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fundsforwriters fundsforwriters tips and tools for serious writers to advance their careers our free weekly newsletters reach 28 000 subscribers and counting home about ffw grants contests markets newsletters submissions blog advertising contact home time to get serious about your writing career you won t be able to quit work and write but you might find a grant to make your writing goals easier or a crowdfunding opportunity to fund your project find serious contests too only those that pay in cold hard cash no pay per click 1 per blog or exposure markets either hope clark writes for a living if she wouldn t try these opportunities she doesn t post them our newsletters are our world free subscription chosen 101 best writing websites by writer s digest for the last 23 years in a row i ve learned that when i m down out of sorts or spending too long dwelling on things that don t deserve my attention then for my own personal health i retreat to the keyboard it s why i love having a series to dive back into it s like returning home writing can be your balm your peace your axis coming back to center if you let it bring it to the front and center of your life and you might find out just how medicinal it can be latest posts can you explain your writing self in a nutshell dan brotzel 2026 02 07 as writers it s vital to be able to summarise what we offer in a few brief interesting words as much for ourselves as for the readers we want to reach whenever i write any article let alone a book i begin by drafting a rough lede which sets out read more building your author platform on a budget part 2 building an email newsletter and list dan brotzel 2026 01 31 see part 1 the website despite complaints about inbox overload and spam surveys show consumers consider email the least intrusive of direct marketing tactics when someone signs up for your messages they re inviting you into a personal space that s largely competitor free unlike a search results page and unlike social media your read more building your author platform on a budget part 1 your website dan brotzel 2026 01 26 some argue that you don t need a website these days that it s enough to be on facebook linktree or substack but platforms come and go and with social media you are at the mercy of the algorithms as publishing expert jane friedman notes your website serves as an online home and hub read more writing to find work c hope clark 2026 01 26 a friend of mine also a writer posted about seeking work as a freelancer and having to wade through the naysayers complainers and grammar nerds to glean information about where to find work admittedly ai is robbing this group of writers of much viable income businesses will take ai cheaply read more how to find your writing community debra whittall 2026 01 16 writing is often called a solitary pursuit yet none of us performs alone it takes a supportive community including editors proof readers critique partners and beta readers words don t magically appear on the page to perfection ready for publication start at the library libraries are filled with words and people read more how to create your own diy writing retreat on a budget dan brotzel 2026 01 02 the words writing retreat might summon up images of a week in a lakeside cabin with a posh notebook a pot of coffee and birdsong for company but for many of us work family and budgets such images are pure fantasy but there are ways to create your own retreat read more the subject line secret how to win readers before they even open your email evan swensen 2025 12 26 you ve spent hours crafting the perfect newsletter every paragraph sparkles the call to action is clear and the design looks sharp you hit send then wait and wait but the results are flat your open rates are terrible the problem isn t your content it s your subject line in publishing the real battle read more what does ready mean c hope clark 2025 12 26 we attempt to polish to perfection the funny thing to me is that we dare think of being able to achieve perfection nobody does nor should they think they can weekly i write two editorials the opening thought then later the editor s thoughts one is more personal than the other read more how to spot a dodgy litmag dan brotzel 2025 12 19 the submissions database chill subs lists over 3000 magazines and 1200 writing contests many of the contests affiliated with litmags most of these are run by passionate writers and editors who work hard to champion great work often for little monetary reward but given the size of the market there will inevitably read more ai and perfection c hope clark 2025 12 19 have no fear of perfection you ll never reach it salvador dalí all of us seek perfection though none of us reaches it improving ourselves however is the real goal and quite admirable we should never stop in that effort but all too often we feel we cannot seek perfection so we find read more featured books by hope filed under uncategorized free fundsforwriters weekly 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