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Food Writing
A Bi-weekly Ezine
Volume V, Issue 16
April 29, 2008
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This issue goes out to 1985 subscribers! Thank you!
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"The art of dining well is no slight art, the pleasure not a slight
pleasure." – Michel de Montaigne
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In This Issue:
1. Editor's Note – Busy AND Organized
2. THE ROLE OF AGENTS IN YOUR WRITING SUCCESS by Pamela White
3. FERRETING OUT WORK by Gayle Trent
4. Markets and Jobs for Writers
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Make Money as a Food Writer in Six Lessons by Pamela White, available
at Amazon.com: http://tinyurl.com/2b4t3n
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1. Editor's Note – Busy AND Organized
I feel as if I'm entering a good week. A busy week, but a good one.
We have warm weather, and I went to my first baseball game of the
season on Sunday. A few years ago I bought "Getting Things Done" by
David Allen. It is a how-to guide for highly placed professionals who
do not feel as if they are getting all their necessary work done.
When I first read it, it felt complicated and too confining.
In the interim years I've moved forward to place where I long for
organization and the ability to break huge projects into smaller
steps. The bit of information that hit home this week was a
discussion by the author that pointed out we cannot start a project
until we have an ideal, a vision of the end result. Yes, we might
change the project during the work on it, but if we have no real
feeling for what our goal is, how do we know the steps to take to get
there?
I am working on two projects:
At home, I am doing deep cleaning and house repairs room by room. It
might take me three years due to the work involved and the cost of
doing it, but I can see how the house will look, and more important
to me, how it will feel.
At food-writing.com, I am planning two years' worth of writing
project and have begun to envelope myself with books, sites, mentors
while I do the research. This is harder for me to visualize. I try to
see myself reading magazines each day, organizing ideas and info on
note cards and actually finishing the books or classes I choose to do
first.
So here I am, standing at the starting line, ready to take
off….tomorrow…or maybe the next day.
Progress might be slow but it's still progress. Right?
Cheers,
Pam White
P.S. - there are a lot, I mean a LOT, of links in this issue, many of which are
too long for one line, so you will need to copy the URL and paste it into your
browser to get to the recommended sites. (but I know you knew that, right?)
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2. THE ROLE OF AGENTS IN YOUR WRITING SUCCESS by Pamela White
Ten years ago I had a conversation with a now-famous novelist. I
asked him about the value of getting an agent and he told me that he
had an agent briefly but that he preferred to take care of his own
business with publishers. By the time his third novel was published,
he was able to attract an agent that put his interests high on her
list of priorities and he's been selling his work like crazy.
Nowadays, it's more difficult, more challenging for writers to
approach publishing houses on their own. Mergers of these book
publishers have not only narrowed down the number of options, but
these consolidations have also made many editorial assistants' and
acquisition editors' jobs redundant. Less avenues of access –
assistants and editors – means less work time to review any
submissions. Unagented submissions stand very little chance of being
discovered by a lower level employee, more so than in the past.
This makes agents all the more valuable to writers seeking
publication of their books. Writers who want their manuscripts or
book proposals reviewed by publishers have an enormously better
chance if they are represented by an agent.
Beyond that, there are many additional reasons to seek agent
representation:
** Writers' contracts tend to be for larger amounts of money when an
agent is involved.
** Agents guide projects from idea to completion, especially with non-
fiction books.
** They work with you, the writer, to shape your book proposal so
that it will fit in with the publishers' needs and will not duplicate
other works already in the pipeline, or currently published.
** Agents advise writers on the ins and outs of the publishing
business and publishing process.
** They give valuable feedback and moral support.
** Agents have editorial contacts and can get these business
associates, who trust the agent, to look at your work, reducing the
struggle to get someone, anyone, to notice you and your work.
** They handle the business side of writing – negotiating for more
money, better distribution, money for promotion efforts and promises
to publish sequels.
** Agents will get competitive bids and help the writer select the
best offer.
** Agents also look at where the writer is or can go with his or her
writing. They have a view of the long term.
** If a manuscript, as deemed by the agent, has potential, she or he
will submit it simultaneously to several publishers and work to sell
the manuscript at an auction, which increases the writer's chance at
larger returns.
** Agents can put a whole package together, for example, selling an
entire series of books (think R.K. Rowling) before the second has
been written or even proposed, and sell the publisher on unique ways
to promote the books.
** An agent can perform magic (well, almost) when it comes to opening
publishing doors for new writers, a difficult act since new writers
have no publishing track record and, likely, no contacts in the
publishing field.
When in the process do you seek representation by an agent? Anytime,
is the broad answer. Even if you have attracted a publisher, you can
still reap the benefits of representation. An agent, who understands
the business, will know when you are being offered a fair contract,
or if you are capable of being offered more.
The most important reason to find an agent is that to publishers,
agents are seen as having the role of filtering out unacceptable
submissions. And that means that writers with agents have an
important edge over those without.
Resources for finding agents include Writer's Digest's Writer's
Market annual directory and the Literary Market Place, available in
most libraries. When in doubt about the honesty or quality of an
agent, use your favorite search engine to see what other writers have
to say about this person.
