New year. New beginning. What a wonderful time
to plot the course for your writing.
List the projects you completed last year. Pat
yourself on the back for a job well done. You COMPLETED the project whether it
was garnered a contract or not. You followed through with an idea. Celebrate
the victory.
If you did not get a contract, it’s decision time:
Do you keep revising or start anew with another project? The decision is yours.
If you feel the 2015 project has commercial potential, give it the best
opportunity for a contract by polishing it until the sheen twinkles. If you’re
simply tired of working on it, file it and start with another. You can always
go back and work on the first project at a later date and that might be a good
thing. The distance from the project will later allow you to have a better
perspective on what does and does not work. In 2015, I pulled out a chapter
book I had worked on a few years prior, completely revised it, and got a
contract.
If you had several projects in 2015 that did not
interest editors, review them to determine which has the most potential. Show them
to your writer or critique group. Feedback from informed readers is like
winning the lottery.
Are you ready, pen? Start writing.
Call for
Submissions for Young Writers:
Magic Dragon. A
quarterly publication, presents writing and art created by children in the
elementary school grades in a magazine of quality four-color printing and
graphic display.
Call for
Submissions for Adult Writers:
American Girl. A bimonthly, four-color magazine for girls 8+. Looking for
contemporary and historical fiction. The protagonist should be a girl between 8
and 12. No science fiction, fantasy, or first-romance stories. Up to 2,300
words. Allow 12 weeks for a reply.
Submission guidelines at http://www.americangirl.com/corporate/writers-guidelines
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