Chances are you subscribe to many blogs and are on at least a dozen ezine/e-mail lists or more. Some you stick with; others you drop.
The winner in the John-Soares-Is Still-a-Subscriber contest? Angela Hoy’s WritersWeekly Ezine –I’ve been a loyal reader for about two years.
Here are 5 reasons why I read it every week, and why you and other freelance writers should too.
1. Weekly Updates of Paying Markets For Freelance Writers
There’ s a section primarily devoted to new guidelines and needs of magazines, and below that is an extensive list of freelance work in a variety of fields, including grant writing.
2. Weekly Articles with Archive
These pieces cover many timely topics relevant to freelance writers: “How I Convinced a Potential Deadbeat to PAY UP” and “Blogging For Money.” There’s also an extensive archive of past articles stretching back to 2001.
3. Special Section for New Writers
The site features a special list of articles targeted to newbies, along with a link to markets that welcome new writers.
4. Whispers and Warnings
Here you’ll find details of magazines and other markets that don’t deal fairly with writers, frequently not paying them for completed work. Angela lists the complaint of the writer, and then contacts the publisher or editor for the other side of the story. WritersWeekly is not a big fan of the content mills that pay writers minimal amounts to generate website articles, so they are a frequent target on the site.
5. Booklocker: Print-on Demand Book Publishing
WritersWeekly has a sister company: Booklocker, a print-on-demand, self-publishing company. I’m not an expert on print-on-demand (POD) publishing, but Booklocker appears to be one of the best options for people who want to self-publish a print book. The prices are reasonable, and they let you keep all rights to your work. They also have an extensive selection of e-books for sale, but they don’t accept just any e-book.
WritersWeekly often contains strong opinions on freelance writing and book publishing, and Amazon.com has been a frequent target. I don’t always agree with everything I read on the site, but I always learn something valuable.
Visit the site to sign up for the weekly ezine/newsletter.
What’s your opinion of WritersWeekly?
