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Poetry Contest! The Dream Quest One Poetry & Writing Contest is open to anyone who loves arranging words into the beautiful art of poetry or writing a story that is worth telling everyone! And to all who have the ability to dream... Write a poem, 30 lines or fewer on any subject or write a short story, 5 pages maximum on any theme for a chance to win up to $500.00 in cash prizes. All works must be original. Poetry Prizes: $250, $125, $50. Writing Prizes: $500, $250, $100. Entry fees: $5 per poem, $10 per story. Postmark deadline: July 31, 2010 More info: http://www.dreamquestone.com

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Step-by-Step Guide to Writing and Publishing Your Book

You are inspired to write a book! Research the subject. Check for other books (resources and competition). Check the title for similar ones on Amazon.Select a working title. Draft the cover copy. Set up your binder with dividers, front matter, and backmatter. Slip the mock-up of the covers into the outside pockets. Assemble research materials into chapter piles. Research. Gather more content. First draft, rough draft. Get what you have into the binder. Draft all chapters before going back to edit. Second draft. Content edit. Research and fill in the gaps. Gather quotes. Draft question list. Start getting answers. Draft an illustration list: the photos and drawings you will need. Start locating them. Third draft. Peer review. Send out chapters for feedback. Get testimonials for the back cover, page one, etc. Fourth draft. Copy edit. Clean up the punctuation, grammar, and style Fact checking. Confirm stories and facts. Confirm addresses and figures. Decision: Sell to publisher or Self-publish Get agent Typesetting Draft book proposal Sign with publisher Proofreading Proofreading Printing You are published. Promotion: Send out review copies, host autograph parties, give radio/TV interviews, etc. See The Self-Publishing Manual

PAYING MARKETS

 

