Check out Christine Cristiano's article on Paying Personal Essay Markets that was published in WritersWeekly.com. She lists six different markets that pay between .10 – $2/word, and stories for $50-$3,000. New to me was Impudent Magazine. Christine gives this inside scoop, “Impudent Magazine is set to debut in the fall of 2003 catering to the […]
» Read more...Month: December 2003
Rolf, DATW, and MSN Slate
I love World Hum. While I was in San Diego I met with Jim Benning and we were talking about both needing to blog about Rolf’s upcoming Slate piece. Well, I wasn’t sure exactly when it was coming out, and with Rolf’s limited satellite email use, I was able to find it first on WH. […]
» Read more...Ahhh….A Writing Routine!
I can come home now. After only four days in Belgium, I got exactly what I wanted. I expected it to happen three years ago when I went to Australia. And I thought it might kick in afterwards when I moved to Eugene. But it didn’t happen until this trip. This random excursion I knew […]
» Read more...Best Weblogs of 2003
I'm supposed to be blogging for Hotelchatter.com right now. But as I'm cruising around for links, I found this. Best Weblogs of 2003 I’ll have to check out those Humor Blogs and see if there are any leads for Whose Panties are These?
» Read more...Submission Call: Europe Stories
Europe From a Backpack is accepting submissions on a variety of books until June 30, 2004. Western Europe From a Backpack Italy From a Backpack Spain From a Backpack France From a Backpack Their guidelines are similar to Travelers’ Tales in that they are asking for non-exclusive and paying $100, with shorter stories turned in […]
» Read more...We Need Steve Irwin!
We got an email this week unlike any other we've ever received. It was from our Australian distributor, Tower Books, saying that our shipment of 200 copies of Sand in My Bra was held up on the docks in Sydney. When Customs inspected it they found snakes in the crate. “We don’t know if they […]
» Read more...Motorcycle Misadventures
Carla King is kicking arse on her new blog, Motorcycle Misadventures. The subhead explains it all “A motorcycle travel writer’s writings, readings, journeys, gear, and recommendations.” I’m always happy to plug friends, but I’m extra happy to bring this beautiful and well written site to you because I know there are some motorcycle fans that […]
» Read more...TNT Magazine
I was looking at a TNT Magazine today while waiting for my friend in a doctor’s office in London. You probably think that I’d be madly studying their feature stories and departments for market leads. No, no, no. I couldn’t keep my eyes off their ads. There were so many! And not annoying at all! […]
» Read more...THANKS NATJA!!!!
I was quite pleased with myself for taking a couple days off the computer while returning from Detroit and getting my things together before Belgium. Now I know better. I missed a huge email that said I won the Grand Prize from the North American Travel Journalists Association. I’m still in shock and a little […]
» Read more...Excuses, Excuses!
Hi Everybody, Just wanted to let you know that the blog will be here and there throughout the holidays, and especially right now while I’m on the way to London and Belgium. Last night I had a great event with the Women’s Automotive Association International. For a thirtysomething tomboy who is only starting to become […]
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