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This Writer’s Turning 35 on the 7th, and I Come Bearing Gifts!

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Winter’s come, and 35 is coming! That’s right; I’m turning 35 on the 7th of December!

I still can’t believe it. The point isn’t that 35 is old. Of course, it isn’t. But it is still a lot in terms of lived experience, and you can’t help but be both amazed and freaked out by how fast years have gone. It was certainly slower when I was in high school and college, let me tell you! 🙂

So as my gift to you, I’m giving away my two books Making A Difference (M.A.D.) (affiliate link) and How to Write an Amazing Romance Novel (affiliate link) for my birthday. And if you want to give me a present instead, you can always leave a review.

How it will work:

On the 7th of December, How to Write an Amazing Romance Novel will be free to download on Amazon and Smashwords. I’ll announce it on the blog and social media. If you want to buy it before or after then on Amazon, just click on the links above. If Smashwords is your jam, you can buy it here. Smashwords offers more formats.

Because I uploaded my novel Making A Difference (M.A.D.) through an intermediary publishing company, I can’t make it free on the websites. I can, however, send the format of your choice to you via email. So if you want to read my romcom novel for free, email to me by the 7th of December, asking me for my novel. Mention my birthday. 🙂

My email: pinartarhan@windowslive.com.

Want to check out the novel before then? Here’s the first chapter.

Enjoy!

 

 

CHAPTER 1

 

 

Present Day

Clark and Foster PR

 

“We’ve already saved the world today, mate.” Martin faked a passable English accent as he stood before the desk of his partner Jay. Jay raised a quizzical brow without looking from his computer. “Well, we’ve helped. And Faye will eat us for lunch if we are late,” Martin pointed out, returning to his regular New York accent.

The mention of Faye accelerated Jay’s exit faster than a fire alarm. Martin grinned as Jay grabbed his jacket from his chair and shut down his computer. They left together.

Martin Foster and Jay Clark had been partners for ten years. They’d established Clark & Foster PR right after college, with full blessing and intellectual support from Faye Clark, Jay’s PR ultimate guru grandmother who was a lot better at managing her social life so she let them be workaholics on their own time.

Faye was already at the chic new restaurant, sipping her Cosmopolitan when Martin and Jay arrived two minutes late.

“My boys! Three more minutes, and you’d have to share me with Dave,” she said, winking at them mischievously.

“Hey, Faye!” they greeted her in unison. Nobody was allowed to call her anything other than her first name. Even at seventy-five, she was too robust, young-looking and fun to be called Grams or Mrs. Clark.

Dave, her boyfriend of three years, would agree. Dave was a suave and agile sixty-five-year-old who still prioritized Faye over anything and anyone, despite running several successful skydiving schools. They had met when Faye decided to take up the sport for her seventy-second birthday. Faye’s husband, Jay’s grandfather, had been killed in combat many decades ago.

“Dave wanted to come,” Faye said. “He says hello.”

“Yeah, well, he can meet you for dinner,” Jay said and sat across from Faye. Martin took the chair beside her. Despite enjoying the company of Dave, they needed her all to themselves today. They ordered as soon as the waiter appeared. They couldn’t wait to catch up and pick her brains. They would just have to endure being scolded about their lack of fitness activities first.

“How’s the gym treating you?” she said pointedly, knowing that the gym they built in the basement of their firm was frequented a lot more by their employees.

“I got in a few laps,” Martin boasted while Jay avoided the question altogether.

“Today?” asked Faye.

Martin instantly looked sheepish. “This month,” he admitted.

Faye shook her head in disapproval. Good thing they were as fit and healthy as men could get at thirty-six, a boon of all the humanitarian work they did and supervised on-site both in the USA and around the world.

“I should have a word with Keira. She’s been cutting you too much slack recently.” Keira was their super-efficient office manager as well as the second health police they were exposed to. She got along with Faye fabulously.

“Well, she’s a bit too busy to tease us at the moment,” Martin said, and Faye nodded. There was an urgent topic they were all dying to discuss: Martin’s departure from the firm. So they ordered as soon as the waiter appeared.

Not that Martin was quitting in the traditional sense. He would remain as the CFO and would contribute to as many projects as possible. However, he was stepping down from his office, cutting the hours and would be working mostly from home. This substantial change was due to his fiancée Sally’s loving request. Well, ultimatum really. She wouldn’t marry him otherwise.

