{"id":4,"date":"2005-11-29T05:12:49","date_gmt":"2005-11-29T13:12:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/publishingblog\/?p=4"},"modified":"2006-05-17T14:59:21","modified_gmt":"2006-05-17T22:59:21","slug":"creativity-and-writing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/publishingblog\/?p=4","title":{"rendered":"Creativity and Writing"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m in development mode again. My latest book is finished. In fact, the printer (Fidlar Doubleday) is putting the blue line for The Right Way to Write, Publish and Sell Your Book <\/em><\/strong>in the mail today. Once I proof and okay it, we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll go into production. The publication date is January 1, 2006.<\/p>\n

I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve done tons of promotion already and the book isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t even out of the hopper. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve contacted all 500 (or so) people on my mailing list to offer them a prepublication discount for The Right Way to Write, Publish and Sell Your Book<\/strong><\/em>. For those of you who missed it, this offer is good through 2005.
\nhttp:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/rightway.html\/<\/a> <\/p>\n

I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m talking the book up everywhere I go. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m adding a signature with a link to my ordering page at the end of my emails. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve submitted about 3 dozen articles to over 20 writing\/publishing-related magazines, ezines and newsletters. And I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve run ads in a few of them. <\/p>\n

Did you know there were so many publications related to writing and publishing? There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Writer\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Digest, Writing-World, Writer\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Weekly, Authorship, SPAWNews, PMA Newsletter, National Association of Women Writers Newsletter, SPANnet, Writing for Dollars, Working Writer, Book Promotion Newsletter, Writers Write, Women on Writing, Writer\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Apprentice, New Writer Magazine, Christian Writer\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Fellowship Newsletter, Absolute Write, Freelance Writers Report, Byline, Publishing Basics.<\/em> Which writing\/publishing-related mags did I miss? <\/p>\n

Of course, there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s The Writer<\/em>. However, while I have a good rapport with Writer\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Digest <\/em>and many of these other publications, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve never been able to break into The Wri<\/em>ter. In fact, yesterday, I received requests from two of the newsletters mentioned above requesting more of my articles.<\/p>\n

Okay, so I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve done all of this promotion for The Right Way to Write, Publish and Sell Your Book <\/em><\/strong>as well as the book that we came out with a few months ago\u00e2\u20ac\u201dHow to Write a Successful Book Proposal in 8 Days or Less<\/em><\/strong>. And I continue to promote some every day while also trying to get back into a routine of producing\u00e2\u20ac\u201dyou know, writing new things and pitching them. I pitched two new article ideas to Maria over at Writer\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Digest<\/em>, yesterday. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m also working on some rewrites for my Catscapades <\/em>book. What is Catscapades<\/em>? It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s my play-on-words title for my upcoming book of cat stories. <\/p>\n

I mentioned my title to a fellow-writer last week and she said, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153What is this, cats at the Ice Capades?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d I was going more for cats escapades, thus, Catscapades<\/em>. <\/p>\n

Writing stories is sure different than writing \u00e2\u20ac\u0153give me the facts, ma\u00e2\u20ac\u2122am\u00e2\u20ac\u009d type stuff. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a real stretch for me to write in this sort of creative mode. But I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m learning. I keep referring back to the poetry I used to write before I discovered my niche as a nonfiction writer. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s fun\u00e2\u20ac\u201dbut it is also a lot of work trying to squeeze artistic phrases out of my more structured mind. And that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s okay. I know people who write lovely prose and cannot write clear directions or instructions. They can describe a scene and an experience beautifully, but they cannot easily make a clear point when writing something instructional, for example.<\/p>\n

So this will be a day of creativity for me. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll be seeking creative ways to attract new writing assignments and I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll be tapping into my latent creative abilities in order to work on the cat story book. In the middle of all this, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m taking a hike in a local river bottom with a photographer friend. And I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m taking my camera just in case we spot the young mountain lion that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s been hanging out down there. Now this could turn into something to write about.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m in development mode again. My latest book is finished. In fact, the printer (Fidlar Doubleday) is putting the blue line for The Right Way to Write, Publish and Sell Your Book in the mail today. Once I proof and okay it, we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll go into production. The publication date is January 1, 2006. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve done […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[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