{"id":136,"date":"2008-01-10T07:30:52","date_gmt":"2008-01-10T15:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/publishingblog\/?p=136"},"modified":"2008-01-10T07:30:52","modified_gmt":"2008-01-10T15:30:52","slug":"two-dozen-resources-for-authors-and-freelance-writers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/publishingblog\/?p=136","title":{"rendered":"Two Dozen Resources for Authors and Freelance Writers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Do you subscribe to Publishers Weekly Daily Reports<\/em>? If not, you should. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s informative and it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s FREE. Go to http:\/\/www.publishersweekly.com<\/a>, scroll down to where you see \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Newsletters\u00e2\u20ac\u009d on the right. Check the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153PW Daily\u00e2\u20ac\u009d box. <\/p>\n

I promised you resources and that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s resource number one.<\/p>\n

In a recent PW Daily Report came this story by Mike Shatzkin called 15 Trends to Watch in 2008<\/em>. In case you want to backtrack, it arrived in my email box January 8, 2008. He says he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s been in the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153biz\u00e2\u20ac\u009d for 15 years and these are some of his predictions: <\/p>\n

1.\tThe popularity of ebooks will increase. (I think we hear that every year. Can it be true? Are you choosing ebooks over print books, yet?)
\n2.\tBy Christmas 2008, sales of customized (make your own) books will be substantial.
\n3.\tThe iPhone and iPod will become ebook readers.
\n4.\tBarnes and Noble will become the largest most powerful bookstore around.
\n5.\tPublishers will do more Internet marketing of their titles.
\n6.\t2008 will be the year of the author.<\/p>\n

Are there any surprises here? Do any of you agree? Disagree?<\/p>\n

Resource #2: How many of you are using Google Alerts to stay in the loop with regard to your topic\/genre? It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s easy, interesting and FREE. Go to http:\/\/www.google.com\/alerts <\/a> and choose your keywords. I use \u00e2\u20ac\u0153publishing,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00e2\u20ac\u0153writing\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and \u00e2\u20ac\u0153book marketing.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d I also have another Google Alert with my name and publishing company name. So when someone blogs about me, quotes me in an article, interviews me, etc., Google alerts me. <\/p>\n

Here are some additional resources that you might find useful:<\/p>\n

The Right Way to Write, Publish and Sell Your Book<\/em>. Order through Amazon or http:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/rightway.html<\/a> Also order The Author\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Workbook<\/em>. The combo is $28.00. <\/p>\n

Sign up for some of my online, on-demand courses at http:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/courses.htm<\/a> My newest course, on book marketing, hasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t been listed at my site, yet\u00e2\u20ac\u201dwatch for it.<\/p>\n

Okay, enough about me and my contributions to your success. <\/p>\n

Join SPAWN (Small Publishers, Artists and Writers Network) at http:\/\/www.spawn.org<\/a><\/p>\n

Check out other writing\/publishing-related sites: Wow-Women on Writing http:\/\/www.wow-womenonwriting.com<\/a>
\nPublishing Basics http:\/\/www.publishingbasics.com<\/a>
\nWrite for Kids http:\/\/www.write4kids.com<\/a>
\nSociety of American Travel Writers http:\/\/www.satw.org<\/a>
\nFiction Factor http:\/\/www.fictionfactor.com<\/a>
\nFiction Fix http:\/\/www.coffeehouseforwriters.com<\/a>
\nScience Fiction Writers of America http:\/\/www.sfwa.org<\/a> <\/p>\n

Here are some good newsletters:
\nSPAWNews (FREE) http:\/\/www.spawn.org<\/a> Click on \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Free Newsletter.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d
\nBook Promotion Newsletter (Annual subscription fee, $7.50) http:\/\/www.bookpromotionnewsletter.com<\/a>
\nWriters Weekly (Free) http:\/\/www.writersweekly.com.<\/a>
\nWriting World http:\/\/www.writing-world.com<\/a>
\nWriting For Dollars http:\/\/www.writingfordollars.com <\/a>
\nWooden Horse Publishing Newsletter http:\/\/www.woodenhorsepub.com<\/a> <\/p>\n

We all need to check in with a grammar site occasionally. Here are a few:
\nBartleby.com http:\/\/www.bartleby.com<\/a>
\nDaily Grammar http:\/\/www.dailygrammar.com<\/a>
\nSharp Writer http:\/\/www.sharpwriter.com<\/a> <\/p>\n

Whew, that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s about all my blog site can handle in one fell swoop. Oops, I just looked up the term, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153fell swoop\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and found another great site. Be sure to visit World Wide Words at http:\/\/www.worldwidewords.org<\/a><\/p>\n

Is there no end to useful and fascinating sites? Actually, no. Yet, I know, from working with clients and responding to authors\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 questions that not everyone has the mindset, experience or confidence to do their own research. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s easy, folks, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s fun and you will learn so much. <\/p>\n

The next time you wonder what constitutes an active sentence, whether your editor is correct in saying to use one space after all punctuation, what\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the definition of self-publishing or how to define the genre of your book, of course, look it up in my book The Right Way to Write, Publish and Sell Your Book<\/em>. But if your order for this amazing book hasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t arrived yet, you can always use a search engine such as Google. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Do you subscribe to Publishers Weekly Daily Reports? If not, you should. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s informative and it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s FREE. Go to http:\/\/www.publishersweekly.com, scroll down to where you see \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Newsletters\u00e2\u20ac\u009d on the right. Check the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153PW Daily\u00e2\u20ac\u009d box. I promised you resources and that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s resource number one. In a recent PW Daily Report came this story by Mike […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,4],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t