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3. FERRETING OUT WORK, Part I by Gayle Trent
You keep hearing that there's work out there, but so far you haven't
found any. Well, where is it? That depends on what you're looking
for. Are you looking for a freelance writing JOB? Or a MARKET? Or
both?
First let's concentrate on JOBS.
Online Job Sites (in no particular order):
John Hewitt's Writing Center – This site also has a lot to offer
writers. For job information, see Freelance Forum.
http://www.poewar.com
News Jobs http://www.newsjobs.net
Media Bistro – This site offers daily media news and updates. You
have to register with the site in order to see job information, but
registration is free. Simply click on Find A Job. Media Bistro also
offers insider's tips such as "How to Pitch to U.S. Weekly."
http://www.mediabistro.com
Sunoasis Jobs – Offers regional, telecommuting and freelance job
information. http://www.sunoasis.com
Writers Write – This is a mega site offering writers job information,
market information, tools, articles and resources. To find a job,
click on "Job Listings" and then choose your preference from there.
http://www.writerswrite.com
Write Link – This is a comprehensive UK site for writers. Write Link
also offers a free newsletter including jobs and market information.
http://www.writelink.dabsol.co.uk
FreelanceWriting.com – This site also offers both job information and
a guidelines database. In addition, this site includes moderated
writing discussion forums. http://www.freelancewriting.com
Writing-World.com – Remember Inkspot? If you don't, Inkspot was a
terrific site for writers that was shut down due to financial
problems a year or so ago. Writing-World takes over where Inkspot
left us. The site was owned by Moira Allen, one of the original
writers for the Inkspot site. The site features a lot of valuable
information and resources for writers, including publishers who are
seeking submissions and market information. http://www.writing-
world.com
Publisher's Weekly – The Publisher's Weekly site is a must-bookmark
for writers. Not only does it have a classifieds section, and
sections for jobs in both the publishing and library fields, but it
also keeps you in touch with what is going on in the world of
publishing. From cookbooks to mysteries, children's books to sports
titles, Publisher's Weekly knows what's selling and who's making the
best deals. http://publishersweekly.reviewsnews.com/index.asp?
publication=publishersweekly
Her Corner.com – This site features job information, market
information, quotes, how-to articles and other writer resources.
http://www.hercorner.com
Writers Weekly – One of the most valuable services this site offers,
other than job and market information, is its warnings page. Updating
the warnings weekly in their free newsletter, Angela and Richard Hoy
make sure that writers have the information they need to avoid being
scammed. http://www.writersweekly.com
**About the Author: Gayle Trent is the author of the e-book SELF-
PROMOTION FOR THE EMERGING WRITER, available for $5 US at
http://www.graceabraham.com. Gayle's most recent novel is a comedic
mystery titled BETWEEN A CLUTCH AND A HARD PLACE, available from
Grace Abraham Publishing.
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4. MARKETS AND JOBS FOR FOOD WRITERS
MARKETS
ADIRONDACK LIFE
P.O. Box 410, Rte 9 N
Jay, NY 12941
http://www.adirondacklife.com/
Guidelines online: https://www.adirondacklife.com/index.php?
option=com_content&task=view&id=27&Itemid=112
Features run up to 4000 words; pay is 25 cents per word. Freelance
photographers are also used to illustrate articles or for photo
essays, covers, calendars, etc. Only interested in events and history
of the Adirondack area.
TREASURE VALLEY FAMILY
http://www.treasurevalleyfamily.com/
Guidelines online:
http://www.treasurevalleyfamily.com/aboutus/writers.php
Events, advice, activities for families in and around Boise, ID.
Query with clips. Articles run between 1000 – 3000 words.
KIDZ N FUN
www.kidsnfun.com
Guidelines online:
http://www.kidznfun.com/tahoe/SITE/top/listing.cfm/ntg/6098/0/direct?
c=1
Articles are 400 – 600 words and should relate to family travel. Pay
not specified. Website has articles, and pieces on gear for kids.
Seasoned Cooking
http://www.seasoned.com/
Contact: http://www.seasoned.com/About/Staff.aspx
Appears to be open to new writers; pay is not mentioned.
Beautiful site
RHODE ISLAND ROADS
http://riroads.com/
Guidelines online: http://riroads.com/admin/guidelines.htm
Articles run between 500 and 2000 words. Must not be time sensitive.
Pay not specified.
All articles must be related to Rhode Island. Magazine is archived
online for easy research!
JOBS
Culinary Intern/Recipe Writer, THINKfoodGROUP, Wash, DC
http://www.mediabistro.com/joblistings/jobview.asp?joid=76513&page=1
Web Editor, THINKfoodGROUP, Wash, DC
http://www.mediabistro.com/joblistings/jobview.asp?joid=76520&page=1
Food Safety Reporter, Arlington, VA
http://www.journalismjobs.com/Job_Listing.cfm?JobID=914328
About.com, Food Writers
http://www.journalismjobs.com/Job_Listing.cfm?JobID=625412
Freelance Travel Writer, telecommute
http://atlanta.craigslist.org/wri/656188683.html
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"Once, during prohibition, I was forced to live for days on nothing
but food and water." – W.C. Fields
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