Volume 9, Issue 13
March 29, 2009

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EDITOR'S THOUGHTS
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WITH THE GOOD COMES THE BAD

When I have a bad week, I remind myself that the good is
just around the corner. Sometimes I have to remind myself
during the good times, that there is a bad week on the
horizon somewhere, too.

Life has been quite sweet to me lately. My two sons have
found these marvelous girlfriends who recently spent a week
at the beach with us. Any parent understands the peace
that comes when his or her child is happy with a romantic
other. I landed an agent (I'm still on cloud nine with
that one), and just released a new ebook. And USA Today
called to quote me in a small business column.

Then I screwed up a guest blog, posting on a wrong day.
I wrote The Writer Magazine and typed in Writer's Digest.
My new photo program doesn't mesh with my website and
newsletter program, making the pictures sideways. I could
not get Internet for more than moments at a time at the
beach and, as a result, got behind with work. I arrived
home to 1,000+ emails. Took me three days to catch up.
Oh yeah, the agent wanted a few changes in the novel.

In the thick of it all, I was running wide-out, my tongue
dragging like a hound dog. That's when I told myself, when
good happens, don't get blindsided by the bad. If I expect
some downturns, they don't sting so badly when they appear
on the doorstep.

It's all attitude. Someone asked me last week if I get
depressed at all. Sure I do. Nothing aches more than
disappointing a reader, editor or business acquaintance.
But at the same time, nothing feels better than righting
a wrong and flying high again.

Enjoy the highs and expect the lows. Tell yourself
it takes one to deal with the other or life is too
benign to appreciate.

    Hope

Update on the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Contest.

Remember when I advised you folks to submit to this contest
back in early February? No entry fee and a chance to have
your novel critiqued and ranked. Well, they picked the top
500 out of 10,000 and I made it! You can read the opening
13 pages of the novel I've talked about forever. Feel free
to leave a review, if you like:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001UG39AG

GENIE AKIN & CURTISWOOD FARM
Cordially Welcomes C. HOPE CLARK, of FundsforWriters
to the First Annual Writer's Retreat at Curtiswood Farm

July 17-19, 2009

"A Weekend of Freelance Hope in Kentucky"

Limited to 35 writers.

THE BLOG, THE BLOG!
http://www.hopeclark.blogspot.com

TWITTER ME
http://twitter.com/hopeclark

CONSULT WITH HOPE
http://www.fundsforwriters.com/ConsultHope.htm

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GRACIOUS...A NEW EBOOK!

FEROCIOUS PROMOTION FOR THE TIMID AUTHOR

Emphasizing the self-publishing author, the joint authorship
of Gwynne Spencer and C. Hope Clark penned a 64-page ebook
packed with ideas on how to make those sales. With an emphasis
on selling locally and regionally, the book gives you hope
and savvy advice through the occasional sprinkling of cute
weener dog paws throughout.

Being small doesn't mean you can't be ferocious.

www.fundsforwriters.com/ferocious.htm

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WORDS OF SUCCESS
 
"It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor
the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change."

-- Charles Darwin
 
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SUCCESS OF THE WEEK
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Hello Hope,
 
I wanted to remind other writers that following your advice
can lead to wonderful opportunities. Last summer, you
encouraged us to seek out local writing gigs. A few days
later, I read a neighborhood newspaper left on a restaurant
table. An article said the arts council was looking for
artists in their after school arts program. I followed
through and ended up teaching creative writing to a group of
fifth graders. I knew it was successful when my I'm not writing
anything student became one of my best writers. Not only did I
have fun, I also earned a nice income.
 
Thanks for the tips!
Gwendolyn Hooks
Children's book author: Arctic Appetizers, Movers and Takers,
Freshwater Feeders, Nice Wheels, Three's A Crowd, The Mystery
of the Missing Dog, and Can I Have A Pet?.
www.GwendolynHooks.com

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ARTICLE
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Profiting with Corporate Newsletter Production

By Leigh Goodwin   

Producing newsletters for companies can be profitable if
you are willing to be organized and enterprising- and of
course you want to help other businesses or individuals
get what they want. You can profit handsomely by helping
businesses strengthen their lines of communication with
their clients.

Finding a group of 20 or more businesses and formatting their
weekly or monthly newsletter can add to your bottom line.
Imagine the money you could make by charging 20 or more
companies $150 to $200 per month to produce their newsletters.  

The following outline was instrumental in helping one of
my associates establish a portfolio of clients during college.
She began by setting up an economy website.  The first page
described the newsletter writing services.  The second page
included an archive of basic newsletter templates.
 
