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May 5, 2004      Volume 2 Number 8

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In this issue:

1.) Letter From The Publisher---On The Home Front
2.) Ask an Expert/Questions and Answers   
3.) COMP-ortunity of the month   
4.) The Business of Writing by Duane Newcomb    
5.) Editor's Pick/Reviews by Victoria Beninga    
6.) The Boast Post---Bragging Board of Writers Triumphs and Victories

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Money The Write Way eMagazine 
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Write Spirit Publishing. 
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~*~ On The Home Front
Carmel L. Mooney

Wow, I love being a writer. I just took my third cruise in
18 months, came straight home to unpack and leave again for
a resort and then went straight to a seminar I taught on
writing.

I love sharing the inside scoop with other writers and I
love the benefits of traveling to luxurious destinations and
writing about them and covering them on the radio too.

I hope your love of writing is still fueled by a passion for
what you do.

I also enjoy publishing this eMagazine and sharing wonderful
education, inspiration, networking, and fun with other
writers and authors but I have decided to begin publishing 6
times a year. So beginning in July you will still receive
our wonderful FREE eMagazine but it will be delivered on or
around the first Wednesday of every other month.

Please continue to keep sending us your comments, questions,
boasts, and submissions and we’ll see you again this summer.

Until July,
Carmel

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~*~ This week's newest COMP-ortunity

Carnival Cruise Line

Website:  http://www.carnival.com

email:  vgulliksen @ carnival.com

Address: 3655 N.W. 87 Ave. Miami, FL 33178-2428

Phone: 800-438-6744

Contact: Vance Gulliksen

Description:  Carnival is the world’s most popular cruise
line.

Coverage desired: Promote the cruise line, its itineraries,
ports, and services.

Prefers writers with any of the following:  Writing
samples/clips for review.     

Possible comp: Cruises when availability permits.

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~*~ "Ask a Pro" Publishing/Comping/Writing Q&A

"Your Questions---You Always Wanted To Ask," answered by 
professional writing  consultant/coach/author/instructor, 
Carmel  L. Mooney

To ask Carmel a writing, publishing, or comping question,
email  her at: Carmel@moneythewriteway.com.

Questions may be edited for length or content if necessary.

Question:

What’s the difference between starting out as a staff writer
or a columnist for a newspaper or magazine?

A. Williams  Loomis, CA

Answer:

I started out as a staff writer, writing one assigned
article each week from home for a newspaper. The subjects
varied from covering a local soccer star to a couple doing
humanitarian relief efforts in Asia. Later I branched into
columns for magazines which usually covered the same subject
matter such as parenting, nutrition, or travel. Either is a
great way to build up experience and clips.

Question:

If I do email queries will they get lost in spam filters?

N. Hansen Columbus, Ohio

Answer:

Generally, no. But only query by email if a publication says
they welcome them. Then on your end, if you have a strong
spam filter like me, check your deleted folder occasionally
if you are waiting for an email query response.

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To ask Carmel a writing, publishing, or comping question,
email  her at: Carmel@moneythewriteway.com.

Carmel Mooney is also available by phone and/or email for
private  consultation, editing, and coaching.  Carmel has
helped hundreds of writers achieve writing and publishing
success.

Email her at:  Carmel@moneythewriteway.com or call her at:
916-205-4763

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~*~ The Business Side of Writing
Duane Newcomb

Pick a Specialty  

Want to increase your writing income? Then
specialize. Magazines like to buy their articles from an
expert. There are several reasons for this. First, magazines
like to feel that their writers know what they're talking
about. If you've written fifteen or twenty articles on the
same subject, they're more likely to trust you as an
authority in the field. In addition, if you're built your
name as an expert, readers are likely to know your name and
trust your opinion. This is important to a magazine.

What specialties are there? There are many fields in which
you can specialize. Let's look quickly at a few broad ones.

Business. Just for starters there are over 8,000 business
magazines that take articles in specialized business areas.
They buy interviews with industry leaders, articles on
business problems, general business areas, and more.  In
addition, the popular magazines buy hundreds of business
articles a year. Here are a few titles from the major
women's magazines. "Credit-Crazed Dolls" (the credit
situation), "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Bank?" (a
discussion of how to deal with the bank), "Birth of a
Saleswoman" (an investigation of this glamorous, high paying
field), "Career Power and How to Get It," and "Crash Course
in Personal Finance." If you are business-minded, this can
be a lucrative field.

