INTO PRINT PA

by POETS & WRITERS INC

• ISBN13: 9780913734483
• ISBN10: 0913734489
• Edition: 00
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 1997-03-17
• Publisher: PUSHCART

Summary

Culled from the pages of Poets & Writers magazine, the articles here cover practical topics of interest to both emerging and published writers, including: manuscript preparation; negotiating your own contracts and royalties; health-care options; where to find writers colonies and how to apply; how to publicize your own book; and what you should know about libel, permissions, and trademarks. Since 1970 Poets & Writers has been the central source of practical information for the literary community in the United States.

Table of Contents

Introduction	ix
OUT OF THE SLUSH PILE AND INTO PRINT
Give That Unsolicited Manuscript A Chance	2	(6)
Gerald W. Haslam
Baiting the Hook- A Primer on Query Letters	8	(5)
Gerald W. Haslam
Multiple Submissions- Essential or Unethical or Both?	13	(8)
Perry Glasser
RESPONSIBLE WRITING: WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT LIBEL, PERMISSIONS, AND TRADEMARKS
Introduction	20	(1)
Libel & Fiction	21	(9)
Susan Ferraro
Name That Tune (It's Cheaper Than Using the Lyrics)	30	(6)
Marcia Biederman
How Much Should Writers Worry About Trademarks?	36	(9)
Marcia Biederman
CONTRACTS & ROYALTIES: NEGOTIATING YOUR OWN
Introduction	44	(1)
Book Contracts: Negotiating Your Own	45	(10)
Richard Balkin
A Push to Clean Up Royalty Statements	55	(5)
Marcia Biederman
Separate Canadian Rights	60	(7)
Janet Turnbull Irving
THE WRITER AS PUBLICIST
Introduction	66	(1)
Publicizing Your Novel	67	(7)
Terry McMillan
Press Finesse	74	(7)
Marcia Biederman
Selling to the Seller	81	(10)
Gary Aspenberg
LOW-RESIDENCY AND NONFICTION M.F A. PROGRAMS
Introduction	90	(1)
Low-Residency M.F A. Programs	91	(4)
Sara Rath
The M.A. and M.F A. in Creative Nonfiction	95	(8)
Melinda Corey
Nonfiction M.F.A.s Where to Find Them	103	(7)
Gigi Marino
ON CLOUD NINE: WRITERS' COLONIES. RETREATS, RANCHES, RESIDENCES, AND SANCTUARIES
Leslie Goff
On Cloud Nine	110	(1)
Colonies That Offer Fellowships Free Residency, or Living Stipends	111	(17)
Writers' Residences	128	(18)
CUTTING THE HIGH COST OF HEALTH CARE
Leslie Golf
Cutting the High Cost of Health Care	146	(4)
12 Organizations That Offer Group Health Insurance to Writers	150	(8)
HELPING WRITERS HELP THEMSELVES: A NATIONAL GUIDE TO WRITERS' RESOURCES
Therese Eiben
A National Guide to Writers' Resources	158	(11)
Regional Literary Centers in the United States	169	(21)
Regional Literary Centers in Canada	190	(3)
Writers' Resources	193	(16)
About The Authors	209