Pre-Order Writing Market Books for 2015 & Other Resources for Writers

The Art of the Query: Winning an Agent From the Very First Page
The Art of the Query: Winning an Agent From the Very First Page - In this live webinar, instructor and literary agent Michelle Brower will show you how agents go through their slush pile and how they make decisions based on query letters. The webinar will cover query dos and don'ts, and will also have examples of successful letters that have made the cut. Michelle will show you how to win over an agent, as well as identify common pitfalls.

Pre-order the 2015 Market Books and Receive Free Shipping at Writer's Digest Shop
Pre-Order the 2015 Market Books and Get Free Shipping.

Shop the Storyist Sale at Writers Store
Storyist provides word processing functions with the features writers expect from a top-notch writing program, including spelling and grammar checking and a page layout view with support for headers, footers, and style sheets, plus manuscript and screenplay templates so you can focus on the writing, not the formatting. Don't Miss the Sale, Storyist starting at $35.40, Now-7/31/14.

Writing Services & Writing Help for Screenwriters
The biggest mistake aspiring screenwriters make is sending out their scripts before they’re ready to be reviewed by an agent or producer. Luckily, The Writers Store offers writing services that include writing help from experienced professionals, writing resources such as books and personal coaching sessions, proofreading, revising and editing services. Use these writing resources along with our writing software to help start, market and sell your screenplay!

3 More Writing Markets

Here is a list of web pages where you can find lists of writing markets:

Short Mystery Fiction Markets
List of print magazines, online magazines and anthologies looking for short submissions of mystery stories.
http://shortmystery.blogspot.com.au/p/markets.html

Who Pays The Most Online?
A short article that contains a list of almost 30 markets that are high paying, many at $1 per word.
http://matadornetwork.com/notebook/freelance-writer-rates-who-pays-the-most-online/

Paying Markets And Jobs For July 16th
List of current writing markets from WritersWeekly.com
http://www.writersweekly.com/markets_and_jobs.php

Don't forget that you can always find a huge list of writing markets at Writeaholics.net.

Good luck and keep writing. :)

Too ill to Write

I've been out of action for a few days now. I came down with some sort of wretched virus that has had me flat on my back since last Saturday.

Thankfully I'm almost back to full health now but I'm still finding it hard (impossible) to breathe through my nose.

The biggest problem with beling ill, though, was boredom.

Bored! Bored! Bored!

We have a cable TV channel called TV Hits and I watched it constantly for days. NCIS, CSI, The Mentalist, Law & Order and lots of other crime shows, one straight after the other, all day every day.

I slept on and off and dozed through nearly every episode.

Bored! Bored! Bored!

Then 2 days ago I felt well enough to sit up (which had been a struggle for a few days) and do limited work on the computer before my eyes began to stream. My creative spark seemed to have been extinguished so writing was out of the question.

But what I found was that it was a good time to do catch up work.

Taking a Break From Writing

Writing is great. I can sit and do it for hours.

But not without breaks.

I find that if I sit and write for too long, my creativity wains.

There are times when I'm working in a huge window of inspiration (and I just love those times) and I can just go and go. But I always regret it later because I get dehydrated from not having a drink.

I also notice that on a usual day of writing, taking breaks makes me much more creative.