Comments on: A Pound of Flesh: Joining Communities & Investing in The Writer’s Market

By: Fresh novel writer

Fresh novel writer — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 12:33:28 +0000

I would agree that time management is very important, but I have found that online writing forums and author communities are a great way to not only hone ones craft, but to also learn about agents, publishers, and how other writers go about things. You just have to make sure you don’t spend all your time chatting, and enough time writing.

By: Anne Walls

Anne Walls — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:54:22 +0000

I agree that time management and perseverance are two of the most important things in a writer’s life. I used to buy the Writer’s Market, but was tired of how expensive and outdated it quickly became. My partner and I started a writing website called WordHustler.com that has over 3,000 FREE literary markets. Not only that, we’re the first website to take care of the WHOLE process of writing, more than just giving you market listings.

With WordHustler, you upload your projects, search markets you want to submit to, then we print and ship everything for you. It’s easy to track all of your submissions using WordHustler and we cost less than doing it yourself. We give writers a sense of community and, most importantly, save them TIME.

Take a look and good luck writing! http://www.WordHustler.com

- Anne Walls, WordHustler Co-Founder

By: jdimos

jdimos — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:02:38 +0000

Agreed, Cliff.

Writing must always remain a priority. Hopefully, there’s room in a writer’s life to make space for promoting their titles, too. Could be a nice break from the writing process in that regard - recharge the creative batteries so to speak. But you’re definitely right. Even authors can’t afford to neglect their writing, for fear of atrophy.

Thanks for the comment.

-Justin

By: Cliff Burns

Cliff Burns — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:08:40 +0000

But don’t let ANYTHING interfere with your daily practice of writing.
The networking, joining communities and forums is all very fine but writers WRITE and there are already too many worldly distractions and obligations pulling us away from our craft. Concentrate your energies on creation, be disciplined in your work ethic…