Steps to take:
 
1. Decide what packages you will offer clients. Newsletter
packages can be one or more pages. Articles must be tailored
to products and services offered by the company. Packages can
be basic, gold or platinum. A basic outfit might include: A
one page newsletter, a reprint article, and ISSN application.
A gold order might net the buyer: A two page newsletter, their
choice of article and ISSN application. A platinum package can
provide: Three or more pages, two or more highly tailored
articles and ISSN application.

2. Next, find a group of local companies whose product mix
you find interesting and want to serve.  All companies are
eligible such as attorneys, CPAs, dentists, auto shops or
any business or individual who wants to maximize communication
with their clients.  For company lists do a search in the
Reference USA database at www.referenceUSA.com which you
can login to free through your library with your card.
 
3. Next, create a sales letter. If you want tips on
copywriting a good place to start is by reviewing the book,
"How to Write Sales Letters That Sell" by Drayton Bird. 
End this step by sending your sales letter to your client
list.
 
Serving paying clients
 
1. Once you have clients decide how you will gather
articles. Whether you use reprints for publication or
use them to brainstorm new ideas make use of Internet
article banks. Each reprint article borrowed must
include the original author's name. 
 
2. Customize each newsletter. Customizable information
includes company contact information.  A good title will
be one that brands the company's identity. The best choice
of articles will empower clients and help them solve
problems. 
 
3. Each week or month you will produce and print the
newsletters and deliver them to your clients, unless
your clients want you to mail them to their customers. 
In this case you would build postal expenses into your bill.

Whether you decide to manage 5 newsletters or 20 the
profit potential with corporate newsletter production
is high. Using this method to help companies increase
their credibility can gain you a reputation as a reliable
writer, manager and competent organizer. 

Further information:
 
Newsletter Industry offers newsletter-marketing tutorials
and is a good site to help spawn newsletter ideas.
http://www.newsletterindustry.com/
 
Reprint Articles is one among many good article banks you
can access on the Internet. 
www.reprintarticles.com/ 
 
BIO: Leigh Goodwin, MBA and freelance journalist, has written
hundreds of articles and reports on various fitness, career and
motivation topics. Has been published in Duck Creek Register,
The Experience Unlimited News (The EU News), The Allies Project,
and currently Mind Body Management. Offers developmental editing
services for books and reports. Leigh has a blog at
http://st rategyofmindbodyfitness.blogspot.com and can be
reached by email at  leighgoodwin4@aol.com.   
 
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COMPETITIONS
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THE SPOON RIVER POETRY REVIEW CONTEST
http://www.litline.org/Spoon/contest.html
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$16 ENTRY FEE
One winning poem will be awarded $1,000 and two runners-up
will be awarded $100 each. Winning poem, runners-up, and
honorable mentions will be published in the 2009 fall issue.
Submit two copies of three unpublished poems, maximum of ten
pages total. Deadline April 15, 2009.

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PHILIP MANGELSDORF AWARD
http://www.writingformoney.com/index.php
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$10 ENTRY FEE
Submit 150 words or less. Fifteen winners! We want to see
your best beginning for any fiction or nonfiction work.
First Prize: $500. Two Second Prizes: $100 each. Three Third
Prizes: $50 each. Four Fourth Prizes: $25 each.

NOTE: Hope won this contest last year!

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FAMILY CIRCLE FICTION PRIZE
http://www.parents.com/family-life/fitness/stress-relaxation/fiction-contest-winners/?page=12
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NO ENTRY FEE
One grand prize winner will receive $750, publication in
Family Circle, a certificate for one online mediabistro.com
course (valued at up to $610), and a one-year mediabistro.com
AvantGuild membership ($49 value). Two runners-up will each
receive $250 and a one-year mediabistro.com AvantGuild
membership ($49 value), and will have his or her story
published on familycircle.com. To enter, send an original
fictional short story of no more than 2,500 words. Deadline
August 31, 2009.

(Note: Open to amateur writers who are legal residents of
the 50 United States, or the District of Columbia, age 21
or older. )

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GRANTS
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ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT SMALL BUSINESS GRANT
http://www.businessownersideacafe.com/small_business_grants/grant_information.php?grant_id=10
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Idea Café, The Small Business Gathering Place®, is giving
entrepreneurs the chance to win a cash grant and gain media
exposure for their business. Idea Café's Entrepreneurial
Spirit 2009 Grant will award $1,000 to the small business
with the most inspirational owner and most original approach.
$1,000 to one winner. Open to anyone who currently owns a
business or is planning to start one. Deadline: August 30, 2009.

