Poetry Wanted

If you have an interest in writing poetry then you should definitely do some online checking around!

For instance:

There was a company that was running a public project. They were looking for poems that focused on living on the road, trucking, and driving. Driver-poets were asked to submit a poem or poems to be used in their an anthology.

If you do just a little searching online you will be able to find other related sites that have to do with poetry contests and other poetry-related competitions. You may even find some that will pay you for your poetry as well!

It doesn't hurt to start looking online for these kinds of opportunities!



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There Are Other Ways To Make Money Online Too!

I have another blog about taking paid surveys as another way of making money online. As a result of that blog, I found another site that could be used as another way to be able to generate some more income.

Another way that you could earn some money online would be for you to write some articles (yes, just like a writer!) and submit them online. There is one website that I am currently investigating now - actually I'm trying to register with them - that will pay you for your article submissions! Actually to break it down more accurately they have different types of payments. For example what they seem to be best known for is the fact that people can submit articles and you earn money the more that people view your article. Another payment option is that this site will pay you upfront for articles before they are published.

Unfortunately I'm having some problems with trying to join this site! I am about 2/3rd's away from completing the process to register but I'm having problems with this last step. I have already sent them an email to discuss the problem. They also have a fax number as well as a physical address and phone number that I can use to contact them as well.

If all goes well with this site I will let you know.

But this isn't the only site that is offering payment for submitting articles. There are others out there as well. The more legitimate they are - the better!

Your Income As A Writer?

Just found an absolutely great link to a website that lists what some publishers are paying writers. Although a lot of the money figures are from romance publishers it will give you a good general ideas as to what the average is for those who are writers as far as publishers are concerned.

What Publishers Are Paying

Of course there are other ways that writers can earn an income. It's just that getting a publisher to publish one's manuscript is one of the things that writers dream about!

Blog Turned Into A Book!

Here is just another good example of never knowing where opportunities lie........

Another blog has been turned into a book and the book is now selling on Amazon.com. The author of the blog (and now the book) has appeared on TV!

This is just yet another example of how you never know where your financial opportunities will come from!

I'm sure that most of you are familiar with what blogs are and some of you may have an online blog of your own!

Simply speaking the blog that was mentioned above was a simple blog that a woman started and it started to become very popular. With that popularity came a book deal and now another blogger has been added to the list of "published" authors!

The general practice of a book deal involves you getting an advance for your book which is a financial benefit that was associated with having a blog.

Of course I'm sure this person started her blog without even thinking that she could possibly get a book deal out of it but it just goes to show you that you never know where your financial opportunities may be coming from!

If You Are A Writer Would You Like A Publishing Contract?

Are you a writer? Have you written any stories - short stories, romantic stories, horror stories? How would you like to get a publishing contract? Does that sound good to you? Do you think its impossible for you to get a publishing contract? First of all you have to have faith and belief in yourself as a writer. You should also have some writing that you have already done to your credit - whether its published or not!

Did you know that there are writing contests? Did you know that some of these writing contests offer the winner a publishing contract? That could be you!

Did you know that the woman that wrote the hugely successful Harry Potter books got a writing grant? Did you know that she was a single mother who was living on welfare at one point? Originally she wrote the stories for her children.

There are definitely a lot of writing-related contests that you should be looking into but I do realize that there are a lot of contests out there that are a scam. Number one avoid entering contests where you have to pay to enter the contest. There are plenty of contests around that don't charge you a fee for entering. Number 2 the more famous the name sponsoring the contest the more better it should make you feel.

So go ahead and start looking for those legitimate writing contests - you could get a publishing contract out of it!

Do you want to be a writer that gets paid?

Well first of all I think that one of the best ways to start making money is with Google's Adsense program. Create a blog or website and add the Adsense ads and you can start making money as soon as visitors to your site clicks on the ads.

And this advice also goes to all of you who are aspiring writers. Why not put up a blog and put your writing on it? I have seen many writer and writing-related blogs online so its not like you would be the first one.

Back in the day a writer was either "discovered" by a publishing company or a writer submitted their work somewhere and got published and got well known. I'm not saying that such a thing couldn't happen today but at least you have more options today than you had back them.

One thing I would advise every aspiring writer to do is to get a copy of The Writer's Market Handbook. I believe that this book is an absolutely "must have"! Consider it an investment! If you don't have enough money to buy a copy of the book then you should check and see if your local library has a copy. This book lists the different publishers and what kinds of submissions that they are looking for in almost every writing genre that you could imagine! It also provides some very good tips and advice concerning copyrights and how you should submit your submissions as far as how you work should look.

I should also mention that since I do a lot of grant research I know that there are many grant programs out there that are writing and writer-related. Did you know that the woman who wrote the Harry Potter books (and who now has more money than the Queen of England) received a grant early in her writing career?

If that doesn't motivate or inspire you I don't know what will!

Longhand

I was watching Dr. Wayne Dyer on PBS this past weekend and one of the things that he said really stood out to me. Dr. Dyer has written many books and interestingly enough I found out that he still does all his writing long-hand. It's hard for me to believe that he doesn't use a computer but anyhow I thought the whole thing kind of cute and it reminded me that I, myself have written articles first by long-hand and then typed them into the computer.

I guess one of the reasons why I am posting this is because I know that there are a lot of aspiring writers out there. Maybe it would help a lot of them to know that even the most famous of writers still do their work by long-hand.