This time I'll give you a smorgasbord of writing jobs. Starting with the short story. When writing a short story you'll find you have to eliminate secondary characters and subplots that are not necessary to the story. While keeping descriptions to a limit, increase the action with conflicts that keep the story going between desire and response. Give your protagonist a big voice as the character places obstacles geared to hurt the main character. Using the protag's despicable personality to draw in the reader's attention. Bring in your ending fast and hard, leaving your reader wanting more of the same. Here are some markets for your short stories.
http://www.strangehorizons.com/Guidelines.shtml- Magazine
http://anotherrealm.org/FAQ/faq.php - Magazine
http://www.gilaqueen.com - Queens guide to markets
http://www.literarymarketplace.com - Literary Marketplace for stories
Earn the BIG BUCKS, sell nonfiction articles to children's magazine. Times have changed since our childhood, today's children are faced with many issues that are difficult to deal with, as a writer you can introduce them to the world around us. You can write articles that are fun and entertaining about insects, plants, and the universe that surrounds our world. Editors of children's magazines are looking for new and refreshing articles.
http://www.highlights.com - Highlights for Children Magazine
http://www.write4kids.com - Children's Writer's and Illustrator's Markets
Here's something for the poet that lives in the hearts of all writers. Even for those writers who have never written a word of poetry, I believe that within the heart of a writer is a poem waiting to be born. For those of us who have already given birth to poems, this is for you.
http://www;pw.org The Poet's Market
http/www.utmostchristianwriters.com/writers-guidelines.php
Utmost Christian Writers and Poets
How about writing speeches for all types of occasions, weddings, anniversaries, birthdays, and the list goes on. There are a wide variety of speeches for businesses or campaigns or anything else you can think of and here are a few places to start off.
http://www.toastmasters.org Speeches for All Occasions
http://instantweddingtoasts.com Support for Wedding Toasts
http://occasionalwords.com The Occasional Words
This is all I have time for today, but I'll be back with little known markets, contests, grants, and much more. Stop by and let me know how you are doing. Your feedback is an important way to let me know what you need or how I can help. Also post any information you have that will help other writers with their craft.