Paying Markets Updated or added in our database since March 10, 2009 AGNI:  Medium paying market , pays on publication.  Accepts simultaneous submissions.  Seeks nonfiction, fiction, fillers. Subjects: Fiction, poetry, essays.  Online guidelines  Last updated: Oct-11-2009 Brew Your Own:  Low paying market , pays on publication.  Seeks nonfiction, columns/departments, photos/artwork. Subjects: Home brewing, equipment, ingredients and brewing methods.  Online guidelines  Last updated: Oct-11-2009 British Columbia Magazine:  High paying market , pays on publication.  Seeks nonfiction, columns/departments, photos/artwork. Subjects: Geographic and travel magazine focus on British Columbia.  Online guidelines  Last updated: Sep-20-2009 Canticle Magazine:  Low paying market , pays on publication.  Seeks nonfiction, columns/departments, fillers, photos/artwork. Subjects: Catholic femininity: intellectual, physical, spiritual, emotional, and vocational..  Online guidelines  Last updated: Sep-20-2009 Caribbean Travel & Life:  High paying market , pays on publication.  Seeks nonfiction, columns/departments, fillers, photos/artwork. Subjects: Vacation, travel, recreational, cultural opportunities of the Caribbean, Bahamas,and Bermuda Islands.  Online guidelines  Last updated: Sep-20-2009 Click on the magazine cover to see a subscription offer for Caribbean Travel & Life. If you find that within the first three months of placing your order you are not 100% satisfied — for any reason — you can receive a full, prompt refund. Carolina Gardener:  Low paying market , pays on publication.  Seeks nonfiction, photos/artwork. Subjects: Gardening in the Southeast.  Online guidelines  Last updated: Sep-20-2009 Children's Writer Newsletter:  Medium paying market , pays on acceptance.  Accepts simultaneous submissions.  Seeks nonfiction, columns/departments. Subjects: Children's writing, trends in books and magazines, approaching editors, editorial needs.  Online guidelines  Last updated: Oct-11-2009 Colorado Central Magazine:  Low paying market , pays on publication.  Seeks nonfiction, columns/departments, photos/artwork. Subjects: Culture, economy, politics, issues, people, history of Central Colorado and the San Luis Valley.  Online guidelines  Last updated: Sep-27-2009 Commonweal:  Low paying market , pays on acceptance.  Seeks nonfiction, columns/departments, fillers. Subjects: Catholic, opinion, public affairs, religion, literature, arts, Christianity, poetry.  Online guidelines  Last updated: Sep-27-2009 Companion Parrot Quarterly:  Low paying market , pays on publication.  Seeks nonfiction, fiction. Subjects: Parrots, behavior and personality, in-depth care articles..  Online guidelines  Last updated: Sep-20-2009 Event:  High paying market , pays on publication.  Accepts simultaneous submissions.  Seeks nonfiction, fiction, fillers, photos/artwork. Subjects: Canadian fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry.  Online guidelines  Last updated: Oct-12-2009 Forest Magazine:  High paying market , pays on publication.  Seeks nonfiction, columns/departments, photos/artwork. Subjects: Forest Service, whether it is forest management, policy, whistleblowers, profiles.  Online guidelines  Last updated: Oct-12-2009 Glimmer Train Stories:  High paying market , pays on acceptance.  Accepts simultaneous submissions.  Seeks fiction. Subjects: Short stories.  Online guidelines  Last updated: Sep-20-2009 Government Executive:  High paying market , pays on acceptance.  Seeks nonfiction. Subjects: Business, government.  Online guidelines  Last updated: Sep-20-2009 The Imperfect Parent:  Low paying market , pays on publication.  Accepts simultaneous submissions.  Seeks nonfiction, columns/departments. Subjects: Parenting.  Online guidelines  Last updated: Oct-01-2009 IndustryWeek:  High paying market , pays on acceptance.  Seeks nonfiction, photos/artwork. Subjects: Executive profiles, management best practices.  Online guidelines  Last updated: Sep-27-2009 Lake Country Journal:  Low paying market , pays on publication.  Seeks nonfiction, fiction, columns/departments, fillers, photos/artwork. Subjects: North central Minnesota lakes area..  Online guidelines  Last updated: Oct-05-2009 Log Home Living:  Medium paying market , pays on acceptance.  Seeks nonfiction, photos/artwork. Subjects: Modern manufactured and handcrafted kit log homes.  Online guidelines  Last updated: Sep-27-2009 Metropolis Magazine:  High paying market , pays on acceptance.  Seeks nonfiction, columns/departments, photos/artwork. Subjects: Art, architecture, design, graphics, urbanism, development, planning, perservation.  Online guidelines  Last updated: Sep-27-2009 Midwest Living :  High paying market , pays on acceptance.  Seeks nonfiction, columns/departments. Subjects: Travel, food, home and garden.  Online guidelines  Last updated: Oct-12-2009 Hobby Farms - Guidelines:  Pays on publication.  Seeks nonfiction, columns/departments, photos/artwork. Subjects: All aspects of rural living—from small farm equipment to country cooking.  Hunting The West Magazine - Guidelines:  Pays on publication.  Seeks nonfiction, photos/artwork. Subjects: Hunting in 11 western states, Alaska, Alberta, British Columbia .  Sew News - Guidelines:  Pays on acceptance.  Seeks nonfiction. Subjects: Sewing, how-to.  Low - Less than $125 Charlotte Parent - Guidelines:  Pays on publication.  Seeks nonfiction. Subjects: Parenting, teens, children.  ChildbirthSolutions.com - Guidelines:  Pays on acceptance.  Accepts simultaneous submissions.  Seeks nonfiction, fillers, photos/artwork. Subjects: Any topic relating to childbirth as well as articles with a humorous style and personal experiences..  The Fiddlehead - Guidelines:  Pays on publication.  Seeks nonfiction, fiction, fillers. Subjects: Literary short stories, poetry, reviews.  GoNOMAD - Guidelines:  Pays on publication.  Seeks nonfiction, columns/departments, photos/artwork. Subjects: Travel.  Kids' Ministry Ideas - Guidelines:  Pays on acceptance.  Seeks nonfiction, columns/departments, photos/artwork. Subjects: Christian, children's ministries leaders, Seveneth Day Adventists.  Medium - $125 - $500 Cabin Life - Guidelines:  Pays on acceptance.  Seeks nonfiction, columns/departments, photos/artwork. Subjects: Cabin culture, home improvement, maintenance, finance, entertaining, dining, recreation, boating.  Crafts N Things - Guidelines:  Pays on publication.  Seeks nonfiction, columns/departments, photos/artwork. Subjects: Crafts, original designs.  The Cross Stitcher - Guidelines:  Pays on acceptance.  Seeks nonfiction, photos/artwork. Subjects: Crafts, cross stitch.  German Life - Guidelines:  Pays on publication.  Seeks nonfiction, columns/departments, fillers, photos/artwork. Subjects: German cultural, historical, social, and political events.  HeartLand Boating - Guidelines:  Pays on publication.  Seeks nonfiction, columns/departments, photos/artwork. Subjects: Power boating, sailboating.  Low - Less than $125 Chapman - Guidelines:  Pays on publication.  Seeks fiction, columns/departments, fillers, photos/artwork. Subjects: Scotland's leading literary magazine theatre, music, the visual arts, language.  Cineaste - Guidelines:  Pays on publication.  Seeks nonfiction, columns/departments. Subjects: Cinema.  The First Line - Guidelines:  Pays on publication.  Seeks nonfiction, fiction. Subjects: Literary.  Foursquare World Advance - Guidelines:  Pays on acceptance.  Seeks nonfiction, photos/artwork. Subjects: Religion.  More paying markets Medium - $125 - $500 Fate - Guidelines:  Pays on publication.  Seeks nonfiction, columns/departments, fillers, photos/artwork. Subjects: Strange and unknown phenomena, psychic, recent fortean, life after death, healing, ghosts.  Field Trial - Guidelines:  .  Seeks nonfiction, fiction, photos/artwork. Subjects: field trials for pointing dogs.  Florida Wildlife - Guidelines:  Pays on publication.  Seeks nonfiction, photos/artwork. Subjects: huntin, freshwater fishing, conservation, outdoor ethics.  Sailing World - Guidelines:  .  Seeks nonfiction. Subjects: Performance sailing.  Low - Less than $125 DCM - Guidelines:  Pays on acceptance.  Seeks nonfiction, photos/artwork. Subjects: AFCOM Data Center Management.  Flesh and Blood. removed, (out of print)  Florida Leader - Guidelines:  Pays on publication.  Seeks nonfiction, photos/artwork. Subjects: College Life.  FolksOnline - Guidelines:  Pays on publication.  Seeks nonfiction. Subjects: True Stories, computers, internet.

