Volume 10, Issue 7
February 14, 2010

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THE DEFINITION OF PLATFORM

At a recent writer's conference, someone asked me what was
"platform." She'd published two nonfiction books in the past,
even had a reputable agent, but she couldn't get her agent
to bite on her newest proposal because she lacked platform.

I explained that platform was any venue you could measure in
terms of followers, readers, or fans. It was an audience someone
currently reached, professional memberships, alumni connections,
subscribers, viewers or even Facebook friends. It was a tangible
number used to convince a publisher that serious sales were
possible.

A hundred Facebook fans is okay, but you catch an editor's
attention if you have 10,000 friends instead. Two hundred
Twitter followers might look good amongst pals, but a publisher
might do a double take if that number was more like 20,000.
How many people subscribe to your blog or newsletter? How many
members are in your professional organizations? For instance,
I am a member of MENSA, and their monthly periodical has a strong
book review section and reaches 57,000 readers who love to support
fellow MENSANS.

A platform is your way of saying, "I'm good for the sales."
Your abilities and connections that comprise your platform
assure an agent or publisher that you are marketable. Not sure
if you have a platform?

Using all your networking, professional and social connections,
could you presell copies of your book right now, and make enough
to cover the cost of self-publishing? Let's say your publishing
costs would be $1,000 (low average range) plus $7 per book.
One hundred books would be an outlay of $1,700. If you had to
collect enough pre-orders for your book to cover that, could you?

Take that a step further. An acceptable showing in book sales is
more like 5,000. That's $1,000 plus $7/book or $36,000. Could
you presell enough copies at that level?

Traditional publishers are looking for people who can sell
their books at that level, especially nonfiction. Unfortunately,
many authors pale at that request and instead seek to self-
publish. Again unfortunately, they run up against the same brick
wall in that arena, too. It takes platform to make sales,
regardless of who publishes or how it is published.

I'm not trying to dampen your spirits. Instead, I'm trying to
light a fire under you to establish yourself. The publishing
industry is no longer tolerant of laissez-faire authors, who
expect their writing alone to produce thousands of sales.
With so many writers causing so much noise in the marketplace,
it takes a platform to make a serious mark in this business.

So while you're struggling over Chapter 23, give yourself time
to work on a following. Write and submit smaller pieces, blog,
find a niche, become an expert, create a reason for people to
want to read your work.

Build that platform, one plank at a time. You wouldn't buy
a book you've never heard of, by an unknown author. Work hard
to remove that unknown stigma. You're working in a creative
profession. Be creative in being you, and a platform takes shape.
 

A Step in the Write Direction
The Complete How-To Book for Christian Writers
By Donna Clark Goodrich

A basic primer for new writers - Christian or otherwise.
For those who still ponder query letters, whether or not to
file for copyright, or how to format poetry for submission,
this book will get you started. Learn how to query a magazine.
Determine whether or not to use a pen name. Decide if it's
really that easy to write for children. For all those brand-
new folks with new pens and even newer computers waiting for
words to flow, consider Donna Goodrich's new release to get
you off the ground.

http://www.thewritersfriend.net/

Winepress Publishing
https://www.winepressbooks.com/product.asp?pid=2746&search=write+step&select=Keywords&ss=1

MOBILE WRITERS GUILD WORKSHOP - MOBILE, ALABAMA

Hope Clark will lead as the first of three writers in
a weekend workshop on Saturday, March 13, 2010 with her
presentation: Funding Streams: How Serious Writers Plunge In.
Also presenting will be Author Nancy Swan on Developing a
Writer's Platform and Dr. Sharee Broussard on What Grantors
Look for When Reviewing Applications.

Cost: $35, lunch included
Time: 9AM - 4PM
Location: St. Luke's School, 3975 Japonica Lane, Mobile, AL

To register or request information, email
mobilewritersguild@gmail.com of call 251-751-2519

http://sites.google.com/site/mobilewritersguild/

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BYLINES DAILY DESK CALENDAR IS AVAILABLE!

Many have asked when the calendars would be ready.
This year's Bylines features writers from 26 states and
4 foreign countries (Ireland, Great Britain, Australia
and Canada). This is the 7th edition.

This is the calendar Hope has used for five years.
See why so many FundsforWriters readers can't wait
for it each year. Sells for $14.95.

http://www.fundsforwriters.com/Bylines.htm

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

TWITTER ME
http://twitter.com/hopeclark

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

I JOINED FACEBOOK
http://www.facebook.com/chopeclark

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WORDS OF SUCCESS

I've always been in the right place at the right time.
Of course, I steered myself there.

