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************************************************************************ W R I T E R S O N T H E R I S E May 2006 Issue -- Theme: Nurturing Your Writing Career View the entire zine in all of its magnificence at... http://www.writersontherise.com/newslettermay06.html Give Christina Katz an electronic holler at.... Editor & Publisher: writersontherise@earthlink.net ************************************************************************ Subscribe/Unsubscribe at the bottom of this (brief) letter ************************************************************************ Letter From The Editor Dear Fellow Writers, Summer is the time for writers to kick back, chill out and catch some zzz’s, right? No way! Especially not if you want to place your feature-length articles in national publications in 2007. If you want to see your byline in the coming year, you should be drafting your pitches, polishing them to perfection and sending them out before summer’s end. Why? Because editors of national publications are thinking about next year throughout the summer and we should be too. In a special report on editorial calendar planning, Meg Weaver from Wooden Horse Publishing says, “It’s uncanny how many freelancers get calls from editors about assignments in late August and September. And you might be one of them if you suggested a subject approved for the [editorial] calendar.” Don’t we all want to be one of those freelancers with assignments for 2007 lined up before the busy fall and holiday season? Whether you write full-time or part-time, and even if you’ve never been published in a national magazine before, so much of getting into print is pitching the right idea at the right time. So request editorial calendars along with writer’s guidelines or look for 2007 calendars in media kits sent out or posted by the advertising department to get a better idea what editors are envisioning on their glossy pages for 2007. And though long walks, sleeping in, trips to the seashore and Fourth of July picnics will nurture your health and family (important prioirities!) this summer, you can’t nurture your career if you abandon your work when the temperature starts soaring. What keeps us from success, according to our featured author this month, Barbara DeMarco-Barrett, is "that notion that you don’t want to write but want to have written.” And ain't that the truth? But never fear, WOTR is going to help you keep on pitching all summer long. Introducing the first annual WOTR Summer Freelance Races! Don't worry, I'm not just raining on your soon-to-be summer parade. I want to get you psyched to make more pitches this summer than ever before. And in that spirit, I'm happy to announce our first annual Writers On The Rise Summer Freelance Races. Here’s how it works: First you pay a $20 dollar entry fee by May 31, 2006 to support WOTR. Then, from June 1st to August 31st, freelancers ‘compete’ with each other and themselves to see who can pitch and place the most articles, fillers, tips, essays, etc. Every form of writing counts as long as you can prove you placed it during these months, so hang onto that assignment e-mail or contract from an established, paying print, online or e-mail editor. Every dollar you are promised for an article sold by query or as an unsolicited manuscript is worth one point. The top three writers with the most points accumulated at the end of the summer will win one of the following prizes: First Place: $75 worth of WOTR gear from our Caf? Press Store and a one-time, one-hour writing-career coaching session with Kelly James- Enger (a hundred dollar value) Second Place: $50 worth of WOTR gear from our Caf? Press Store and a one-time, one-hour writing-career coaching session with Sharon Cindrich (a hundred dollar value) Third Place: $25 worth of WOTR gear from our Caf? Press Store and a one-time, one-hour writing-career coaching session with Christina Katz (a hundred dollar value) Does this sound cool or what? Just think of how much more motivated you will be when you sit down to write knowing you are not the only one working hard this summer! Or better yet, play all day and work in the wee hours and evenings; you’ll still reap the benefits come ‘assignment time.’ And best of all, you’ll help Writers On The Rise cover our operating costs and pay our professional-writer columnists. And hurry! The sooner you start (or keep) pitching, the better. Click on the PayPal button, above, to register for the WOTR Summer Freelance Races. All registrants will submit a writer bio and headshot (in gif format) by June 1st and we'll kick off the races with our June issue! Share with WOTR readers in THE BACK PAGES Our goal is to make Writers On The Rise the number one online source of writing information, inspiration and motivation for freelance writers. And to that end, we’d like your help. We have a whole new section of the zine called THE BACK PAGES where we’ll continue our longer feature articles and still have plenty of room for reader participation. We'd like to hear from you! CLICK HERE to go straight to THE BACK PAGES. And let's not forget this month's issue! Did I mention that we’ve got a great issue for you this month? And, don’t forget, you can always print us out and take us with you, in case you’re getting away for a long weekend or attending an out-of- twon graduation. We’ve got our usual lineup of professional-writer columnists, a feature article from C. Hope Clark on writing for the slang-loving teen market and an interview with Barbara DeMarco- Barrett, author of Pen On Fire, A Busy Woman’s Guide to Igniting the Fire Within. Before I wrap this up and head back down into my almost-done-with-my- first-book-deadline tunnel, I want to say Happy Mother’s Day to all the writer mamas! Next year, you ’ll be able to request my book Writer Mama for a mom’s day gift! Yes! That is so exciting that I’d better get back to work. In the writing spirit, Christina Katz View the entire zine by clicking on the links above or below... ************************************************************************ W R I T E R S O N T H E R I S E May 2006 Issue -- Theme: Nurturing Your Writing Career View the entire zine in all of its magnificence at... http://www.writersontherise.com/newslettermay06.html Give Christina Katz an electronic holler at.... Editor & Publisher: writersontherise@earthlink.net ************************************************************************ Sincerely, Christina Katz Author, Speaker & Writing Instructor Editor & Publisher writersontherise@earthlink.net Writers On The Rise, Create the Writing Career You've Imagined! Most recent newsletter: http://www.writersontherise.com/newsletter.html Upcoming E-mail Classes: http://www.writersontherise.com/classes.html Free content for your e-zine by Christina Katz: http://www.writersontherise.com/reprints.html Coming February 2007: Writer Mama, How To Raise A Writing Career Alongside Your Kids For Writer's Digest Books http://www.christinakatz.com http://www.thewritermama.com Copyright (c) 2006 Christina Katz ---------- Thank you for joining us! Subscribe: 91126-subscribe@zinester.com Thank you for spending time with us! Unsubscribe: 91126-unsubscribe@zinester.com |
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