 

High - Over $500 Bridal Guide - Guidelines:  Pays on publication.  Seeks nonfiction, columns/departments, fillers, photos/artwork. Subjects: relationships, marriage, sexuality, fitness, psychology, finance and travel.  Cruising World - Guidelines:  Pays on publication.  Seeks nonfiction, columns/departments, photos/artwork. Subjects: People and cruising.  Family Tree - Guidelines:  Pays on publication.  Seeks nonfiction, photos/artwork. Subjects: Genealogy, ethnic heritage, personal history, scrapbooking, photography and photo preservation.  Fast Company - Guidelines:  Pays on acceptance.  Seeks nonfiction. Subjects: business, technology, economy.  Medium - $125 - $500 The Adjunct Advocate - Guidelines:  Pays on publication.  Seeks nonfiction. Subjects: resource for temporary college faculty .  Dance Teacher Now - Guidelines:  Pays on publication.  Seeks nonfiction, columns/departments, photos/artwork. Subjects: Dance, ballet, jazz, modern, tap, character, folk and ethnic, ballroom/dancesport, aerobic.  Faith Today - Guidelines:  Pays on acceptance.  Seeks nonfiction, photos/artwork. Subjects: Christian Canadian event, trend or issue of current interest.  Mother Earth News - Guidelines:  Pays on publication.  Seeks nonfiction, columns/departments, fillers, photos/artwork. Subjects: homesteading, organic gardening, Real Food, country skills, alternative energy, green transportation.  Nuestra Gente Utah - Guidelines:  Pays on publication.  Seeks nonfiction, columns/departments, fillers, photos/artwork. Subjects: Hispanic fitness, food, parenting, politics, travel, lifestyle, sports, entertainment, and health.  Low - Less than $125 Canadian Dimension - Guidelines:  Pays on publication.  Seeks nonfiction. Subjects: Socialist Perspective.  The Chick Lit Review - Guidelines:  Pays on publication.  Seeks fiction. Subjects: short stories and book reviews ChickLit.  Country Line Magazine - Guidelines:  Pays on publication.  Seeks nonfiction, photos/artwork. Subjects: Texas music and the Texas way of life.  Dancing USA:  deleted. Empire Magazine - Guidelines:  Pays on publication.  Seeks nonfiction, columns/departments, fillers, photos/artwork. Subjects: sports, business, political, and entertainment for urban men's magazine.  Island Angler - Guidelines:  Pays on publication.  Seeks nonfiction, photos/artwork. Subjects: fresh and saltwater fisheries of Vancouver Island.  Outlook Magazine - Guidelines:  Pays on publication.  Seeks nonfiction, columns/departments, fillers. Subjects: Pieces related to the gay and lesbian community about art, home/interior design/pets/unsung G&L hero.

 

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Humor Spot

Writing In General

• Procrastination

• Blaming the kids for bugging me about their homework is not an acceptable excuse for not getting my work done in a timely manner, say, in this calendar year.
• Chatting to my best virtual friend for four hours and telling her all the cool stuff that's coming up for the
• The column is due, the column is due, the column is due...
• "Five more minutes" does not redefine time as we know it.
• I do not NEED chocolate to write. Not having any is not an excuse not to work on the three novels and eighty billion fanfics that I foolishly started.
• If I have to be late, I must explain to the archivists why I didn't get a chapter of a story finished on time.
• If I'm going to be late, I will let the archivist know about it so s/he can post that it will be late.
• If I say I'm going to do a story in the next month, I will at least try and finish it within the year.
• If your shareware says "Day 167 of your 30-day evaluation period," you've been using it too long -- as an excuse to get out of writing.
• I'll do this one later.
• I'll send the parts when I say I will...or at least in the same day.
• I promise to finish that Alpha Flight arc. It's only four months late.
• I will actually respond to readers who give me feedback within the next century.
• I will actually write stories, instead of just writing SCs using my unwritten characters and telling #fictalkers about all the stuff I have planned...
• I will beta that story, instead of sitting around feeling guilty about it, no matter how bad the story looks.
• I will FINISH stories -- not just start them.
• I will learn to at least finish the sentence that I am wor--