by Joni M Fisher | Dec 27, 2024 | Writing Tips
Okay, so you’ve sold an article to a magazine or newspaper. Now what? When do the rights revert back to you? If you did all that research and writing for a one-time payment, then you are squandering your time. How much did you get paid per word? How long did it take...
by Joni M Fisher | Dec 27, 2024 | Writing Tips
Books for Serious Writer Many libraries have these books. I buy my favorites in paperback (even used) because I reread them and highlight vital passages. Of the hundreds of books I’ve read on the craft of writing, these have the meatiest content and clearest...
by Joni M Fisher | Dec 27, 2024 | Writing Tips
Writing fillers and sidebars can offer quick and plentiful spin-off sales from your research. At 500 words or less, they are concise. When submitting these to magazines or other publications, offer bunches of them at a time for the editor to choose from because only...
by Joni M Fisher | Dec 27, 2024 | Writing Tips
Writing an article or blog for publication involves selecting a topic, narrowing the topic, gathering research, perhaps interviewing content experts, and then finally writing a draft. Think of each article, essay, or blog as exploring an idea. An idea is a topic or...
by Joni M Fisher | Dec 27, 2024 | Writing Tips
Jot down a list of every category of topics in which you speak the language, are an expert, know an expert, have an insatiable desire to learn more about, or enjoy as a hobby. The list below comes from the The Writer’s Market. Under each category of topics, The...
by Joni M Fisher | Dec 27, 2024 | Writing Tips
When writing teachers, agents, and editors plead with writers to “show don’t tell,” beginning writers have no clue what this means. No writer is born with such knowledge. I had heard “show don’t tell” in workshops and conferences,...
by Joni M Fisher | Dec 27, 2024 | Writing Life
After years and years of writing, editing, rewriting, and so on, launching that first book into the world felt like watching my child cross the road for the first time alone. At night. Then, a Beatrix Potter theme postcard arrived from reader Lynn Dempsky. She had won...
by Joni M Fisher | Dec 26, 2024 | Featured In, Writing Life
West of Famous developed from a desire to create powerful women role models. This is the third book in the Compass Crimes collection. The stories are connected by the ensemble cast of characters whose lives intersect because of crimes. Like the previous two books,...
by Joni M Fisher | Dec 26, 2024 | Aviation, Book Reviews
Robert DeLaurentis lives an adventurous life. His recent book Peace Pilot: To the Ends of the Earth and Beyond tells of his pole-to-pole circumnavigation of our planet. Yes, he flew from the South Pole to the North Pole and set seven world records during the journey....
by Joni M Fisher | Dec 26, 2024 | Writing Life, Writing Tips
As a reader, I love to learn new things when I read fiction. I enjoy experiencing danger vicariously and seeing the world from different perspectives. As an author, I strive to craft that same thrill for my readers. Research is how to nail the details that create that...