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September 18, 2007
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Dedicated to the Success of Aspiring, Stalled and Struggling Writers September 18, 2007 ISSN 1543-8090
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WriteSuccess
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“The big secret in life is that there
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your goal, you can get there if you're willing to work.”
--Oprah Winfrey
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IN THIS ISSUE…
1. From My Desk to
Yours: Affiliate Marketing for Writers
2. Article: Getting Into the Writing Mood by Mary Anne Hahn
3. Setting Your
Sites
4. Fre.e Resources for Writers
5. WriteSuccess Product Review
6. WriteSuccess Stories
7. Calls for
Writers
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FROM MY DESK TO YOURS: Affiliate Marketing for Writers
Hello:
I’m starting
something new this issue. I’m splitting the
old “WriteSuccess Resources” section into two—-one
will contain
fre.e resources for writers that I find both on and offline, and
the other will be a product
review.
In the interest of full disclosure, I want
to tell you that I am an
affiliate of many of the products I’ll review; this means I earn
commissions if
you purchase the item through the link I provide.
Also in the interest of full disclosure, I will only review
products
and services that I have used or read myself. So these won’t be
just advertis.ements, but
my true opinions regarding the pros and
cons of whatever I review.
For years I have been interested in the potential that writers have
to make money online, and the myriad
of ways to do so. Serving as
an affiliate for products that you believe in, and that you believe
will help
others, is one such method. Whether you add affiliate
links to your writing Web site, include them in ebooks,
or develop
your own online newsletter, blog or Web site revolving around a
topic you’re passionate about
(I obviously chose writing, but the
sky is truly the limit), marketing other people’s products or
services
through affiliate links can bring in a nice source of
steady income for you as you pursue and develop other writing
avenues.
So again, I’ll only review books,
e-books, software and other tools
of the trade that I sincerely think you’ll be interested in and can
use.
And should you purchase any of them, I invite your feedback as
well. This will ensure the integrity of the WriteSuccess
product
review section, and provide you with opinions other than mine that
you can use to make your decision as
to whether or not to buy it
yourself.
Here’s
to your writing success.
Mary Anne
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ARTICLE: Getting Into the Writing Mood
©2007 Mary Anne Hahn
How often do you sit down
at your keyboard, stare at the screen, and
think, “I’m just not in the mood to write today?”
Or maybe you
don’t admit that to yourself, but instead use the time you’ve set
aside to check your
e-mail, read about the latest Lindsey Lohan, O.
J. Simpson or Britney Spears folly, or play solitaire...until you
realize your writing time has elapsed and you need to be somewhere
else.
If you’re either smiling or grimacing in recognition of this
scenario, you’re not alone.
Sometimes it is joyously easy for us
writers to write. But at other times, maybe even most of the time,
it’s—well,
it’s work.
And if you’re freelancing, there’s
no boss (other than you) to set
your goals and deadlines, no one giving you annual performance
appraisals, no
one disciplining you when you fail to measure up.
You might get the occasional question from a friend or relative
(“Have you written anything new lately?” or “Are you still
writing?”), but that’s
hardly life-threatening. You might
experience a twinge of guilt or remorse. Maybe you even lie and
say,
“Yeah, of course I’m still writing.” But the truth is, you
haven’t been in the mood, and
you and your conscience know it.
What is it about writing,
especially for us part-time or aspiring
freelancers, that leads us to believe we can let ourselves off the
hook
so easily? On the one hand, we claim that’s what we want to do
and be more than anything in the world—to
write, to be a writer.
Yet, is that really true? If so, why aren’t we making time to write
every
single day? Even when—-especially when-—we’re not in the mood?
Here’s what I think. Other than the fact that we’re postponing our
own writing goals
and dreams, which should be important enough in
itself, there are really no immediate consequences to putting off
our stints at the keyboard. If we simply stopped showing up at our
day jobs just because we weren’t in the mood,
we’d lose it. If we
stopped preparing meals for our children because we just didn’t feel
like
cooking, they would go hungry. But if we go a day, a week,
heck, even a year without writing, who besides
ourselves would care?
We need to start looking at our
writing goals much the same way we
do any other obligation in our lives, as something that must, not
should, be
done. Like arriving to work on time or doing the laundry
regularly, we need to schedule our writing time and just
do it,
regardless of the mood we’re in. Why? Because, unlike doing
laundry or showing up at
your day job, sticking with your writing
and getting published brings the most extraordinary sense of
accomplishment
and fulfillment—-something we can point at and
say, “Look, I did that!” And it’s a feeling
we can recreate many
times over, the more we devote ourselves to our writing.
So if, like me, you really, really, really want to be a writer,
this is what I want you to do—join
me, and commit to writing for a
minimum of 15 minutes a day, or one hour and forty five minutes a
week.
Minimum. It doesn’t matter what you write, or how many
words, at least not at first. Just make it
a part of your daily
routine, like taking a shower or brushing your teeth. I think
you’ll find the
time spent writing even more invigorating and
refreshing.
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In addition to the general, ongoing fantasy writing discussion,
group members can post stories for critique in the
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The files section has two folders - one for stories that need
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Newcomers are welcome to post stories for critique by the group, but
we ask that while
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WRITESUCCESS STORIES
In this
section, we’ll share the successes of WriteSuccess
subscribers. Have you won a writing contest? Sold
a story, article
or essay? Landed a freelance writing gig? Whatever the success,
drop me a line at
MaryAnneHahn1@aol.com and tell us about it!
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I worked on my novel, Grave Street House, for what seems like
forever. It has been rejected,
re-written, re-edited. The idea that
word-play is what I enjoy, and the fact the book details what
happened at
a previous job kept me pushing it. I had been through
two agents who didn't seem very interested in my work, or
going the
distance. They required a fee, too. I felt it was publishable. It
took some time, and it is scheduled
to be published online at
http://thedigitalword.com .
Also, you can view some of my
articles at EzineArticles.com. Simply,
type in my name in search, Marcella Glenn.
Cordially,
Marcella Glenn
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CALLS
FOR WRITERS
In this section, you'll normally find
announcements I receive for
contests, anthology submissions, sites looking for content writers,
information on
writers'conferences, etc.
Also, if you are looking to interview
or work with certain types of
writers, you can post your request here by emailing me at
MaryAnneHahn1@aol.com .
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Entries must be fewer than 1000 words. $10
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Short
Story Contest
Katha Kshetre
An international literary English Quarterly from Bangalore is
conducting short story contest in English, Malayalam, Kannada and
Tamil.
Rules:
Anyone in the world shall participate in the contest
Anyone shall send entries by snail mail or email.
No hand-written
entries.
Anyone shall write on any theme, but no pornography, maximum 3000
words.
(For guidelines read stories published in Katha Kshetre)
Reading fee per story is Rs.25.oo within India
and USD$2.oo outside
India
The last date is 31-10-2007 (October31st 2007)
Snail mail:
Katha Kshetre, 90, Guniagrahara, Sivakotte Post,
Bangalore-560089, Karnataka, India Email:
< kathalok@vsnl.net >
ATHA KSHETRE will have one time right to edit and publish anyone
story it receives
for the contest.
The winners (First, Second and Third) in each language will receive
books worth of
Rs.2000.oo, Rs.1500.oo, Rs.1000 (USD$50.00, $30.oo,
$20.oo for entries from abroad)
And the certificate from
KATHALOK AKADEMY FOR CREATIVITY
For details: J.Kaval 080-23649154 or < kathalok@vsnl.net >
www.writergazette.com/KATHALOK.shtml
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discussion groups. "WriteSuccess" for everyone! 'Til next issue-write *every possible moment*...
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