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Earn
$100-$500
Just By Telling Me Your
Story!
Submission Guidelines for the
Upcoming Book:
Writer Profits: "How I Got the Gig",
Volume II
Description: The mission of
the WriterProfits.com web site is to help writers find resources
for more work and/or build a business so they can make their
living as working writers, not writers who do other work for a
living. How I Got the Gig, Volume II, is the second in in a series of
TRUE case studies from writers willing to tell other writers how
they've "cracked the code" to attract new clients, more work,
and better pay, or secure book deals, publishers and agents.
(Click here to see Volume I) If you have a marketing or promotion success story to share that will help other
writers, tell me your story and, if accepted for use as a chapter in this
book, you'll be paid for your submission. We buy first serial
rights.
Deadline:
THE CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS AND
DEADLINE INFORMATION FOR VOLUME II WILL BE POSTED IN A FUTURE ISSUE OF THE
MONDAY MUSE. If you prefer not to subscribe to the Monday
Muse, you can send an e-mail to
giglist@getresponse.com
to be placed on a notification list, or simply bookmark this
page and check back for details.
Length: Each
submission is to be chapter length, approximately 4,000-5,000
words. Longer and shorter submissions will be considered if the
length is relevant to your story. Word count is less
important than a complete, well-written, and helpful story.
Content:
All submissions must be true
and written in first person. Please do NOT write your story as
an observer. Sidebars to accompany the story are welcome if
relevant. Please keep in mind that the goal is to tell others
how you succeeded in some aspect of the writing life that
brought you monetary gain or significant recognition. I want to
read about what you did AND how you did it. Self-serving "puffy"
pieces will be immediately disqualified. You MUST send complete
manuscripts. No queries or outlines will be accepted.
Format: Submit your
work as a Word or text document with minimal formatting (bold,
underline, italics, etc). Please DO NOT WRITE IN ALL CAPS! PDF
files are acceptable for submissions but, if your chapter is accepted, you must
supply us with a text file so that we may cut and paste it into
our layout. Spell check and edit your own work. While we will
provide minimal editing for the final book, I expect writers to
be able to write a nearly ready-for-publication chapter. Use 1.5 line spacing for easy reading. Title your work.
Subtitles and headings throughout the text may also be used.
Save the file using your name like this: gigbook-YourName.doc or
gigbook-YourName.txt.
Compensation: One
story will be chosen as the lead chapter based on helpfulness to
others and the ingenuity of the idea being described. You are
welcome to use humor and let your own writing style shine
through as long as you maintain clarity of the information you
are presenting. The lead will receive US$500. All other stories
used in the book will receive US$100. Every published
contributor will receive an About the Author resource block
consisting of 5-10 lines that identify/describe you and allow
you to give your contact information. Photos are optional but
encouraged. Resource information and photos will be requested
when final contributors have been chosen. Do NOT send them with
your submission. As editor and publisher, I have sole
discretion to choose the stories to be used for publication.
Note: as a paid contributor, no royalties from sales will be
offered to authors.
Publication: The book will
be printed as a softcover trade publication with a four-color
cover and converted into an ebook for a secondary online
product available from this Web site. The print version will be promoted for review and made available to
catalogs, bookstores, online stores, and other book sales
outlets. Chosen contributors will also receive five
complimentary copies of the printed book with an option to
purchase additional copies at an author's discount to resell,
use as promotional items for your business, or
give as gifts to family, friends, colleagues or clients. Chosen contributors will be required to sign a release
that states your submission is your original work, a true story,
and not published
elsewhere. The estimated date of publication
for Volume II is January 2008 with printed prepublication review
and authors' copies available in early to mid December. If, for any
reason, the book is not published, we offer a 10% kill fee to
the signed authors.
Submissions: A "Call for
Submissions"
will be posted on this page and in the weekly Monday Muse when
the next volume of How I Got the Gig is open for submissions.
I am excited about the prospect of being able to
share your How I Got the Gig story with your fellow aspiring
writers.
Best regards,
Susan Carter
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