The problem was, their titles as CEO and CFO didn’t do much more than show Jay was the management whiz, and Martin was the financial expert. They were the two brains behind all operations. So when Martin had first informed Faye about his decision, she’d joked he’d have to go into witness protection. She would lose it if she were in Jay’s shoes. She was also worried this would irrevocably harm the friendship between her two favorite men.

Luckily, they already had the perfect substitute in mind. Faye had met her on several occasions and witnessed the outcome of her efforts. “I agree about Zoe being the best choice. And she is obviously more fun than you two.”

“There is a very long list of reasons why she’s meant for the job,” Jay concurred.

“She’ll willingly rip your butts from your chairs. Well, at least you Jay. It’s Sally’s duty now to inject life into this one.” Martin and Jay shared a look. Faye was only half-teasing. It was lucky their job required socializing. Any other profession, and both men would have become hermits.

Martin smiled as he thought about Sally. He loved everything about his fiancée, and she would make sure he didn’t slip into his old workaholic ways. But then again, being a workaholic humanitarian was a rightfully acclaimed trait.

“Don’t worry, Faye. I’ll grant Zoe full control of all things social. Oh, and yes, I’ll listen to her when she tells me to move it.” Jay grinned.

“Pleased to hear that, but you haven’t talked to her yet,” Faye pointed out.

“No, but I’m positive she will accept,” Martin said. Well, he was ninety percent positive. The rest was wishful thinking. If she said no, he’d have to stay on. Recruiting the right person was not solely about not letting Jay down. There was no way Jay or Martin would bestow Martin’s office on someone who didn’t inherently understand or value their company.

“She’ll say yes,” assured Jay. Then he added with an ominous grin, “I’ll have to kill Martin otherwise. Or shun him for the next three decades.” They all laughed.

“He means it, you know,” Faye added as she took a delicate sip of her drink.

“I know,” Martin said a little anxiously. “I don’t blame him.”

“I might even have to punish you myself,” Faye said.

Martin sighed. “I’m aware I’m facing double rejection here.”

Given that they had practically lived and breathed PR since their teens (Jay’s passion had started even earlier), nobody could foresee Martin would even consider going part-time. Jay smiled. Faye had every right to be mad if Martin failed to persuade Zoe. And yes, there really was only one right candidate for the job as far as they were concerned.

“She has always wanted to come back to the company,” Jay reasoned. “And she is being offered the ultimate position.”

“That’s a pretty big leap from internship,” Faye said.

It was. But Zoe deserved the credit they gave her. Though she was only their intern five years ago, she had quickly become Faye’s third favorite student. More importantly, both Jay and Martin counted her as a friend.

One of the crucial factors behind their success was employing individuals who thought like them: people who put each other over profit, rapport over ambition, casual over formal. One didn’t resign from Clark and Foster. Some switched to part-time, but no one truly left. So far only Angie Clark, Jay’s younger sister, had been fired, but she had asked for it. She wasn’t meant for regular office hours or writing press releases.

“When are you meeting Zoe?” Faye asked.

“I’m going to her book signing tomorrow morning,” Jay said.

“It’s her boyfriend’s book signing,” Martin corrected.

Jay raised his eyebrows, reaching for his drink. “Well, she got him published, and she made him a bestseller, and she organized the signing. That makes it her book signing equally, if not more.”

“He has a point,” Faye said to Martin. “She got his career off the ground. He had the material, but it’s no use if no one knows about it, is it?”

Jay could always count on Faye for common sense. People tended to overlook the marketing aspect of products. No matter what people thought about Colin, without the right marketing, he wouldn’t have a career, period. If Zoe hadn’t worked day and night to get Colin launched, he’d be just another fish in an ocean filled with millions of competitors.

“Fine. Zoe’s book signing.” Martin knew better than to disagree with Jay on any Zoe-related matter. They didn’t disagree a lot, but Zoe and Jay had always been closer than Martin and Zoe. They connected better. He would go as far as to say they completed each other, but that would piss Jay off. And he didn’t want to give Faye any ideas. So he kept it to himself.

“So go get her, tiger,” Faye said, and they all laughed.

Jay was planning on doing just that. It was either Zoe or Martin was staying on. Jay liked Sally. She was a lovely person, and she made Martin happy. But Jay hadn’t labored, sweated, and bled to build a unique company from scratch and carry it to the top for it to be ruined by her idea of a happy family.

