SPAWNews Newsletter – July 2014
For contributions to the newsletter and Letters to the Editor, please email the editor of WPNews: editor@spawn.org. Those of you who are WPN members, be sure to visit the Members…
For contributions to the newsletter and Letters to the Editor, please email the editor of WPNews: editor@spawn.org. Those of you who are WPN members, be sure to visit the Members…
For contributions to the newsletter and Letters to the Editor, please email the editor of WPNews: editor@spawn.org. Those of you who are WPN members, be sure to visit the Members…
For contributions to the newsletter and Letters to the Editor, please email the editor of WPNews: editor@spawn.org. Those of you who are WPN members, be sure to visit the Members…
Sandra Murphy, Editor For contributions to the newsletter and Letters to the Editor, please email the editor of WPNews: editor@spawn.org. Those of you who are WPN members, be sure to…
Here’s What’s New –Dozens of bookselling and magazine stats
Opportunities for Freelance Writers –Article ideas and trends to jump start your career
Opportunities for Authors – What 10 publishers want NOW
Book Promotion Opportunities – Sell your ebooks, Books With a Mission, book festivals and more.
Opportunities for Artists – Three job sites for artists
Going, Going, Gone – 4 magazines and a publisher are gone
Resources for Authors and Writers – Track your articles/share your articles
Bonus Item – Interview with Mike Samson, co-founder of crowdSPRING, a marketplace for creative services. Attention: Freelance Writers and Artists
Here’s What’s New – PublishAmerica tries to start fresh with new imprint, new book review
editor at LA Times, McMillan has new science imprint and MORE…
Opportunities for Freelance Writers – 6 paying nonfiction markets and 11 fiction markets
Opportunities for Authors – a large publisher directory for first-time novelists, a publisher
seeking mss and tips for attracting a publisher
Book Promotion Opportunities – resources and advice
Opportunities for Scriptwriters — 8 opportunities
Resources for Authors – 3 links with amazing resources for authors
Going, Going, Gone – 7 print mags close
Bonus Items – Interview with 4 publishers: Steve Carlson, Upper Access, Inc.; Scott Schmidt,
Salvo Press; Connie Shaw, Sentient Publications and Skip Whitson, Director at Sun
Books
SPAWNews Newsletter – April 2010
– President’s Letter from Susan Daffron
– Editor’s Note from Sandra Murphy
– Market Update by Patricia Fry
– Book Doctor by Bobbie Christmas
– Member News
– Word Usage by Bonnie Myhrum
– Book review by Patricia Fry—The Power of Memoir, How to Write Your Healing Story By Linda Joy Myers, Ph.D.
– How to Turn a Book into a Play by Sandra Jones Cropsey
– Art in a Slow Economy by Susan Alcott Jardine
– Tapping Your Innate Creativity by Barbara Florio Graham
WPN Market Update – December, 2008 By Patricia L. Fry Editorial Commentary – There’s still time to meet your publishing goals—we provide resources that can help. Going, Going, Gone…
WPN Market Update – June, 2008 By Patricia L. Fry Going, Going, Gone – Only 2 to report this month. Here’s What’s New – 7 mags and 7 interesting industry…
WPN Market Update – May, 2008 By Patricia L. Fry Going, Going, Gone – 12 mags, pubs and sites have closed or will regroup. is closing. Here’s What’s New –…