10 Ways To Get Published and Get Paid!

Ways to Get Paid with New Publications

By Jennifer Brown-Banks, published Aug 06, 2006
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We are living in the “Information Age.” People’s “need to know” has created a virtual gold mine for today’s writer. In an effort to help Americans live longer, parent better, improve relationships, enhance life quality, and perform at peak levels, online publications and specialty magazines are emerging weekly to address every target audience imagineable.

Although these start-up publications typically have low wages (some pay in “copies” only), they present a great opportunity to receive choice assignments, carve your niche, garner more clips, and have creative input. Not to mention, they are often less competitive and less political than larger, more established publications.

But beware! With all the perks these types of writing projects possess, there are clearly some disadvantages. Being an author is as much about “business” as it is about creativity. So you must be savvy in order to be successful.

After getting burned 3 times by new publications that gave lip service without pay, (1 Bridal, 1 Religious, 1 Lifestyle), I got smart. And here’s how you can too!

10 WAYS TO GET PUBLISHED AND PAID …

Takeaways
  • REMEMBER TO GET TERMS IN WRITING.
  • IF IT SEEMS TO GOOD TO BE TRUE, IT PROBABLY IS!
  • DON'T LET PUBLISHERS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF YOUR TIME AND TALENT.
Did You Know?
There are watch dog groups to protect writers' interests.
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