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"The Internet is a writers' revolution," writes Debbie Ridpath Ohi in Writer's Online Marketplace. Definitely. But "finding the Web sites of publications that care to act professional, pay money, edit with heart, and stick around," warns Christopher Reynaga (creator of the Web zine The Write Market), "is like a mad crap-shoot." Once you do find those sites, it's not enough just to show up. You still need to know how to write a winning query and follow through with good content.  read more »

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In How to Make a Living as a Poet, leading slam poet Gary Mex Glazner shows how to turn poetic passion into a paying profession, revealing how he and other writers have become "full-time poets," actually listing their life's passion on their tax forms. Glazner should know. He has worked as a poet-in-residence at a hotel, secured sponsorship for 100 poets on an 8,000-mile tour of the U.S., and traveled the world with a poet's eye and budget, performing everywhere from Katmandu to Bangkok to Paris.  read more »

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The written word is as powerful as ever . . . if you know how to use it. Every letter--every piece of written business correspondence--is loaded with tremendous potenial. A well-crafted letter or memo will build your business; a poorly written one can damage it. Correspondence can convince a potential customer to buy a product, develop a long-term relationship with an existing customer, motivate an underachieving employee, or collect payment from a slow-paying account. It can do all this--and a lot more--to help your business run more effectively and efficiently.  read more »