Issue # 45
May/June 2008

Lazette Gifford, Editor

In This Issue

• About This Issue
   

• From the Editor
   

• Workshop:
  Editing for Length
  By Lazette Gifford
   

• Meditation for Writers
  By Andrea Blythe
   

• A Fun Way to Write Short Fiction
  By Lisa Lawler
   

• Think, Write, Think
  By Scott Warner
   

• I am a Writer
  By Lisa Ploch Swope
   

• Sticky Manuscripts: Writing with Children in the House
  By Katherine Dalton
   

• How to be Wrong
  Robert Billing
   

• The Misbehaving Character by Devon Ellington
   

• Mar's Market Report # 27
  By Margaret McGaffey Fisk
   

• Website Review:
  Freelance Switch
  Reviewed by
  Alex Fayle
   

• Book Review:
  Fairy Tales for Writers by Lawrence Schimel
  Reviewed By
  Margaret McGaffey Fisk
   

• New on the Shelves

Contact: Vision@lazette.net

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Market Report:

Mar's Market Report #27

By Margaret McGaffey Fisk
Copyright © 2008 by Margaret McGaffey Fisk, All Rights Reserved

Publication announcements from members of online writing communities are valuable resources for writers at the beginning of their careers. Though the communities may contain members at many levels of publication, overall, markets listed in these announcements tend to be open to new writers.

All the markets presented in this column came from a publication announcement. I receive announcements from various sources including Vision; The Critter's Workshop; and Online Writing Workshop for Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror. These announcements are all available online. They list markets at varying levels of payment or reputation, so if you use these resources, be careful to research the market yourself before submitting. Even the list below should be used as a signpost rather than a definitive answer about any market because situations do change. Reputable sites such as Ralan's SpecFic & Humor Webstravaganza and Duotrope are good places to get the latest news. They have been known to have information not yet listed on the publisher website. However, always check the publisher's guidelines as well.

While not all the markets that appear in this column offer "pro" rates, they all provide some compensation. In my opinion, offering payment is an indication of the editor/publisher's commitment. In many cases, markets with some compensation are more likely to stay around because they have considered the economics of running a publication.