This indispensable resource tells writers of all kinds how to take full advantage of Internet technologies and resources to improve skills, increase sales, and build recognition. Both experienced and novice writers will learn how to use cutting-edge tactics to uncover new domestic and international markets; to communicate and conduct writing business successfully over the Internet; to find and use writers' groups effectively; to use a Web site to promote books and articles and attract readers; to start an e-zine; and much more.
"One of the big fears about the Internet," says Moira Anderson Allen in Writing.com, "has been that it would (or will) replace traditional markets for writers." Instead, it seems not only to have increased the number of markets for writers, but also to have made the process of writing for traditional markets easier. Research can be conducted from the privacy of your own home (and the information found, though at times questionable, is more likely to be up-to-date). Potential markets can be checked out online. You can schmooze with other writers without buying a cup of burnt coffee at your nearest bookstore café. In short, the Internet saves writers time and money. Allen divides her book into three sections: researching online (including evaluating and using search engines), communicating online, and publishing online. Her appendixes include 500 "excellent" writing sites.
Can you query via e-mail? How about conduct an interview? Are online critique groups and classes worthwhile? The answer to all these questions is a qualified "yes." Allen's most resounding "yes" is to the writer who asks whether it's necessary to have a Web site. Why? To post clips, "to establish your expertise and/or educate readers," to promote your books, and to educate writers. Don't be daunted; Allen tells you what a writer's Web site should and shouldn't include (leave out the snapshot of Fido), as well as how to construct and then promote a Web site. Yes, publishing online has resulted in some significant losses of rights for writers, which are clearly discussed in Allen's book. But it can also bring you worldwide exposure, even if you live in the middle of nowhere. Just be sure your chosen nowhere is supported by a decent ISP. --Jane Steinberg
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Thought about writing for the Internet?:
Have you ever thought about writing for the Internet and were afraid to ask how to go about it? Fret no longer, Moira Anderson Allen has probably written the bible pertaining to writing and the Internet.
Her comprehensive tome entitled Writing.Com: Creative Internet Strategies To Advance Your Writing Career-Revised Edition is an update of a previous book published in 1998. As she mentions in her introduction, "the purpose of the second edition is to take a fresh look at the Internet and answer the... more info
worth a read:
Definately worth your time if you are a writer trying to make it. The strategies are great and have given me hope about how I can get published. Of course, there isn't much writing practice in this book, so you should go elsewhere if thats what you need.
Every writer needs to get this book:
Writing.com should be in every writers book bag! It is easy to read and has great- useful information. Everone needs to be savy on the internet- this book tells you how.
Rick Frishman. Pres- Planned TV Arts (NYC) ... Co- author GUERRILLA MARKETING FOR WRITERS (Writers Digest Books)
Internet for Writers:
This is an example of a well-targeted book: a treatise on the Internet for writers. It is a book that writers will identify with. Allen describes where to conduct research, where to find markets, all about electronic rights, promoting your book online and much more. While the book is directed to writers, a great deal of the advice, tips and insight will benefit anyone who wishes to know more about the Internet.
For a detailed description of the book's coverage, click on Table of Contents in the left-hand... more info
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