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Secrets to Your Success – The You in Your Writing Career

June 15, 2012 by Bobbi Dumas Leave a Comment
Woman writing and thinking

My two favorite writing books are On Writing, by Stephen King, and Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott.  While they share certain elements – mainly, that they both contain excellent advice on writing, but also wonderful insight to life in general, and the writing life in particular.  Inspirational, beautifully written, and in moments profound, it’s … [Read more…]

Posted in: Featured, Finding Writing Markets, Writing Business Tagged: amwriting, selling to magazines, write what you know

Know Thyself – Mining Who You Are for Success in Freelance Writing

March 16, 2012 by Bobbi Dumas Leave a Comment
Little Girl Looking in Mirror

To write this article, I randomly opened my Writer’s Market to pages 540-541.  Just so you know, pages 429-748 of the book form the section “Consumer Magazines.”  Within that section, there are nearly 50 subsections.  I randomly opened to a page with these magazine titles, which are under the subsection “Hobby & Craft”: -Quilters’ World … [Read more…]

Posted in: Featured, Finding Writing Markets Tagged: finding work as a writer, freelance writing, Writer's Market

Five Tips to Help You Make Money as a Writer

January 20, 2012 by Bobbi Dumas 2 Comments
vanity press books

Happy New Year! I know, I know, it’s already almost the end of January. The holidays and New Year’s Eve probably seem like a distant memory. Certainly many resolutions have already been broken, and life is back to normal. I’ll be adjusting my monthly column from romance to practical ways to make money as a … [Read more…]

Posted in: Featured, Finding Writing Markets, Writing Business Tagged: amwriting, how to find writing markets, Writer's Market, writing

So you want to write a romance novel?

November 19, 2010 by Bobbi Dumas 1 Comment
Book pages form heart

So you want to write a romance novel? Do you know what that means? Very briefly, a romance focuses on the central story of two people falling in love, and the challenges they encounter trying to make the relationship work.  It also means the story will end with the understanding that these two characters will wind … [Read more…]

Posted in: Finding Writing Markets, Romance, Writing Business Tagged: get published, romance
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