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During June 3-5, the 900-year-old stones of Chichester Cathedral in West Sussex will explode with color as the cathedral celebrates its 8th biennial Festival of Flowers. The festival is truly [...]

WHETHER YOU'RE AN experienced freelance writer or just starting out, finding the right markets for your work is a constant challenge. Top freelancers know, however, that this doesn't just mean [...]

SCIENCE FICTION HAS COME a long way since Isaac Asimov defined it in 1952 as 'that branch of literature which is concerned with the impact of scientific advance upon human [...]

ASK MOST FICTION editors how to avoid rejection, and you'll hear the same thing: Read the guidelines. Review the publication. Don't send a science fiction story to a literary magazine, [...]

RARE IS THE WRITER who hasn't dreamed of turning a love of writing into a full-time career. At the same time, we've all heard how difficult it is to 'make [...]

IF YOU HAVE A PASSION for a particular topic--a topic you'd be willing to write about month after month, or even week after week--and you're convinced there's an audience that [...]

IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR places to sell your writing, the Internet can save you hours of research time and a small fortune in postage. No longer do you have to [...]

THE INTERNET IS CHANGING THE WAY writers do business--from the way we conduct research to the way we submit material to editors. Using the Web can save time and money, [...]

Personal experience articles often make up 75% or more of a typical magazine's unsolicited submissions, yet they are the least likely to be accepted. The reason is that typical personal [...]

LAST MONTH, WE looked at some questions to ask before launching an e-mail newsletter. Once those questions are answered, however, you still face a host of questions about how to [...]

LAST MONTH'S COLUMN looked at ways to promote your book through an author Web site. This month, we'll look at some other, more interactive ways to get the word out. […]

IF YOU LIKE ENTERING contests, the Web offers a wealth of opportunities. You'll find hundreds of competitions posted online, offering prizes for books, short stories, poetry, screenplays and nonfiction. Many [...]

The world is filled with people who have brilliant ideas, valuable information, or fascinating experiences to share--but who lack the writing or communication skills to share them. Enter ghostwriters--the 'invisible' [...]

Rejection slips are the writer's gremlin, the nagging suggestion that we don't measure up. How can we live with them? How do we make them stop? Unfortunately, rejection is part [...]

Many articles and books on the art of writing fiction tell you that getting a few stories published in leading literary magazines can do wonders for your writing career. Breaking [...]

As children, we were told, 'Don't judge a book by its cover!' Yet this is exactly what we do in nearly every area of life--especially with books. If you're considering [...]

Here's a list of 74 sites that puts a world of information at your fingertips. Stumped on a research or grammar question and in a hurry to solve it? Need [...]

'You should write all that down!' That comment from my mother-in-law prompted me to write my first family memoir. I'd intended to create a print-on-demand album of digitized family photos, [...]

When I teach freelance writing, one of my first assignments is to ask students to choose a potential market for the article they plan to develop in my class. And [...]

Dear author, We are pleased to accept ... Thus begins the letter you will keep forever, even frame--your very first acceptance letter. You feel like dancing, shouting, kissing the ground [...]

ONE OF THE first questions writers tend to ask about a magazine is, 'Where do I send my submission?' Deciphering the masthead can be a challenge. With all those names [...]

SPAM PLAGUES EVERYONE who ventures into cyberspace, but for writers it poses some extra problems. Because we often have material posted online, or have our own Web sites, we can […]

Imagine that you're surfing the Web, researching your next article. You come across an interesting Web site, where you find an article that looks tantalizingly familiar. You read a paragraph [...]

A contract does not have to be printed on stiff paper with gilded edges to be binding. Nor does it have to be packed with legal jargon. A contract can [...]

In my recent two-part article on 'Selling a nonfiction book' (The Writer, August and September), I mentioned the importance of reviewing the competition in your book proposal. A potential publisher [...]

Once you've decided you are going to write a nonfiction book, you can start looking for the right publisher, one who would be interested in your book's subject. Last month, [...]

IF YOU'RE A REGULAR user of the annual printed market guides, you may be glad to learn that the Internet now offers a variety of market sources. Online market information [...]

A PART- OR FULL-TIME career in writing requires a few basic tools--equipment, resources, supplies. Here are some of the things you'll need to set up your 'writing office.' The first [...]

ONE OF THE best things about writing a nonfiction book is that you can often 'sell' that book to a publisher before it is actually written. Most nonfiction publishers make [...]

ONE WAY FOR WRITERS to turn their experience into cash is by teaching online classes. A number of sites sponsor electronic writing classes, and these sites are always in search [...]

A QUESTION NEARLY every author asks--at least, every author who's ever had difficulty getting a book published the 'traditional' way--is, 'Should I do it myself?' With the advent of print-on-demand [...]

AMC Outdoors, a publication of the Appalachian Mountain Club, serves as 'guide, forum, chronicle, story and picture for the places and activities that define the Northeast outdoors.' Its readers pursue [...]

Graham Greene's epic novel of corruption and atonement in 1930s Mexico--The Power and the Glory--was labeled 'dangerous and sad' by Vatican officials, who thought that 'literature of this kind does [...]

Do it right and you'll help sell your book SOONER OR LATER, you will need to provide a synopsis of your novel to an editor or agent. In some cases, [...]

J.R.R TOLKIEN: THE MAN WHO CREATED THE LORD OF THE RINGS MICHAEL COREN 2001 is upon us, so what does Arthur C. Clarke (2001: A Space Odyssey) predict for the [...]

Boost your book's chances by submitting it the right way IT'S NOT HARD TO find ghastly statistics about the number of novels rejected by New York publishers. Vanity, or subsidy, [...]

Andros Book Publishing is a new, 'very small publishing house' that specializes in home schooling and parental involvement in education, and currently seeks 'uplifting works about home school and positive [...]

LOUISE GLUCK received the 2001 Bollingen Prize for Poetry for her 1999 book Vita Nova. The prize was established in 1949 and is awarded by the Yale University Library every [...]

You say 'tomato,' they say 'pomodoro'--and you need an interpreter. Although many say English is the language of business, those saying it loudest are likely those who already speak English [...]

... with books to help you spread good cheer and healthy profit worldwide. If you've designated 2001 as your year to expand globally, try adding some of these resources to [...]

Malta gives the gift that keeps on giving: a 10-year business tax holiday. The Malta Development Corp. is offering an incentive package to export oriented projects outside Malta. The package [...]

Next stop: hundreds of sales leads Want to get into international trade? Try international trade shows. According to Chris Griffin, vice president of customer relationship management for Expanded Learning Inc., [...]

Honesty isn't always the best policy abroad. Sometimes global entrepreneurs face hazards far more insidious than unfamiliar languages and customs. One of the worst experiences of doing business abroad: dealing [...]

It's sometimes the little things that are crucial in international business. When you're dealing with international colleagues, chances are your mind is focused on the language of business: fees, contracts, [...]

With big populations and wealth, South Asia does a business good. If you're looking for one billion new customers, consider South Asia. Such countries as India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri [...]

Doing business with Eastern Europe While the demise of communism in Europe's Eastern bloc has meant more global opportunities, these counties' rapidly shifting political and economic climates make such ventures [...]

International Web users want to buy from your site-make it easy on 'em. If you've tested the global e-commerce waters and received a lukewarm response, the problem may not be [...]

[ldots] of the importer. Here's how to find the strange and exotic and make a pretty penny at it. Whatever you do, don't call Scarlett Messina's import experience skin deep. [...]

The Asian tech-language barrier If you thought Taiwan, Hong Kong and the rest of China shared a single language, think again: These regions are experiencing a significant language gap when [...]