But he wasn’t anxious at all. Just like Faye was his role model, he was Zoe’s. He had a feeling she would jump at the offer.

 

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Stay tuned for Chapter 2! Tomorrow, I’ll be sharing it on the blog as well!

 

7 Things to Never Say to or Ask a Writer

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This writer was probably asked/told one of these things before this picture was taken. 🙂

While this post targets the non-writers in our lives, I thought it’d be a fun read, and one you can just save and show whenever weird or unwelcome questions about writing bother you. 🙂

And if you have anything to add, please do so in the comments!

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There is a rare breed of writers who have thick skin. They never get offended, annoyed, or upset. The unluckier but more common group, however, just learn to deal with these emotions. We develop ways to remain professional and calm while dealing with the turmoil inside.

Then we probably create a fictional character inspired by you and make sure that character gets what’s coming to them. Hey, it is fiction. Anything is allowed.

Look, we get it. We are in a weird profession. Many of the curious folk who utter these words mean well. They either want to find out more or don’t want us to suffer any more than we already do. But they inadvertently get under our skin.

Because despite all the love, passion, fun, entertainment, and satisfaction writing fills us with, we manage a lot of unpredictability, instability, rejection, fear, creative blocks and anger (and then some!) on a daily basis. So we don’t need any more negativity from other sources, especially if those sources are family and friends.

It is an easy list. Go ahead, internalize it. The writers in your life will love you more for it.

  • Get a real/another job.

Fun fact: we actually like money.

We don’t need to be rolling in it to feel happy or complete, but we recognize it as a necessary tool to survive and thrive in the world. We don’t need yachts, extra homes, or opulence (I’m not saying we object to those things. I’m just pointing out that we don’t need them), but we do need health insurance, food, shelter, some savings, and a bit more dough for the little social things that make life a bit more enjoyable: like the occasional meal out, seeing our favorite actors on the big screen, or going on a short vacation.

So if our writing isn’t bringing us enough money for the time period, we will get a job. Math might not be our favorite subject in the world, but we get the equation involving expenses and money earned.

Exceptions, of course, do exist. If we trust your judgment and ideas, we might ask you to brainstorm with us on ways we can get a better job or make more money. Then, please, share your ideas away. We asked for it.

  • Aren’t you wasting your education/training/intelligence/skills/previous job experience?

What we studied in school, whatever jobs we held don’t matter in the slightest if that is not the area we want to work in.

It doesn’t matter that we busted our asses getting into college to study law/medicine/engineering/business/advertising/whatever. If we wanted to work in these areas, we would. (Some of us are, but hey, you wouldn’t be asking them this question.)

We spend 1/3 of our lives at work. Imagine that. Why would you want or expect us to do anything other than we love?

Maybe we studied something for years before we realized it wasn’t for us. It’d be depressing to see that as wasted time. Instead, we learned a lot about something and moved on.

Did you know that Dave Evans, the co-author of the New York Times best-selling book Designing Your Life: Build the Perfect Career, Step by Step (aff. link)  who is a designer and a design professor, first intended to be a marine biologist? As a fan of the book, I for one am glad he carved a different path. (And he carved it because he discovered he didn’t enjoy being a biologist.)

Maybe we are writing about the areas we studied in. We are creating characters who work in those industries or penning non-fiction pieces we managed to get from editors – you guessed it – by mentioning our education and any work experience.

When I’m not writing, I can be found teaching English to adults. When I teach Business English, unlike a lot of teachers, I don’t have to spend hours familiarizing myself with the jargon or finding interesting industry examples to help them learn better. Why? Because I did study business and advertising in college. I didn’t get a job in advertising because I don’t enjoy it. I do. That’s why I studied it. I just don’t love it enough to dedicate 1/3 of my life to it.

  • So is John Grisham/Stephen King/J.K. Rowling on your speed dial?

This might be just about me.

Sorry to disappoint you, but I don’t know any famous writers. Although I know a plethora of authors, none of them are household names yet. But fingers crossed, one day they will be. They deserve it.

  • Can you make money writing/Do you make money?

Yes, you can make money writing.

Did you know I once got $400 for expressing my opinion? While there is a lot more to writing an op-ed than  just telling people what I think, it doesn’t change the fact that there is money in a writing career.

