp.; special issues devoted to a single theme are larger, up
to 224pp. "The next special issue is for winter of 2001 on
"Reimagining Place," an issue exploring how natural and cultural
spaces can be shared, or kept in balance-or simply how they
interact when they come in contact." NEEDS: Essays, memoirs, and
interviews of "significant historical or cultural resonance."
Fiction and poetry unrestricted on subject matter or language.
NOTE: This journal caters to well-established writers. It is
probably not suitable for beginners. SUBMISSIONS: Double-spaced,
right margins not justified. Fiction: 1,500-7,000 words. Simsubs
and reprints are not okay. Send submissions by surface mail to
the above address with a SASE for reply. Writers are advised to
inspect a sample issue before submitting. Issues are available
for $2.50 and two first-class postage stamps sent to the above
address. RT: 2 months. RIGHTS: FNASR. PAY: On publication.
Nonfiction, $100-150. Fiction and poetry, $10 per page. (KM)
URL: http://www.umich.edu/~mqr/index.html
GL: http://www.umich.edu/~mqr/submiss.htm
E-mail: MichiganQuarterlyReview@umich.edu
Please send market news to Sal Towse, towse@inkspot.com.
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Mark Fowler (LAWYER) askthelaywer@inkspot.com
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Ginger Knowlton (AGENT) agent@inkspot.com
Michelle Sagara (SF/FANTASY WRITER) Michelle.Sagara@sff.net
Lee Wardlaw (CHILDREN'S BOOK WRITER) lee@inkspot.com
Marcia Yudkin (FREELANCE WRITER) yudkin@inkspot.com
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ASK THE FREELANCE WRITER
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by Marcia Yudkin <yudkin@inkspot.com>
Do I have to pay experts for their testimonials?
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Q: Are testimonials always paid for, and if so, what would be the
range? If you have people contributing to your book research (by
this I mean both individuals that are interviewed because they
have personal experience with the topic, and 'expert'
contributors) are these people paid or simply acknowledged?
A: You underestimate people's graciousness when they are
interested in your topic. I have never heard of anyone paying
for book blurbs, or testimonials. To obtain testimonials, you
simply send an advance copy of the book to authorities and
well-known people with a friendly cover letter requesting their
comments. I know completely unknown writers who have gotten
blurbs from world-famous politicians and business leaders this
way. In my book _Persuading on Paper_, page 102, I have
reprinted a letter that coaxed a blurb out of nearly everyone I
wrote to.
The same goes for people you interview. So long as you don't
request too much of their time, most people are happy to be
interviewed as an expert or on an issue they care deeply about.
There is no need to pay them for their time. The experts
understand that the publicity they receive by being quoted in
your book or article benefits them indirectly.
Do I need an agent?
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Q: I have submitted a non-fiction reference proposal to several
publishing houses and one small publisher has expressed an
interest, although they have not committed themselves yet,
wanting first to see more. Should I be looking for a literary
agent to represent me at this point, or at least a literary
lawyer to review any subsequent contract?
A: You're jumping the gun just a bit, since you don't yet have a
contract offer. If it's a small publisher, most literary agents
would not be interested in representing you, since the commission
they'd receive would hardly compensate them for their time. As
for a literary lawyer, before you spring for the high hourly fees
they charge, join either the Authors Guild or the National
Writers Union and take advantage of the free contract review
services they offer to members. Once you have a contract offer
in hand, you're eligible for membership in both organizations.
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Marcia Yudkin (marcia@yudkin.com) is the author of Writing
Articles about the World Around You (Writers Digest Books) and
eight other books, along with numerous other articles available
free at her Web site, http://www.yudkin.com/publish.htm.
Copyright (c) 2000 Marcia Yudkin.
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BUILDING A WRITER'S BUSINESS PLAN
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by Moira Allen <moira@inkspot.com>
When you first start freelancing, your "plan" is often simple:
Send out as many queries or submissions as possible, and hope for
sales. By your second or third year, however, your writing
business can benefit from more careful planning. This is the
perfect time to create a business plan that can help you identify
goals and develop a strategy to reach them.
Step One: Set Goals
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A good way to start your plan is by asking what you'd like to
achieve by this time next year. Do you want more income? The
ability to quit your day-job? Or do you want to reach different
markets or develop different skills? If you have multiple goals,
a business plan can help you prioritize and allocate your time
effectively.