~Bob Hope

 
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SUCCESS OF THE WEEK
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Thanks for encouraging writers to seek out state arts grants.
I followed your suggestion back in July and today was notified
that I have won an individual artist award in fiction for 2010
from the Maryland State Arts Council!

~Susan Moger

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ARTICLE
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HIGH DREAMS, LOW OVERHEAD

By Dean M. Shapiro

I woke up one recent morning feeling very depressed.

Not a nice way to begin a day - or an article - but don't
stop reading yet. The story gets better.

I had just spent $2,000 to get the engine replaced in my
seven-year-old car. Two thousand dollars, because a $25 part
- a timing belt - broke and other vital parts in the engine
broke with it. And it left me broke. Broke and behind on all
my bills, including my rent.

Of course the cause of my vehicular seizure had to be the one
exception to the power train warranty my car was still under;
the one thing most likely to go and the manufacturer knew it.
And stupid me for not reading every word in the 80-page owner's
manual and knowing it also. But the dealership would be more
than happy to replace the engine for me - for only $4,100! I
told them what they can do with their forty one hundred dollars
and it has something to do with a place where the sun doesn't
shine. Then I shopped around and got an estimate for half that
amount.

Two thousand dollars, to most working people, may not seem like
a lot of money but for a freelance writer who has finally --
after 40 years -- mastered the art of getting by on $1,200 to
$1,500 a month, it's a killer. An unplanned expense like this
can (and does) throw everything else off: especially a carefully
planned budget. It's something we all would like to be prepared
for and all of us should have some kind of a cushion - a
contingency fund - set aside for just this type of situation.
But, with the cost of everything these days . . . ha! Good luck
on that.

So I sat down and did my I.O's. (as in I Owe), calculating
everything I was behind on, and came up with $1,271.10. Depressing.
But when I did the numbers for what I had coming in, guess what? 
. . . the sun came out! $1,850!! See, I told you it gets better.
My granddaughter was actually able to get a few extra Christmas
presents after all.

There are two lessons to be learned from this: keep your overhead
low and your income incoming. Keeping overhead low may sound
elementary and, when there's not much income to begin with, you
may not have any choice in the matter. But, we're all human - yes,
writers too -- though some unknowing souls may think we're
superhumans who love working for little or nothing. And, being
human, we tend to want things we can't afford and we hate to be
denied.

Well, deny yourself anyway. It's not easy and it's not fun. It
may entail staying home and working on a Friday and Saturday night
instead of going out to your favorite music club and dropping $60-
$80 between the bar and the musicians' tip jar. It might mean
putting off that nice little weekend getaway you've been itching
to take in the Tennessee mountains. It might mean doing without a
lot of things you want. Suck it up and do without them anyway.

I might have had to junk my car were it not for a $1,000 check I
knew I had coming in, thanks to a series book writing job I
completed three months earlier. Coupled with the thousand dollar
check I get every month for writing an online tourism newsletter,
it was enough to put my car back on the road - for half the price
the dealership wanted to charge me. Having half of what I needed
in hand and knowing the other half would be arriving soon enabled
me to negotiate a 50-50 deal with a mechanic I knew. If I had been
living beyond my means, there's no way I could have done this.

Like all writers whose writing is their sole source of income
(and not a hobby or a sideline), I dream of hitting the big payday:
That blockbuster novel that makes the NYT Bestseller List or the
screenplay that turns into a blockbuster feature film. And I am
confident that my day will come as long as I keep working toward
it and I don't let the dream die. In the words of one of the real-
life characters in one of my ten yet-unsold screenplays, "When a
dream dies its fate must be shared by the dreamer as well."

That wasn't my protagonist speaking. It was me.

BIO
Dean M. Shapiro is a freelance writer from the New Orleans area.
His sixth book, Historic Photographs of Louisiana is being
released by Turner Publishing Company in February.

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COMPETITIONS
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GREAT AMERICAN THINK-OFF
http://www.think-off.org/
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NO ENTRY FEE
America's premier amateur philosophy contest, The Great American
Think-Off, releases its 2010 essay and debate question: "Do the
wealthy have an obligation to help the poor?" In writing essays
on this question, potential debaters may address individuals,
groups, or nations as the essayist determines. The Great Debate
will be held in New York Mills, Minnesota on Saturday, June 12,
2010 before a live audience. Entering the competition is easy.
Just submit an essay of 750 words or less by April 1, 2010.
The names of the four finalists, who each receive $500 plus
travel, food and lodging expenses, will be announced May 1, 2010.

