By Lisbeth Coiman The first hard truth I learned as an emerging writer is that it will take years of dedication and hard work before I can live off my writing. Whether through my established career as a teacher, or through a series of small gigs, as an emerging writer I must make a living …
By Lisbeth Coiman My promotional budget began with a plan and the specific goal to take my book to several cities in North America. A book club from Mississauga, ON had contacted me at the beginning of the year to let me know they were reading my debut memoir I Asked the Blue Heron. I …
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By Lisbeth Coiman Although writing involves a desk and countless hours sitting in front of computer, it has a significant overhead cost. Expenses add up pretty quickly and include items as varied as office supplies to car expenses. We learn to make informed decisions, and find the discounts to finance projects or conferences. Early Bird …
By Lisbeth Coiman Taking the first steps into writing demands an immediate assessment of your finances. The cost of regularly submitting work for publication, attending conferences, or workshops, subscribing to publications, supplies, and other unforeseen expenses consume the usually limited resources of an unprepared emergent writer. Even those who live on writing have to approach …
by Tisha Reichle I don’t know if it’s being surrounded by the energy of other writers or pretending for a week, a few days, an afternoon, that I’m a student again, but I sit dutifully in the hotel ballroom chair or at a classroom table or around the cozy fireplace with a view of nearby …
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by Lisbeth Coiman Where writing has become a self-employment enterprise, tracking expenses is vital for the emergent writer struggling to build her brand. Conferences, books, subscriptions, writing courses, memberships, tracking sites, and submission fees all add up quickly to a limited writing budget. Arguably, artists can create great work without ever attending conferences, reading peers’ …
Welcome to the New Women Who Submit Site! Brand new address, same stellar submission info you’ve come to expect from us, with some new additions: Join Us! – Learn about the various WWS chapters across North America Resources –Â A collection of useful links for your publishing journey Submit to Us! –Â We have four new columns! …
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The Women Who Submit blog is now open for submissions for our bi-monthly publication. We publish on the first and third Monday of the month. Submissions are now CLOSED for personal essays and articles. The submission window will reopen in January 2024. Submissions are OPEN for book reviews and are ongoing. Wondering what to submit to …
The Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) Conference is next week, and Women Who Submit is here to help you maneuver through the mayhem. If you’re unfamiliar with the AWP conference, it is the largest writers conference in the nation that lasts four days. It’s typically in the winter, and it moves around the …
Now that I’ve grabbed Alix’s baton, I plan to Flo Jo my way to publishing victory. I’m carrying on her tradition of informing and equipping members.