Goals should be specific. Instead of saying, "I want to earn
more money," set yourself a target figure or percentage, such as
"I want to increase my writing income by 50%." By establishing a
specific figure, you'll be able to evaluate the merits of
potential projects. For example, if your goal is to earn $2000,
and you can write only ten articles, you know you can't afford to
write ten "$100 articles." Instead, you'll want to explore
higher-paying markets.
Goals should also be realistic. If you earned $10,000 last year,
can you reasonably hope to earn $50,000 this year? If you wrote
ten articles last year, will you honestly be able to write 50
this year? The answers may be yes -- but not without careful
planning! Also, don't set goals that depend on the whims of
others: You may be able to WRITE ten stories this year, but you
can't guarantee that you'll SELL them.
Step Two: Determine Your Commitments
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Before you take on new commitments, you need to know what's
already on your schedule. Make a list of current assignments (or
pending queries), noting when they're due, how much they'll earn,
and how much time they'll require. This gives you a foundation
on which to plan additional projects.
Next, determine how far these commitments will take you toward
your goal. If you want to double your writing income, and you
already have twice as many assignments this year as last, you may
be well on your way. But if those assignments won't meet your
income goal (and won't leave you any time to start new projects),
you may want to re-evaluate your current commitments, or else
revise the goal itself.
Use a calendar to help you plan, so you aren't caught by surprise
when several projects come due at once. Plotting your projects
on a calendar will help you determine how much time you can
allocate to each, and how much time is left over for new
projects. It's also a good reminder for seasonal projects: If
you want to sell Christmas articles, pencil in "holiday queries"
in the spring so you can deliver completed articles by summer.
If you haven't already, this is a good time to start tracking (or
estimating) how long it takes to complete a project. This, in
turn, offers a powerful tool to help you evaluate projects. For
example, a $100 article that takes one hour to write is more
cost-effective than a $500 article that requires 12 hours.
Money, however, isn't the only factor; a $500 article in a major
publication makes a better "clip" (and improves your chances of
getting even better assignments) than a $100 article in your
neighborhood paper, even if the first article pays you far less
per hour.
Step Three: Fill in the Gaps
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Once you've identified current commitments, how much time they
involve, and how far they'll take you toward your goal, you can
start planning new projects. One way is to start building
outward from your existing framework. For example, if you sold
four articles to a major publication last year, could you
convince that editor to give you six assignments this year?
Conversely, you may want to branch out from that foundation. To
reach new markets, you may need to cut back on queries to your
"regular" editors, and spend more time on market research. If
your goal is to increase personal satisfaction, you may want to
turn down some lower-paying assignments to make time for that
long-postponed novel. If your goal is to increase certain
skills, you may want to budget time for some online courses.
This is also the time to master the art of "backward planning."
Once you've determined some likely projects for the coming year,
you need to break those projects down into steps, and determine
when each step must be taken if you are to reach your goal.
For example, saying "I want to sell more articles to Magazine X"
isn't a plan. A plan is saying, "In order to sell five articles
to Magazine X this year, I must (1) brainstorm at least ten
article ideas (as some are likely to be rejected) and (2) submit
those ideas in a well-prepared query. I should also complete
both tasks by February to (1) allow time for the editor to
respond and (2) allow time to complete all five articles by the
end of the year."
Breaking projects into smaller tasks and backward planning also
enables you to "cluster" related tasks. For example, if several
projects require market research -- finding markets for reprints,
expanding into a new market area, or targeting additional
publications in your current field -- you can conduct research
for all three projects at once, rather than individually.
Similarly, schedule a day to handle e-mail tasks for several
different projects, or to take clips to the copy shop, or to
"surf" for information for several articles at once. Once you've
identified the projects in your business plan, reduced them to
their component tasks, and determined when those tasks should be
accomplished, you'll be amazed at how such a plan streamlines the
business of writing.
A business plan doesn't have to be complicated. It can be as
simple as sketching a few notes on a calendar. Taking the time
to make that plan, however, can change your career -- and ensure
that your career takes you where you want to go.
**-------------------------------------------------**
Moira Allen is the Associate Editor of Inklings and Editor of
Inkspot's "Global Writers' Ink" (http://www.inkspot.com/global).
She is also the author of "Writing.com: Creative Internet
Strategies to Advance Your Writing Career," recently issued by
Allworth Press. For more writing tips, visit Allen's website at
http://www.tipsforwriters.com, or her "Freelancing 101" column at
http://www.inkspot.com/moira.
Copyright (c) 2000 Moira Allen.
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