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RHODE ISLAND STATE COUNCIL ON THE ARTS
http://www.arts.ri.gov/grants/deadlines/
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Applications in RISCA grant application categories (Project
Grants and Fellowships) will be accepted at two times during
the year:

April 1 (for activities taking place from July 1 to June 30);
October 1 (for activities taking place from January 1 to June
30). In the Fellowship program, the following arts disciplines
will be reviewed at the April 1 application deadline: Crafts,
Film & Video, Folk Arts, Fiction, Poetry, Playwrighting/
Screenwriting, Photography and Three-Dimensional Art . The
arts disciplines for review at the October 1 application
deadline are: Choreography, Design, Drawing & Printmaking,
Music Composition, New Genres and Painting.

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KENTUCKY INDIVIDUAL GRANT APPLICATION
http://www.artscouncil.ky.gov
http://artscouncil.ky.gov/guide/prog3/apd_app.pdf
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Deadline May 1, 2009. Grants for activities during 7/1/09
through June 30, 2010.

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FREELANCE MARKETS
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MINIMARKET PULSE
Bruce Stasch, Online Media Consultant
E-mail: bstasch@derivactiv.com
http://www.journalismjobs.com/Job_Listing.cfm?JobID=1035383
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MuniMarket Pulse, a financial industry podcast started in
2007 to cover the municipal bond market, is looking for
experienced journalists and financial service professionals
to research, schedule, interview and copy edit phone
interviews with analysts, researchers, traders, underwriters,
financial advisors, governmental officials and others involved
with the municipal bond market. The appropriate candidate
should have 4+ years of relevant experience as a financial
reporter/editor or have worked in a financial services
organization. No travel will be required and the interviewer
can work from his home or office and schedule interviews
at his own convenience. This position will be compensated
at the rate of $200 per interview on a trial basis. After
the trial period has been completed, compensation will be
negotiated. Company: DerivActiv, LLC.

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ARTS & SCIENCES
http://aands.virginia.edu/x754.xml
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Arts & Sciences communications office has three publications
that are open to freelancers: the print magazine Arts &
Sciences and two Web-only publications, A&S Online and Oscar,
an online guide to scholarship, creativity and research at
U.Va. The common denominator among all our publications is
that they feature interesting people in the Arts & Sciences
community doing remarkable work. Our stories tend to focus
on alumni, faculty or students of the College. The stories
in Arts & Sciences magazine and A&S Online cover a broad
spectrum of activity in and beyond the University, while
Oscar stories focus on research, scholarship and creativity
currently being done by faculty, graduate students and
undergrads at U.Va. Our payment is generally about 50
cents a word. For stories in our online publications, we
pay writers a flat fee of $250. We pay upon acceptance.

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WRITER'S DIGEST
http://www.writersdigest.com/SubmissionGuidelines/
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Writer's Digest, the No. 1 magazine for writers, celebrates
the writing life and what it means to be a writer in today's
publishing environment. We consider completed manuscripts
on spec as well as queries. For manuscripts, we pay 30-50
cents per word, on acceptance, for first world rights for
one-time use and electronic use. Should we want to reprint
anything we've purchased from you in anything other than
electronic format, we'll pay you 25% of the original purchase
price per use. Contributor copies are sent to writers and
artists whose work appears in that issue.

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JOBS
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COPY EDITOR
Location Washington DC
http://www.journalismjobs.com/Job_Listing.cfm?Media=Online%20Media&JobID=1036034
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The Kiplinger Letter seeks Copy Editor for print and electronic
publications. Primary duties include copy-editing and fact-
checking for daily Web publication and weekly print publications.
Some headline writing, editing, page layout, graphics design and
html coding is involved.

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ECOMMUNICATIONS MARKETING ASSOCIATE
Location Crete, IL
http://www.idealist.org/en/job/331085-272
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This individual will have the responsibility of working with
our Webmaster to develop and implement an annual electronic
marketing communications plan that reaches new donors,
augments income within the current media mix, and implements
strategies to acquire new donors and prospects. He/she will
be responsible for eAppeals, Web Asks, eNews, web editing,
and an overall eCommunications strategy to increase donor
income and raise awareness of Bible League. This person will
research new ideas to increase income, track and analyze
results, manage marketing eTools and work with a cross-
functional team to accomplish marketing objectives.