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LORIAN HEMINGWAY SHORT STORY COMPETITION
http://www.shortstorycompetition.com/
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$12 ENTRY FEE
The first-place winner will receive $1,000. The second and
third-place winners will receive $500 each. Honorable mentions
will also be awarded to entrants whose work demonstrates
promise. The Saturday Evening Post will publish the first-place
winner in its pages. And occasionally, the Post may also choose
to publish any runners-up, either in its pages or on its website.
Stories must be original unpublished fiction, typed and double-
spaced, and may not exceed 3,000 words in length. There are no
theme restrictions. The literary competition is open to all U.S.
and international writers whose fiction has not appeared in a
nationally distributed publication with a circulation of 5,000
or more. Deadline April 1, 2010.

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GEMINI MAGAZINE SHORT STORY CONTEST
http://www.gemini-magazine.com/contest.html
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ENTRY FEE: $4
Grand prize: $1,000. 2nd place: $100. Honorable mention (3).
Deadline March 31, 2010. All five finalists published in the
June 2010 issue of Gemini. No restrictions on content, style,
genre or length. Flashes, novel excerpts, experimental--all
types of short fiction are welcome.

 
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GRANTS
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THE SPARKPLUG FOUNDATION
http://www.sparkplugfoundation.org/
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Not all projects fit into a larger organization, so we sometimes
make grants to individuals. And sometimes it doesn't make sense
for an organization to be a 501(c)3, since that label places legal
limits on the kinds of work it can do. But since the Sparkplug
Foundation is bound by U.S. laws on charitable giving, we generally
require those grantees to have 501(c)3 fiscal sponsors, so that
there is a clear line of accountability for how funds are spent.
The Sparkplug Foundation supports projects in three areas of
focus: music, education and grassroots organizing. The topics
accepted are pretty wide, and these type foundations have the
greatest latitude in approving grants.

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THE AWESOME FOUNDATION
http://awesomefoundation.org/
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We support people doing awesome things in the world. Every
month we give out a grant. Submit an awesome idea. If we pick
it, we'll give you $1,000 in cash. Besides your idea, tell us
who you are, why your idea is awesome, and how you plan to follow
through on it. If you've done other awesome things in the past,
that wouldn't hurt either. But don't make it too long (500 words
at most). We reserve the right to share this information with
the public. The deadline is the 14th of every month.

(Thanks to Mira's List for this one - http://miraslist.blogspot.com )

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WRITERS' CONFERENCES AND CENTERS SCHOLARSHIPS
http://www.writersconf.org/scholarship/index.php
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Writers¹ Conferences & Centers is conducting its annual competition
to provide scholarships for writers who wish to attend a writers'
conference, center, retreat, or residency. The scholarships will
be applied to fees to attend any of the over 100 members of WC&C,
an association of outstanding conferences, centers, retreats, and
festivals for writers. The deadline for the WC&C Competition is
March 30, 2010. Two scholarships of $500 will be awarded.
 

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FREELANCE MARKETS
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THREE WRITERS NEEDED FOR JOINT PERFORMANCES - UK
Tom Besford, Folkworks Event Administrator,
The Sage Gateshead, St Mary's Square, Gateshead, NE8 2JR
E-mail: tom.besford@thesagegateshead.org
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The Sage Gateshead and New Writing North seek three writers
(poetry or prose) and three folk musicians/composers to work
together in pairs to create five-minute joint performance pieces
which will be staged as part of an event - Folken Word - which
will take place within the Words and Music weekend festival at
The Sage Gateshead from 14-16 May, 2010. From the work that is
produced, one pair of artists will then be commissioned to
produce a full-scale piece of work for presentation this autumn.

We are interested in awarding these commissions to writers and
musicians who have not already had the opportunity to collaborate
in this way before. The chosen artists will each receive a
commission fee of £500 plus rehearsal space, technical support
and, if necessary, a modest budget for the use of other musicians.
Artists wishing to apply should send a CV and examples of their
work (no more than 10 pages of work for writers), plus a short
statement explaining why they would be interested in this
opportunity. Deadline February 26, 2010.

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SCOUTING MAGAZINE
http://www.scoutingmagazine.org/about/contributors/writers.html
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Scouting magazine articles are mainly about successful program
activities conducted by or for Cub Scout packs, Boy Scout troops,
and Venturing crews. We also include features on winning leadership
techniques and styles, profiles of outstanding individual leaders,
and inspirational accounts (usually first person) of Scouting's
impact on an individual, either as a youth or while serving as a
volunteer adult leader. Payment is from $300 to $500 for a short
feature, $650 to $800 for a major article, and more for quality
articles by frequent contributors.

