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Category Archives: Mini-Topic Chats
Self-Editing
Tonight, we are going to have an open chat, bring your own topic and let’s see what happens.
Editing Project Prep Work
Our running topic for March will be Revision & Editing. We will sort out the difference between Revision and Editing and address techniques and forms of editing.
Writing Articles (nonfiction)
Writing and selling an article to a magazine is a great place for writers to get a toe into the publishing world or earn some street creds.
Writer’s Toolbox
Writers need a toolbox including the essential tools of grammar and punctuation combined with our voice, our unique story. Novel writing is not something to be entered into lightly.
Writer’s Reference Books
There are countless writing reference books, updated yearly, at your local library. You can build your own reference library, stack or e-files in your own time, according to your needs and income. A Reference Library for every writer is going to be as unique as the writer’s style. Go through your books once or twice a year. Add to it. Don’t be afraid to use it.
January Craft and Marketing Month
January marks a month of topics about the craft of writing and the art of marketing.
Submission Strategies for the New Year
2019 is almost here. Many of us wrap up the year by taking a sort of inventory of progress we made during the year and making promises to do it better in the future. As a writer, writing and sending submissions out into the world creates the task of managing them.
Submission Tracking
After market research I would take out another photocopied sheet and I’d note the who, what, when and where to send it. I’d put together a query letter with a paragraph to clearly show I had looked through past issues of their magazine. Sometimes I would mention an article well done. I’d put a note on the sheet of paper as the submission and SASE dropped into the mailbox. This is how I tracked my submissions. I’d make a note to myself when time ran out and I assumed I ended up in slush and went to the next publication on my list.
Settings
Even if it only shows up in your notes there are some things to consider in your settings.