When you can sell many copies of your books, you also make money. If you option or sell your script, you make money.

But do people regularly ask you your salary? Why are you so concerned with ours?

  • How do you make money?

OK, actually this question is allowed if we have entered an interesting conversation about the nuts and bolts of how a writing career works. You are also allowed to ask it if you are a budding writer who wants to learn or another experienced writer who wants to compare notes.

You are not allowed to ask it, however, in a condescending, shocked, or worried tone.

Yes, we make money. But we would also keep writing if we weren’t. That doesn’t give anyone the right not to pay us what we deserve. It just means that we feel compelled to share our written words with the outside world.

When I was in high school, I created a romantic comedy TV-series. I wrote it in screenplay format, printed out, and handed interested friends the episodes in order. We talked about their favorite events and characters, what they hoped would happen, what worked well and what didn’t.

I learned a lot, but I also had so much fun. I didn’t make a dime, but I got read. It was glorious.

Because I am a writer. I write.

  • How will you retire?

We won’t! I mean we save money for emergencies and contingencies, but we won’t quit if we can help it. That is the whole point. For us, it is not just a job or career. It is a calling. It is a part of us. We are always filled with stories.

  • What do you write?

How much time have you got?

Technically, there is nothing wrong with it if you ask a writer who only writes in one genre or niche, but most writers won’t a short answer.

Unless you are an agent, manager, editor, or a producer, you won’t get an “elevator” version.

My short answer is: Screenplays, novels, and non-fiction.

Longer answer: I write romantic comedies and dramas. With non-fiction, I generally cover lifestyle topics in essays, blog posts, articles, or op-eds. It is a shorter list if I go over what I don’t write about than what I do.

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Don’t get us wrong. We like it when people are interested in us and in our work. We don’t mind questions that every profession begets. We are just tired of people who treat us like weird creatures living life in a fantasy bubble that don’t know how the world works.

We know exactly how the world works. That’s why so many of us became writers. To change it, enhance it, to make it better.

So the question is, will you behave, or will you become the villain in our next story?

Interview with Author Shanah Bell on Her Book The Art of Being a PITA

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I love talking to other writers about their publishing experiences and the writing life in general. I enjoy it even more if those writers are my friends and we have a lot in common.

I first met Shanah through Holly Johnson’s Earn More Writing Facebook group, which is reserved for the students of the course (aff.link).

I’ve recently read her book The Art of Being a PITA, (aff.link) in which she details adventures from her extremely varied career. She has diverse talents and interests, and she refuses to stay in one job all her life. While there’s nothing wrong with staying with a job or company all your career (as long as it is making you happy), it’s a lot easier to relate to her resume for me. As a writer, I refuse to stick to a niche. To keep my elevator pitch short, I say I specialize in lifestyle if we are talking non-fiction, but in reality, it is just faster if I tell you things I don’t write about.

And while my educational and professional experiences haven’t been as diverse as Shanah’s, it still baffles a lot of people.

I studied Advertising and Business in college, and I held internships in advertising and PR companies. I interned for the sales and marketing division of Coca Cola. I worked for an education consultancy company. I did a very short stint volunteering at a bar during my college year abroad in Norway. I teach ESL and hold CELTA (Cambridge Certificate in teaching English to Adults). I’ve worked as a freelance translator, and I still do translation work. And I’m a freelance writer, blogger, novelist, and screenwriter. There are many more professional areas I want to explore. Niches and genres I want to write in.

So I thoroughly enjoyed PITA. I think it is crucial that we talk about diverse working experiences and colorful resumes so that employers – no matter what kind of work they are offering – stop seeing us as an anomaly. We might not have the 5-10 years of experience they are looking for, but we are adaptable, eager to learn, and easy to work with.

Enough about me. I’ll give you a short bio so that you know where Shanah is coming from and then dive into the interview.

And if you work in various niches or have a diverse resume, please share your experiences in the comments. I’d love to hear from you.

About the Author

Shanah Bell grew up in an entrepreneurial family, which drives her to think outside the box. As someone who hasn’t stopped moving since her feet first hit the ground, she’s not about to stop now. She is constantly on the hunt to learn new things and figure out how to attribute this new knowledge into her daily life.