Science. There's hardly a field more in demand today than
science. Pick up practically any magazine and you'll find an
article on some aspect of science: agriculture,
anthropology, astronomy, space, aviation, biology,
chemistry, physics, zoology, and more.  The secret of
breaking into this field is the same as it is for any other
--study the magazines you're interested in hitting to
determine what types of science articles they're taking. Use
your local paper, as well as your local college public
relations department, to discover possible science articles
on topics you'd like to investigate and write about. The
public relations departments of major universities will
help. They also offer experts that you can reach on-line.

Medicine. In a an increasing number of publications today,
you'll find such articles as "What you Should Know About
Male Cancers," "Do-It-Yourself Breast and Gynecological
Checkup," and "New Ways to Cure Your Cancer." It isn't
necessary to be a doctor to write articles like these, but
you must do your homework well and build an extensive
knowledge of this field.

Food Nutrition. Is this a good specialty? You bet it is. Of
course, most food articles in major magazines are staff
written. You will, however, find freelance pieces like
"Calorie Watch," "Cooking for Good Health," "The Ten Star
Vegetables," and "Watching Your Weight--How to Decalorie
Your Favorite Recipes." There are also numerous secondary
markets such AARP, The Magazine, Family Magazine, Earthtone,
Grit, Woodmen of the World, and American Health, which
collectively buy hundreds of food and nutrition articles
each year. Building a specialty means accumulating a library
of all possible markets. As a start, go through Writer's
Market and send for every magazine that takes health
articles--don't overlook the religious magazines, farm
magazines, company magazines, health magazines and others.

Automotive. Pick up any popular magazine and you're liable
to find at least one article on the car. Even in Family
Circle, you'll find articles with titles like "You Need a
Tune Up, Lady." Follow the rule of collecting information,
relating your own experiences to what's being done, and then
querying.

Travel. Everyone thinks they can write travel articles, but
many try the major travel magazines and quit. The market
boils down to a limited number of travel magazines, travel
sections in newspapers, and a much larger number of general
and specialty magazines that take some travel articles. Some
of the auto insurance magazines, for instance, take at least
one travel article an issue.  To find these, start your own
library of magazines that take travel articles--go through
Writer's Market and send for copies. In addition, scan every
magazine you're not familiar with to see if they might be a
market for one of your travel pieces.

Outdoor Recreation. Outdoor recreation has exploded in many
directions, recreation vehicles, boating, camping, hunting
and fishing, water skiing, archery, snowboarding,
Snowmobiling, canoeing, bicycling, river running, sail
boarding, surfing, extreme sports, skin diving, and much,
much more. You will find articles on these subjects in
specialized publications like Cycling World, Snow Goer,
Rodale's Scuba Diving, Bow Hunter, Bird Watcher's Digest,
High Country News, and National Parks. You will also find
hundreds of outdoor articles published every year in the
general magazines. Other specialties that get good reception
at magazines include fashions, marriage, the family and its
problems, women's issues, Hollywood celebrities, politics,
education, and religion.

Make Yourself a Specialist. To start specializing, pick a
field that you are comfortable with or know something about.
After that, follow these steps: (1) Go through Writer's
Market and send for all possible magazines that might take
articles you write. (2) Study the magazines when they
arrive. (3) Start reading technical journals--if it's
medicine you're interested in, take the AMA Journal and
others. Do the same for other fields. Also make yourself
aware of any indexes in your field. Your librarian can help
you with this.

After this, the rest is up to you. A writer doesn't have to
know everything he or she is writing about, but you must go
to somebody that does. Every major university keeps a list
of specialists available over the Internet who will often
answer questions over the phone or by e-mail. Finally, you
must continue to work in the field, build your files,
collect voluminous literature on the subject and read
extensively.