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WEB CHILD
http://www.webchild.com.au/index.php/Contributor-Guidelines.php
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We are looking for fine writing that will provoke, entertain and
enlighten our readership of parents and others involved in the
care of children aged 0-14.

Articles on current issues in parenting need to be well-written,
well-researched pieces that cast new light on a topic, provoke
thought and inspire parents to further investigate the issue.
Essentially, we are not interested in material that tells parents
what to do or how to do it. The word "should" sends us into spasms.
We prefer not to include 'top tips' or 'how to' boxes. We do,
however, include lists of resources. Feature length ranges from
800 words to 2,400 words; payment is negotiated on acceptance.
Please keep in mind that our articles appear in Sydney, Melbourne,
Brisbane, Canberra, Adelaide and Perth. Include separate resource
lists for each city. Reference books must be currently available
in Australian bookstores.

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JOBS
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WRITER
Location Libby, MT
http://jobview.usajobs.gov/GetJob.aspx?JobID=86046651&aid=27015391-3210&WT.mc_n=125
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Deadline March 1, 2010. Employing Agency: Forest Service.
The incumbent will be expected to work primarily on Forest
Plans for the Kootenai/Idaho Panhandle Zone (KIPZ), but may
also be involved in other large NEPA projects at the Forest.
This position provides an excellent opportunity, at the entry
level, to gain valuable experience for those looking to start
their careers and have great career path opportunities. Writes
and edits materials for content, such as reports, regulations,
news, newsletters, magazines, news releases, training materials,
brochures, interpretive handbooks, pamphlets, guidebooks,
scholarly works, reference works, speeches, or scripts.

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WRITING INSTRUCTOR
Location Wisconsin
http://www.viterbo.edu/employmentapplication.aspx
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Viterbo University invites applications for a full-time instructor
(renewable, non-tenure track position) in the English Department
beginning August 16, 2010. Primary teaching responsibilities will
be in freshman composition courses, but may also include lower
division creative writing or literature courses. The successful
candidate will teach 15 credits per semester. Anticipated salary
is in the low to mid $30s. Minimum qualifications: master's degree
or MFA in English or related field and prior experience teaching
freshman composition. Experience teaching either non-traditional
populations or online courses preferred. Viterbo University is a
Catholic, Franciscan, liberal arts institution located in southwest
Wisconsin in the scenic upper Mississippi River Valley.

To apply, please send your application to Dr. Glena Temple, Dean,
School of Letters and Science, Viterbo University, 900 Viterbo
Drive, La Crosse, WI 54601 (or ggtemple@viterbo.edu ).
Your application should include: a letter of application indicating
qualifications; application form (); teaching philosophy;
curriculum vitae; copies of undergraduate and graduate transcripts;
and three letters of reference. Review begins March 10, 2010 and
continues until position is filled.

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WRITER-EXTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS
Location Atlanta, GA
http://www.idealist.org/en/job/367022-29
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Points of Light Institute advances innovative civic change
strategies. Points of Light Institute is looking for a strong,
effective and creative Writer to support the organization's
strategic communication needs, including online communications
and overall editorial and external communications needs. The
ideal candidate will also have experience editing and writing
for email and other online campaigns, blogs and producing
social network content.

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PUBLISHERS/AGENTS
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GREENHOUSE LITERARY AGENCY
http://greenhouseliterary.com/
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Greenhouse is a literary agency with a difference. We
exclusively represent and manage the careers of authors
writing fiction for children, from young chapter-book series
through middle grade novels to sophisticated teen fiction.
The Greenhouse is a transatlantic agency, located just outside
Washington DC and also in London.  Sarah Davies is based in the
USA. Julia Churchill is in Britain.

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DARLEY ANDERSON LITERARY
http://darleyanderson.com/submissions.html
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We accept submissions for commercial fiction, including general
and women's, crime and thriller, young adult and children's
fiction. Also considers nonfiction. No screenplays, poetry
or short stories. Location London.

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BENBELLA BOOKS
http://www.benbellabooks.com/authors.php
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BenBella Books is a publishing boutique that publishes about
twenty books a year, is very selective in what it acquires,
and works with great diligence to publish each book to its
maximum potential. We are actively acquiring strong nonfiction
manuscripts. We are not looking for fiction at this time.
BenBella is most actively acquiring in the area of business
and finance, which is a very successful and fast growing
category for us. We particularly like books by entrepreneurs
and entrepreneurially-minded authors. BenBella is actively
acquiring in the area of health and nutrition, where we have
an excellent track record of strong sales and fantastic authors.
Beyond these two categories, we are open to all areas of non-
fiction. Platform is important.