She has a Master’s of Nutrition degree, which she uses to help peo­ple learn how to heal themselves through dietary adaptation. She and her spouse have five children in a blended family, which can get a little bit crazy at times. But they love it and do everything they can to teach their children how to think outside the box, as well.

Her goal in life is not only to live her best life but to help everyone around her live theirs, also.

Can you tell us a bit about your writing background?

I started writing as a child and have continued to hone my skills into adulthood. When I was younger, I spent more time writing poems and plays. But as I got older, I began to spend more time writing research papers and articles that helped people find solutions to specific issues. I became a freelance writer in 2016, as well as began writing on my own blog, Adaptive Nourishment. I have been working on two different books for multiple years now, and was thrilled to see “The Art of Being a PITA” finally come to fruition.

When did you decide to write this book? How did the idea and title come about?

I decided to write this book almost 10 years ago. The book was actually a larger project, but as time went on, I realized that it made more sense to split it up into two different books. The idea came about because people have been asking me for as long as I can remember how I do what I do when it comes to my career. I felt that it made more sense to write it all down, along with what I learned from each position, because that would be the most digestible way to get the information across. The title is actually not the original title of the book. The original title was “TADA – The Art of Diversifying & Adapting.” But after some market research, that title was deemed not relatable, so I worked on changing it. PITA is something I have been called by my mother, since I was young, and by many other people I have run across. So it just naturally made sense to me to add that into the title, since the book is about non-traditional living.

What’s The Art of Being a PITA about in your own words?

PITA is ultimately multifaceted. This book talks about:

  • living a non-traditional life
  • working multiple different jobs at one time
  • multitasking effectively
  • learning new skill sets
  • learning more about you and what you really like in the workspace
  • becoming a more valued employee in any genre
  • creating financial stability when working non-traditional jobs
  • figuring out what your “WHY” is in life and how that translates to your career
  • creating work/life balance
  • living the highest and best life for you, which may not look like anybody else’s.

Can you take us through the publishing journey of PITA?

I originally met my publisher (Wisdom House Books) through LinkedIn in January of 2018. We met in person in February to discuss the book and the progress I was making. I finally got the initial copy completed in August of 2018 and submitted it to my publisher the same day. I began speaking with my editor in September 2018, where we started the editing process. My publisher was working on the jacket design at the same time. We got the jacket design completed in January 2019, as well as the final editing. The book was released on Amazon on March 1, 2019.

Did you enjoy working with them?

I did for the editing and publishing process, but I HATED them for the PR process.

They charged me through the nose and did basically nothing. So I fired them.

But getting the book published was a great process. I wish they would have just left me alone at that because then I wouldn’t have the sour taste in my mouth about them

How much did they charge you?

It was about $6000.

I talked to a few other FinCon people who have worked in publishing, and they said that the pricing wasn’t actually that bad compared to traditional publishers since they take a large portion of the book proceeds instead of a lump sum. The PR was so much worse and they did freaking nothing!

Your adventures and experiences in the book make it very clear you rock at organizing and time management. Can you give us tips, for both when it comes to writing and life in general?

Being organized has been an integral part of how I have become so effective at multitasking and time management. I have found that if my environment, and calendar, are organized and up to date, then I am so much more efficient. When I am discussing a meeting with someone, as soon as it has been confirmed, I put it on my calendar. I do not STOP, or pass GO (Monopoly reference) until I put the event on my calendar. Because if I don’t do it right then, it may not make it on there, and then the meeting doesn’t exist in my world. This has been extremely helpful. Plus, I am a huge believer in having an organized space to work in, as well as my house being in order. When everything is organized, I know exactly where to find what I need, so I don’t waste valuable time looking for things, or feeling chaotic. Creating balance in your space is an important tool for creating balance in your work life. When it comes to writing, I know who my clients are for the month and how many articles I need to write. So I dedicate certain mornings to getting my writing knocked out.

Since I am a morning person, this is the optimal time, for me, to work on things that require higher level thought processes. Finding the most optimal time of day for you to work is an important thing to know about yourself and take advantage of when doing anything work related. So if you are a night owl, you should be doing most of your higher level work at night, instead of in the morning, like me. But no matter what, make sure that you dedicate a specific time frame on certain regular days to get your work done, because it will create a more ingrained schedule, which leads to more effectiveness and efficiency.

Do you have any tips for people who are like you – people who love defining their own terms and working in different areas?