If you want to double and triple your article sales,
consider taking the online article workshop offered by the
California Writer's Academy. This class teaches both the
selling and writing techniques all article writers need but
sometimes ignore. Check out the online workshops at
www.californiawritersacademy.com.  Duane Newcomb is a
literary consultant with 36 non-fiction books to his credit,
over 5000 articles and more than 150 client books in print.
Subscribe to his free, monthly Professional Author
Newsletter at: dnew@thegrid.com .

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~*~ Editor's Pick Book, Magazine, Website, and e-Book Review
Victoria Beninga, Editor

This Month's Review:

HOW TO BE A FREELANCE SPORTSWRITER & PUBLICIST

By James Raia

Confession time:  When I agreed to read this eBook for a
possible review, I put it off as long as possible because I
am not a big sports fan.  I, like many people, thought
sportswriting was a matter of reporting score after score
after score. (Yawn).  Surprise -- I couldn't stop reading it
once I started, and even made plenty of notes for myself for
my own freelance writing. 

James Raia has been a journalist since 1976, and a full-time
freelance writer since 1987.  He tells it like it is in his
well-organized, articulate style.  There is no self-esteem
boosting or coddling. Statements such as "It's their way of
doing business, so deal with it" create a sense of honesty
for the reader.

James Raia offers many chapters of advice for prospective
freelance sportswriters, including information on selling
stories about sports to publications which are sports- and
non-sports related, how to get interviews with well-known
sports figures, and how to arrange trips to cover sporting
events. 

Also included is information helpful to any writer, such as
the importance of the business end of writing, ethics,
creating multiple sales from an original article, taking one
article idea and expanding it into many different articles,
deciding whether an article has worldwide appeal, selling to
foreign markets, things that can go wrong with paychecks,
and queries.  In addition, Mr. Raia shared how he took his
expertise as a sports writer and earned extra income by
doing public relations work for sporting events, doing PR
for businesses, and teaching classes.

Whether you are a fanatic who dreams about writing about
your passion for sports, or someone like me who on any given
day couldn't tell you if it's baseball or basketball season,
HOW TO BE A FREELANCE SPORTSWRITER & PUBLICIST is a great
addition to your library of helpful books for writers. 

To order this eBook, to order Mr. Raia's sports eBooks, or
to subscribe to his sports newsletters, go to
http://www.byjamesraia.com/.

Copyright 2004, Victoria Beninga

Victoria Beninga

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~*~ The Boast Post

Don't be modest-we applaud you! Whether it's an assignment 
victory, a publishing accomplishment, comp, or a writing
goal achieved, we'd love to hear it.

Please include your full name or initials, and your city and
state. Send your boast in 75 words or less to:
Carmel@moneythewriteway.com (may be edited for length or
content)

Boast:

More than 40 authors are showcased in the new Inspirational
Anthology, Angel Over My Shoulder by Barb Karg and Rick
Sutherland. One of the authors is R. D. Larson.

R. D. Larson's story Crossing the Bridge is about the heart
surgery she had as a child. Published in 2004 by Fair Winds
Press, Gloucester, MA., Angel Over My Shoulder is available
nationwide - ISBN I-59233-05303 - at all Major Bookstores
and Outlets. The author is available to sign copies locally
- Puget Sound - simply email R. D. Larson. with request.

R. D. Larson has two other books available at Island
Studios. They are Evil Angel, a Suspense Thriller, and
Saving Reverend Clayton, co-authored with Louise Ulmer. The
author is an EPPIE finalist for 2004. R. D. Larson recently
won the Grand Prize of $100 for the story Christmas on Red
Dog Road at ebooksonthe.net.

RD Larson, Washington State

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Women¹s Poetry Competition First prize £1,000, second prize
£500, third prize £250. Entry fee £5 for up to five poems.
Closing date 31 May 2004. The 25 best entries will be
published in Mslexia, the best-selling magazine for women
writers.

For conditions of entry, please contact: Mslexia (PC),
Freepost NEA5566, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE99 1BR; 0191 261
6656; poetrycomp@mslexia.demon.co.uk; www.mslexia.co.uk

Mslexia, the magazine for women who write PO Pox 656
Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE99 1PZ 0191 261 6656 www.mslexia.co.uk

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