Submit Your Work Today on Groundhog Day!

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submit on groundhog dayRemember the movie Groundhog Day? Bill Murray lives the same day over and over again until he gets it right?

Today is your Groundhog Day. And we put this question to you:

Are you caught in a vicious cycle?

…NOT submitting your writing for publication even though you know you should…

…then feeling bad about not being published…

…then not submitting because you feel bad…

…then still not getting published, not even trying…?

Break your self-defeating cycle.

If you’re ready to make a change but can’t do it alone, it’s time to get the help you need.

Writer’s Relief offers submission assistance—not to mention meaningful support and encouragement.

 We currently have limited openings for writers in the following genres:

Poems, Stories, Essays, and Books

Tired of living the same day over and over?

Make a change. Right this moment.

It only takes a few seconds to dramatically shift the course of your writing career:

Submit your work for consideration at Writer’s Relief today!

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Do You Miss Sending Letters By Mail?

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month_of_lettersBefore email came into our lives, letters reigned: postcards, stationery, perfume-scented paper…and stamps! Glorious, interesting stamps!

And then, there was the style and “voice” of a loved one’s handwriting…a personal touch. How great did it feel to know that someone held a letter in his/her own flesh-and-blood hand, then sent it into your hand?

Don’t get us wrong; we love how easy and efficient email has made life for writers! But, we miss letters too. Author Mary Robinette Kowal has launched a Month of Letters Challenge, encouraging writers to mail one letter, postcard, or note per day this month.

Writer QuestionsQUESTION: What do you think? Do you love letters? Do you ever send letters by mail anymore? Will you participate in the Letter Writing Challenge?

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5 Ways Goodreads Can Help Your Writing Career

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You’ve probably heard that your reading habits can help your writing technique, but did you know that reading can also help your writing career?

Thousands of writers are interacting with their readers and establishing themselves in the writing community on Goodreads, a website that functions as an online book club, bookstore, and your own personal bookshelf.

If you are looking for an easy, fun, and free way to promote your writing and connect with people who have similar taste in books (i.e., fans, readers, editors, agents), Goodreads is for you!

1. Goodreads is Facebook for books!

Goodreads allows you to organize your own virtual bookshelves. Connect with other writers and readers who have similar tastes! You can share recommendations, follow others’ reviews, and create personal relationships with people in the industry. Network with other writers and meet potential readers of your work.

Unlike Facebook and Twitter, this site is EXCLUSIVELY for those in the writing/reading community. Establish yourself as part of that community by becoming a member.

2. Show off your writing (and great literary taste) by writing book reviews.

Write fantastic, memorable reviews that show off your personality as well as your writing. Build your review portfolio and get a Goodreads following. Establish yourself as a well-read connoisseur of your genre and others.

3. Drive traffic to your author website.

In your Goodreads profile, you can link out to your author website or blog. Once you’ve established yourself as a Goodreads regular, other Goodreads members will be interested to learn more about you. That’s when you pounce! Only write snippets or teasers of your reviews and then link to your own blog for its entirety (this is a common Goodreads technique). Refer to a discussion, article, or post on your own site and provide a link in your review.

Don’t have an author website? Now’s the time. We can help.

4. Become a Goodreads Author.

Goodreads WANTS you to use their site for promotion—how cool is that? They have a specific program designed to help authors reach their target audience. If you are an author with either a traditionally published or self-published book, you can register on Goodreads with a special “Author” account.

Authors on Goodreads can make their profiles an engaging and attractive destination for readers. Add a picture and a bio. Publicize upcoming events. Post videos. Share your favorite books and quotes, recent reads, book excerpts, and other writing with your fans.

5.  Promote the Goodreads way.

You can promote your book with Goodreads goodies like book giveaways, Q&As, and discussion forums. You can even create quizzes about your book! Add a Goodreads Author widget to your own website to show off the reviews of your book.

Goodreads boasts 6,800,000 readers. That’s almost 7 million potential readers and promoters.

Convinced? Join Goodreads today! Use this link to sign up and instantly become our friend!

Find info about the Goodreads Author Program.

Writer QuestionsQUESTION: What are you reading right now?

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Featured Client: Paula Marafino Bernett

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A lover of words, Paula Marafino Bernett came to us in the summer of 2009 with a poetry submission that immediately caught our attention. Beneath the careful words of her poetry is a world of  intense emotion. Her essays are challenging—unexpected, philosophical, and personal all at the same time. It’s been a pleasure to work with her!

Here’s what Paula has to say about her experience with Writer’s Relief:

I write. I devote my creative energy to producing publishable work. Writer’s Relief, in partnership with me, deals with the business of publishing my poetry and essays in appropriate journals. This is an active partnership, requiring equal energy on both sides. It works for me because I see it as a partnership—I produce high-quality work, I know the caliber of the journals and publications I want to publish in, and we work together to make that happen. I’m in continuing dialogue with my specific contacts, who respond to my needs and inclinations and gauge the appropriateness of my work for specific publications. The result has been an ever-increasing number of publication credits in noteworthy journals—and with every acceptance comes a fresh surge of creative energy.

About Paula:
Drawing inspiration from a range of psychological/spiritual landscapes, Paula Marafino Bernett’s work reflects a deep curiosity about the mind’s forays into memory, language, and association. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Nimrod, Rattle, Salamander, Tar River Poetry, The Louisville Review, Margie, and others. Paula was awarded the Resident Writer’s Award from the 2009 Taos Summer Writer’s Conference in New Mexico and was one of three first-prize winners in WordHustler’s 2009 Summer Poetry Contest. She was awarded the 2011 St. John’s College Essay Prize and has two poems nominated for 2013 Pushcart Prizes. Paula holds an MFA from Sarah Lawrence College.

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First Edition Book Sells For Almost $8 Million

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old booksDo you have any old books lying around? Boxed in the attic? Gathering dust on a shelf?

They might be worth something!

Recently, a first edition Audubon book sold for $7.9 million.

Makes us wonder: What will happen to book collecting now that e-books are predicted to be the way of the future? Do you think the market for old hardback books will boom? Or bust?

 

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