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Greeting Card Writing Jobs: 7 Companies That Pay Freelancers

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While the list of companies actively soliciting copy-only submissions is short, the stack of dollar bills you have the potential to earn with these companies is fairly tall. You don’t want to send jokes so filthy they would make your grandma faint to a company that publishes inspirational poems about the nature of friendship.

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Book Editing Process

Melanie Saxton

I may suggest that we tighten up your prose, rewrite your copy when needed, and edit for length and completeness. Check out my Book Publishing page if you need help with self-publishing. Communication is key as we work out final edits. My editing elevates your writing by removing errors that distract readers.

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How Printing Innovations (and More) Created an Enduring Class Divide in Books

Jane Friedman

Today’s post is excerpted from The Untold Story of Books: A Writer’s History of Book Publishing by Michael Castleman. They identified material fit for reproduction and offered favored printers the exclusive right to copy it— “copyright.” Printers were appalled: Authors wrote, printers copied. The right to copy was theirs.

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18 Literary Magazines Accepting Submissions in 2024

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Literary Magazines Accepting Submissions in 2024 Literary magazines are periodicals, which are dedicated to publishing poetry, short stories, essays and more from writers at every stage of their careers. For fiction, Harper’s Magazine accepts unsolicited submissions of physical copies. Here are 18 now accepting submissions.

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How an Academic Editor Can Help a Scholar Write a Better Article

Jane Friedman

Scholars generally have two very different venues in which to publish their work, and hence two different audiences as well. The editor’s work here doesn’t differ a lot from what it would be when editing any prose piece. If I am copy editing, I usually intervene or make a comment in a few situations. Make it clear.

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Get Paid to Write Poetry: 14 Markets for Freelance Writers

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However, it’s not impossible to land poetry jobs, get paid for your prose, and even get a byline for publishing poetry. I’ve written poetry for a long list of publications, and ultimately published a book of poetry. The more you write and publish your poetry, the more you build up a portfolio of work.

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Brands Often Overlook This Superhero of Storytelling

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Yet some brands are working with top comics creators and publishers such as Marvel Comics. OK, maybe writing this article as a comic script isn’t such a great idea, even if prose is at a disadvantage when discussing such a visual medium. In April 2018, a copy sold on eBay for $1,100.). A copy sold for $1,100.