writerly news: April 28, 2020

Ontario-based Author Publish Magazine is a paying market for articles about writing & publishing. They also pay $500 each for e-books of various types--length about 10,000 words. https://tinyurl.com/ycsxc4mf

In your writing, how do you handle incidental characters such as a clerk, taxi driver, letter carrier? Article here: https://tinyurl.com/yc2p9od8

Who is going to read your book? Good article on identifying your target audience/readership. https://tinyurl.com/y8o3oelv

Many poetry publishers charge reading fees. Here are 78 who don't: https://tinyurl.com/y7jbcmyl

Zodiac considers submissions of fiction 300 to 1200 words long. This literary magazine apparently provides brief personalized comments on every submission, whether they accept it or not. Sounds like a great way to get feedback on your writing, and maybe have it published. They also offer a free coaching service till the Covid-19 crisis is over. After that, they plan to charge for it. https://www.thezodiacreview.com/submissions

 

Writing tips from Will Shakespeare

It's William Shakespeare week. Here are some writing tips from Will himself. https://tinyurl.com/ycx8uco7

writerly news for April 18, 2020

Good thoughts on coming up with a title for your book: https://tinyurl.com/yant9jzf

Suspense is important in lots of kinds of writing. Good article here: https://tinyurl.com/y8s8lxfd

Are you knowledgeable about canoeing, fishing, camping, etc. in Ontario's Quetico Provincial Park and adjacent areas--Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW) and Superior National Forest? Boundary Waters Journal could be a market for your writing and/or photography. They're easy to find on the Internet.

What was it like to be a writer in the early years of the Communist regime in Russia? This article was written in 1937: https://tinyurl.com/ycwok2pa

writerly news for April 8, 2020

PublishersArchive.com is a nifty website on which you can find publishers by genre, American publishers by state, & Canadian publishers by province. They give publishers' names & also a brief description of each. Here's their list of Canadian publishers: https://publishersarchive.com/canadian-publishers.html

Free, searchable directory of U.S. literary agents. https://literaryagencies.com/members/ . You can search by category, e.g. mainstream or literary. You can also search by agent name.

THE PURITAN comes across as a somewhat esoteric Toronto-based online magazine. I'm not sure how much it has to do with Puritans in a religious sense, possibly nothing. They're open to a wide range of submissions. Go to the main website to get the flavour of it. If interested, click on submissions. http://puritan-magazine.com/mandate/

poetry month contest

April is poetry month, eh? Interesting contest here: https://tinyurl.com/vwch9cd

CANCELLED: APRIL 8, 2020 MEETING ABOUT TROPES

We were looking forward to President Alex McGilvery leading a panel about tropes at the April 8 Interior Authors Group meeting in Kamloops, BC. Sadly, the meeting is canceled because of VIRUS concerns. Hoping & praying we'll be able to have meetings again before too horribly long. Stay safe, everyone.

In the meantime, what's a trope & what can you do about it as a writer? Food for thought & maybe research.

seeking agents & publishers who may be interested in your writing?

Looking for literary agents & publishers who may be interested in your writing? Here's a guide to searching a site called Manuscript Wish List. Also info on how to search using Twitter.  http://www.manuscriptwishlist.com/search/

Canadian publishers accepting unsolicited manuscripts. List compiled in 2018 so best to check any you're interested in before submitting to them. 

https://tinyurl.com/u6e3zbc

Might your poetry, fiction, or other writing be suitable for publication by a small press? Here's a database of small presses. Lots of American ones, maybe some Canadian. https://www.pw.org/small_presses