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15 Number 38 - December 20, 2011
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Want to contribute to this newsletter? We are a paying market. Read our guidelines for contributors here: http://www.writingfordollars.com/wfdguidelines.cfm Welcome Notice anything different in the Writing for DOLLARS! logo at the top of the website? The last couple of weeks, we told you about Charles W. Sasser's book, Magic Steps to Writing Success. We have just added two more of our most popular books from Linda C. Apple to the Barnes and Noble Nook and Amazon Kindle... and have SLASHED the prices on both to kick things off. Now for the first time ever, Inspire! Writing from the Soul (Instructional Guide to Inspirational Writing) is available for the Amazon Kindle and the Barnes & Noble Nook for the amazing price of just $3.99! Also, Connect! A Simple Guide to Public Speaking for Writers is available for the Amazon Kindle and the Barnes & Noble Nook for just $3.99! Please check out AWOC.COM Publishing’s new website. For those of you who have been looking for writer’s guidelines for our book publishing division, we have included a whole page called "for writers" for you! We've been Kindlizing our library. Check below for some of our popular books now available from Amazon at a discount (from print editions) for use on the Kindle ebook reader You can follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/ChickenWriter and Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1041077107 Check out the article database. Our inventory of over 500 past articles from WFD is available to search and read. Find just the right information you need to make a few more bucks this year. Don't forget our database of writer’s guidelines is readily available to everyone for FREE! All links have been checked within the last year (the date that they were last checked is listed) so you can be sure to have the most up-to-date information. Here are the top-selling writing books at AWOCBooks.com - $1 SHIPPING on selected books! ($2.95 value)
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Case, editor Writing WHO You Know by Kathryn Lay Nearly everyone I know has or will become a subject or helper in one of my articles. I’ve written about friends with special collections for collector magazines, friends who have volunteered, friends who have created or built, friends who have an interesting job or hobby. I have friends who I want to write about and am looking for that perfect place to query or submit. How many people do you know – family, friends, acquaintances, and friends of friends who you might be able to interview or include as an expert about a specific topic? Most people love to talk about their passion, experiences, knowledge, and work. Provide them an opportunity to have their name or organization or small business or passion put into print and rarely will you have to do much prodding. My first experience in writing about others was with our local newspaper. They had a section of profiles of people in our city. Within six months, I had written about a dozen people and had a nice bank account and list of clips. I found an artist at our local flea market who fled Vietnam and now made his living painting portraits. I wrote about a friend who spent her free time helping refugee children. I found a local dentist who went to Haiti once a year to provide free dental care. Until the newspaper cancelled this section of the paper, I enjoyed getting paid for meeting interesting people and writing about them. After that, I found a magazine that focused on people’s collections. I knew my friend who had over 200 nativity sets from around the world would be a perfect subject. I was even able to sell the photos I took. When I found a magazine for carousel enthusiasts, I contacted our local amusement park. They had just refurbished an antique carousel set. I spent hours visiting with and interviewing the man responsible for bringing the carousel back to life. My article with full color photos was printed, I received a nice check, a byline, and tickets to the park for my family. Look around you. Who do you know or even barely know who would make a wonderful subject for an article or part of an article? Keep a small notebook with a page for someone’s name, contact information, and the things that makes them a future article subject. Think of people and their jobs, their hobbies, their obsessions that they live, their amazing experiences, their travels to exotic places, their volunteer work, their arts and crafts, and so on. Check Writer’s Market for magazines that take profiles. Check your local newspaper. A friend recently was asked to do a profile a day of local church and business leaders for her local paper. A nice part-time check and guaranteed byline. Watch the paper for pieces about local people who would be perfect to write about for a magazine. Travel essays, children’s magazines, collector publications, and more. Ask friends if they have friends who also are knowledgeable or a part of something interesting and exciting. A friend introduced me to a friend of theirs who has been involved in spelunking for years. Look up old friends and see what’s going on with them now. I recently ran into an old friend who created a product that has become very popular. She has turned her craft into a thriving business that employs others and is sold at festivals, fairs, markets, and events all over our state. I’m excitedly watching for a place where her story would fit in perfectly. And while you’re making a list. Don’t forget yourself. Do you have a specific passion? Are you involved with a group of people with the same passion? You have a personal experience piece with quotes from others in the making. As a writer, we are told to write what we know. But sometimes, it’s profitable and rewarding to write WHO we know. © 2011 Kathryn Lay Kathryn Lay is the author of 21 fiction and nonfiction books for children; trade and educational. She has had over 2000 articles, essays, and stories published in magazines and anthologies including Woman's Day, Family Circle, Kiwanis, Highlights for Children, Cricket, Chicken Soup books, Guideposts books, and many others. Her book from AWOC.COM Publishing, The Organized Writer is a Selling Writer is available as a paperback, ebook, or kindle. Check out her website at www.kathrynlay.com and email her at rlay15@aol.com 26 Paying Markets Updated or added in our database since November 29, 2011 High - Over $500
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