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ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Location Cincinnati, OH
http://www.journalismjobs.com/Job_Listing.cfm?Media=Magazines/Publishing&JobID=1034280
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Cincy Magazine, the magazine for business professionals,
seeks an experienced Associate Editor. This full-time position
requires a dependable journalist who can fulfill multiple
editorial duties and interact cooperatively and supportively
with all staff in a team-based environment. Bachelor's degree
in English, Journalism, Communications or related major. At
least two years experience on a print publication staff is
required (or equivalent experience).

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PUBLISHERS/AGENTS
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MAINLY MURDER PRESS
http://www.mainlymurderpress.com/
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Mainly Murder Press (MMP) is a traditional publishing concern
launched in 2009.  Our niche is mystery novels with an
emphasis on New England-based stories. However, mysteries
written by New England authors, even if the stories are set
outside the region, will also be considered for publication.

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PEMBERLEY PRESS
http://www.pemberleypress.com/submit.htm
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Pemberley Press is a small publishing house, dedicated to
publishing escape fiction for readers with eager minds. We
publish mystery novels in hardcover and trade paper formats.
Some of our titles are also available as ebooks from Belgrave
House. Completed, novel-length manuscripts of 75,000 words or
longer. No short stories or novellas, please.

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BELLE BOOKS
http://www.bellebooks.com/writers.htm
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Belle Books specializes in upbeat, sentimental, traditional
fiction about life in the South. Think "Mayberry" and "Chicken
Soup" more than "Mitford." We are not looking for genre
fiction at this time. (No romance, science fiction, fantasy,
or mystery.) Nor are we seeking literary fiction or non-fiction
at this time. No essays, Civil War novels, Civil Rights novels,
poetry, or how-to books, please. Though we will consider
historical fiction, we are primarily interested in gentle,
wholesome stories about contemporary Southern life from the
1930s onward.

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AWARD WINNING NOVELIST, STORY WRITER WILL EDIT YOUR WORK

Winner of the Excellence in Teaching Award from UNC Chapel Hill,
Richard Krawiec has published novels, story collections, plays,
poetry, feature articles, and Young Adult biographies. He's won
national awards and regional awards, been nominated for the
National Book Award, and Pushcart Prize.

It's hard to publish these days. 
Let Mr. Krawiec help you prepare your work for publication.

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THE WRITE TIME TEENS 'N TWENTIES WRITERS CONFERENCE

The Write Time Teens 'N Twenties Writers Conference takes place
Saturday, April 11 from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Ivy Tech College in
Bloomington. Writers from 12 to 29, and then some, will mingle
with peers, featured authors and book industry brass on a day
featuring 16 workshops, a publishing panel discussion, book
signings and a "Meet & Greet" event.

www.tntconference.com

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Join Linda Lappin and the staff of Centro Pokkoli for an
unforgettable experience in a gorgeous medieval village near
Orvieto.  Focus on memory, identity and "spirit of place" 
in a workshop for  poets and prose writers.

$950 includes hotel (single room with private bath), meals,
workshop and excursions. Special price for accompanying guests.

Contact: linda.lappin@gmail.com  
http://www.pokkoli.org

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CAN YOU TAKE A SIMPLE PHOTOGRAPH?

If yes, you could make $2,000 a week taking snap shots in your
own backyard, on your family vacations, or anywhere in the
world you care to travel. Here's everything you need to know
about this fun and lucrative business:

http://www.thephotographerslife.com/ph2/b8a

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A FUN AND REWARDING SECOND INCOME FOR WRITERS

Wouldn't it be wonderful to be responsible for creating a
happy memory that will stay with a child forever...and get
paid handsomely to do it? With the tremendous recent
successes of children's books, many publishers are looking
to develop first-time authors. When you know who they are,
what they want and how they want it, you'll be ahead of
90-95% of other new writers. If you've ever considered
supplementing your livelihood by writing for children, this
will make it easier than ever: 

http://www.publishachildrensbook.com/kid/b8a

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CAN YOU WRITE A SIMPLE LETTER?  

If yes, you could be in big demand, earning big money, writing
just a few hours a day from anywhere in the world you choose to
be. Learn the secrets of this little-known, lucrative business.

http://www.thewriterslife.com/awi/b8a1

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WORLDWIDE FREELANCE WRITER - Download a free list of writing
markets if you subscribe this week. Our database has almost 2,000
writing markets from USA, Canada, UK, Europe, Australia.

http://www.worldwidefreelance.com

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