Writer’s Relief

I’ve recently become an online subscriber to Writer’s Relief, a submission service for creative writers, poets, and essayists who could use some assistance with the business side of writing and getting published.  Writer’s Relief can devise a submission strategy for your work, help you target the right literary agents and editors, and even proofread and package your submissions.  I’m hoping to use [...]

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queryshark.blogspot.com

The oh-so-important (and often botched) query letter was a discussion topic in last night’s Advanced Writing Workshop at Chapman.  A sharp, interesting, well-written query letter is critical to the process of getting published – so critical, in fact, that queryshark.blogspot.com provides a brutally honest critique of draft query letters and then posts the criticism on its blog for the edification [...]

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newpages.com

I found this website last night.  It provides a comprehensive list of literary magazines and journals that publish short stories, nonfiction, poetry, essays, criticism, book reviews, and art, as well as summaries of the genres and styles in which the editors are most interested and whether or not they accept submissions from unpublished writers.  Check it out!

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