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SPONSORS
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PUBLISHED WRITER WILL EDIT YOUR NOVEL, MEMOIR, POETRY

If you're going to work with an editor, work with the best.
Have your writing edited by an award-winning, professional
writer and editor, someone who actually knows how to help you
prepare your writing for publication.  Richard Krawiec has
published novels, biographies, text books, plays, and a story
and poetry collection.  He won the 2009 Excellence in Teaching
Award from UNC Chapel Hill for his online writing courses. His
essays, feature articles, and reviews have appeared in major
newspapers and magazines across the US. The NY Times, LA Times,
Publishers Weekly have reviewed his work. His awards include
National Endowment for the Arts and NC Arts Council grants, as
well as nominations for the National Book Award, Best American
Short Stories, and Pushcart Prize.

HOUSTON WRITERS GUILD SPRING WRITERS CONTEST
http://www.houstonwritersguild.org/Contests.htm
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Deadline March 3, 2010. Three categories.

Novels & Screenplays - Any Genre
First Prize $1,000. Second Prize $500. Third Prize $250.
$20 entry fee. Send first 15 pages + synopsis.

Short Story - Any Genre
First Prize $100. $15 entry fee. 3,500-word limit.

Personal Essay
First Prize $100. $15 entry fee. 3,500-word limit.

Opportunities in Italy and Greece with Linda Lappin, novelist,
poet, and essayist (author  of KatherineÙs Wish  and The Etruscan).  

MULTIGENRE WORKSHOPS SUMMER 2010
Learn to Capture the Soul of Place in Your Writing. 

All writers have their secret spiritual geographies.  Learn to
discover yours.  In these workshops, through  writing exercises
designed to stimulate memory and enhance creativity, prose
writers and poets will retrace their inner itineraries and unlock
impressions linked to the special places in their lives. Centro
Pokkoli, Vitorchiano, Italy: May 30 - June 5. $1,250 includes
single room with private bath, all meals, workshop fees, excursions.
Mochlos, Crete: August 16 - 21. $1,200 includes single room with
private bath, 1 group dinner or lunch per day, workshop fees.

www.pokkoli.org  
www.lindalappin.net   
Contact:  linda.lappin@gmail.com

Go on a retreat with private writing tutorial at Centro Pokkoli 
in charming medieval village near Rome and Orvieto and discover
its unique soul of place. Revise your manuscript or create new
work assisted by acclaimed poet, novelist, and creative nonfiction
writer Linda Lappin (NEA, Iowa Writers Workshop, Geneva Writing
Group Writing mentor, Seal Press, Pushcart nominee, ForeWord
Finalist, IPPY gold medal winner).

www.lindalappin.net  
www.pokkoli.org
Contact  linda.lappin@gmail.com

 

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18th year. Ten cash prizes totaling $5,550. Top prize $3,000.
Seeks short stories, essays and other works of prose, up to
5,000 words. Winning entries published online. Both published
and unpublished work accepted. Fee per entry is $15, payable
to Winning Writers, Attn: Tom Howard Short Story Contest,
351 Pleasant Street, PMB 222, Northampton, MA 01060. Winning
Writers is proud to be one of the "101 Best Websites for Writers"
(Writer's Digest, 2005-2009). More information:

www.winningwriters.com/tomstory

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THE WELL-FED WRITER

In less than four months, Peter Bowerman built a lucrative
"paying-all-the-bills" commercial writing practice:
writing for businesses, large and small and for hourly
rates of $50-$125+ (and did so with NO industry contacts,
previous paid writing experience or writing training.

No, this isn't a huge course on how to get rich writing.
It's a reality story, condensed in a book that teaches
you how to do the same. For less than $20, grab the
know-how that many pay hundreds of dollars to learn.

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THE ULTIMATE TRAVEL WRITER'S PROGRAM

The work I do today is the stuff of dreams ... stress-free, romantic,
fun. And all sorts of everyday people do it. Like me, they've left
behind the drudgery of 9-to-5 ... the boring desk job ... and today
they get paid to follow their bliss. As far as I'm concerned, it's
the best job in the world. Who wouldn't want to travel the globe
and get paid for it?  ~Steenie Harvey

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TURN YOUR PICTURES INTO CASH
The Photographer's Shortcut to Travel Writing Success

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SOCIAL NETWORKING:
The 21st Century Way to Find New Clients

Jim Turner has laid out his highly successful system for using
social networking to find new clients.

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