Every time I approach the writing of a novel, a short story or even just an article, I ask myself: WHY would a person buy my work? And HOW MUCH will a person be keen on paying for a piece of my work? These questions are relevant to the writing activity itself, unlike many tend to think. At least, they are relevant when you write for business, be it an essay or a creative piece. There are many things a person would like to see in a creative piece: a Valentine’s story, a special gift that made a significant other happy, a Mother’s Day celebration turning into an action drama……
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Aresha, My Unsuccessful NaNoWriMo for 2011
UPDATED: August 31, 2018 This year my NaNoWriMo was not successful. Less than 20,000 words. I can’t complain too much, however, since the attempt gave me a new story to work on in my free time, but the fact I wasn’t able to work constantly left me with a sense of frustration in my chest. The novel title is Aresha. I didn’t feel like updating this blog for the duration of the challenge – and I don’t wish to spoil the plot here anyway, but I can report what I wrote in my NaNoWriMo profile: A 9-year old girl from another planet, Aresha (read ‘Ah-reh-sah’), retained mentally-ill and confined into…
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Thanks, Writer’s Market!
I bought the Writer’s Market 2009 book on eBay a few weeks ago. I only recently got it in the mail. Do I need to mention how big a help this book is revealing to be? Aside from magazines that accept freelance writers, I found at least a hundred publishers for short stories, Sci-Fi novels and novellas that accept online submissions. Manna from Heaven! I don’t care the book is a 2009 edition. I understand the need for update, as new publishers are born every year, but I can get the updates from the Web version (which I’m going to subscribe to on January/February 2012): all I could afford NOW…
