How Do I Sell My Writing? Using Writer's Market of Course!

Well, there are lots of options, including publishing content here on Associated Content. But a successful freelancer knows that selling to lots of markets is the way to stay in business and get noticed, so how can you find out how and where to sell your writing? By picking up the latest copy of Writer's Market.

Writer's Market is not only one of the most respected guides to selling your work around, it also gives you real contacts of real people at real publishing houses and magazines that can publish your work.

Not only that, but it is chock full of great information for first-time writers and seasoned professionals. From how to write a killer query letter to generating story ideas, and everything in between. Each year the book features articles from different successful authors, telling you how to break into the business, how to stay in business, and how they finally made their mark in the writing world.

I simply can't say enough about how invaluable this book is if you want to sell what you write, no matter what it is that you write. It includes listings of agents, book publishers, magazine publishers, contests and even greeting card publishers. All of the information is verified and updated each year, so you can be sure you've got the latest contact information before spending your hard-earned money on postage to send out manuscripts and cover letters.

In addition to the many categories, Writer's Market also gives you plenty of other information about publishers, such as whether they accept unsolicited queries and manuscripts, simultaneous submissions, how often they work with new writers, what the pay range is, and what their usual terms are, such as what rights they typically purchase and whether they pay on acceptance or upon printing.

Even better than the regular edition of Writer's Market is the Deluxe Edition, which gives you complete access to the Writer's Market website. With this access you can quickly search for publishers, keep track of your submissions and follow direct links to publishers' and agents' websites. With only a few dollar difference between the regular and deluxe editions, I highly recommend the deluxe edition. The hours in searching through listings that it eliminates is well worth the money.

If you're at all serious about selling your writing, want to know how much you should be charging, wonder how to submit your work to a publisher, this is a must-have book. No writer should be without it.