Figure out what your “WHY” is first and foremost. What is it that drives you to do what you do, or what you want to do? Once you know this, it will be easier to pick and choose jobs based on what makes you ultimately happy. And make sure to create organization in your life so that you can be more efficient and effective at what you choose to do. If you are both of those, whoever you work for will deem you more valuable. This can translate into higher pay, sometimes, or just more flexibility. And if you are like me when it comes to defining your own terms, you are probably doing it because flexibility, and living your life on your own terms, are more important to you than the pay is.

What are your publishing plans for the future?

Right now I have 3 more books planned in the PITA series, so I am hoping to have the next one released in a year.

What are some of your favorite books? Favorite authors?

  • The Celestine Prophecy Series by James Redfield has been one of my favorite series since it came out in the 1990s
  • Robin Cook, who writes medical mysteries
  • Patricia Cornwell, who writes forensic science mysteries
  • Sue Grafton, who writes detective mysteries based out of Santa Barbara, CA, which is where I am originally from
  • Who Moved My Cheese by Spencer Johnson
  • The Plant Paradox by Stephen Gundry
  • The Longevity Code by Kris Verburgh
  • Financial Freedom by Grand Sabatier
  • The Millionaire Next Door by Thomas J Stanley

Where can we follow you on social media?

 

The Best Free Resources for Writers to Find Markets to Pitch

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Or you can just look at a pink screen until you can think of markets to pitch. 🙂

Newer freelancers or those who are just thinking about venturing into freelance writing might be afraid they will run out of ideas to pitch. If that’s the case with you, you can always restock your idea well by brainstorming, and I’ve got the post to help you with that: Finding Article Ideas & Writing About Them: 30 Inspiration Tips for Writers

But for many of us, the problem is usually matching the idea to the right market. So I went ahead and wrote an article about this for WOW! Women on Writing: How to Find the Right Markets for Your Ideas,where I interviewed fellow experienced freelance writers and included their tips as well as my own. I also talked about how long you should keep pitching after your idea has been rejected. After all, two of my ideas found homes in about two years.

If you are however in a too-long-didn’t-read mode and want me to just give you some useful links, here they are:

–wheretopitch.com: Wheretopitch is an amazing free tool run by Susan Shain. You put in a keyword, and the website suggests where to pitch for you.

–whopayswriters.com Whopayswriters is another free website where writers list how much they were paid for an article, how long it took, and how easy/difficult it was. If you do a little digging, you will see many magazines you haven’t thought or known about. And you will have a great idea on what you will be dealing with when it comes to payment terms.

– Contently’s Rates Database: This database is much smaller than whopayswriters.com, but you can still go through the list to get ideas on where to pitch.

– *Your writer friends: When I’m stuck on where to write pitch a given piece or if I need more alternatives, I turn to my writer friends. I try to return the favor as much as I can. Writers are busy. We don’t all have assistants (though we really need one), so make sure you are not just receiving favors all the time. The goodwill will dry up. Don’t leave a bad impression.

If you are bad at coming up with places to pitch, you can offer to do other things for your friends such as proofreading or brainstorming ideas with them.

-Funds for Writers: Funds for Writers is an amazingly helpful resource website run by C. Hope Clark. An established writer herself, the website offers submission guidelines for markets, information on grants and contests as well as articles on all aspects of making money from your writing. I strongly recommend subscribing to the free newsletter.

–Writer’s Weekly: Writer’s Weekly is also a great free resource featuring market guidelines and articles. Both Funds for Writers and Writer’s Weekly are paid markets for writers, should you think you have an article idea for them. However, as with any publication, read their guidelines very carefully before pitching anything.

– Paid Publishing Guidebook by Freedom with Writing, as well as their newsletters. Freedom with Writing website offers a free book of markets to their newsletter subscribers. You also get markets suggested to you in the newsletters.

– Paidwrite.com. Kristy Rice’s wonderful website offers comprehensive lists of freelance writing markets. Make sure you hang out there a while to make the most of it.

– Jennifer Mattern’s All Freelance Writing website.In addition to answering most (if not all) of your questions about freelance writing , the website features a markets directory.

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And yes, you will encounter markets you have seen elsewhere, but the more you internalize them, the better. Nothing beats knowing at least five markets an idea might be a good fit for from the top of your head. It’s a wonderful time and sanity saver.

How about you? How do you find markets for your ideas?

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