How to Get Funding
Everyone who writes a book about anything wants to be paid for their efforts. I am certainly not any exception. I like to write and encourage anyone out there who likes to write about whatever they want but we have to look at reality here. We all want to be able to earn money from our work. I earn a few dollars here and there from advertising that I have on my websites and blogs. Granted, the money is pretty slim but it does encourage me to go forth and write more articles on each of my sites. I haven’t delved into the fiction arena yet and I don’t write poetry but I do enjoy a good limerick now and then. For those of you who do write fiction and/or poetry there is a great resource that I read every week called Funds for Writers. This is a tremendous resource for those of us who would like to write for a living. The author of the website/blog has a FREE newsletter that you can sign up for and start receiving every Friday night.
The Funds for Writers website has other resources for writers about contests, grants, submission requirements and little booklets for sale for the low price of $1.99 that concentrates on one particular area of writing. For instance, if you like to write romance novels there is a “TweetBook” about which publishers specialize in that particular genre and their contact information. The newsletter also covers tips for the writers on a variety of subjects that interest us as well as encouragement from her and other writers as well. The paid subscription is offered with twice the information as the FREE newsletter and is well worth the price of $15 a year. She is branching out with newsletters for Small Market Writers and Kids Writers as well (For younger writers and those who write for them). Hope Clark is the Editor and Writer for this tremendous resource and is having her own Writing Contest with the top prize being $300:
FundsforWriters.com and Literary Database team up this year to co-sponsor the 9th Annual FundsforWriters Essay Contest. Theme: Writing that made a difference. Both entry fee and no entry fee categories. First place winner receives $300. Six awards given. Limit 750 words. Deadline October 31, 2010. Winners announced December 1, 2010.
