Readings & Resources
Readings:
Peruse the blog "The Working Screenwriter"
"Lexicographer"
"The 10 Commandments of Social Networking for Writers"
"Ask the Expert: Does This Script Make Me Look Fat?"
"Publishing Tips: 6 Ways To Make Your Short Story Collection Stand Out"
"High Paying Writing Jobs"
"Careers in Advertising"
"Thinking about a travel-writing career?"
"Constrained Writing, Creative Writing: The Case of Handbooks for Writing Romances"
"Career of the Month: Science Writer"
Hatch, "Textbook Writing"
"Drone Journalists"
"How a Debut Author Used His Old College to Find New Readers"Princeton Review Careers in Writing (yes, you will have to register for free with them to read the entire write-up)
The Writer's Life by Thomas Turner
How to promote your writing even if it's never been published
Mark Twain on First Getting Published (1906)
How to submit a short story
Make your Own Niche:How to Create a Writing Specialty By Kelly James-Enger
How to write a query letter by John Hewitt
The Query Trap by John Sassone
Taking the Road Less Traveled: The Key to Successful Travel Writing By Robert Bittner
The Beginner's Guide To Freelance Writing by Jenna Glatzer
What it Takes to Write a Novel by Robert Louis Stevenson
Resources:
Writer’s Market: Listings from thousands of publishers
from many different markets with details on what they want to buy/publish, how to contact them
with your work.
Association of Writers & Writing Programs
List of Book Publishers
'For Writers' website
List of Literary Magazines looking for submissions
Writers Guild of America (East)
International Food, Wine, & Travel
Writers Association
Transitions Abroad
Society of American Travel
Writers
Editorial Freelancers Association
National Association of Science Writers
Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association
Screenwriters Federation of America
Freelance Writing