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Cathy C. Hallhttps://cathychall.wordpress.com/I write, write, write. Then I rewrite, rewrite, rewrite. THEN I submit all those polished-up words out into the world and sell 'em. It's a plan that's worked pretty well.

Finding Something Friday: A Hardboiled Cozy

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Look what I found in my mailbox today!

I won Dana Fredsti’s book, Murder for Hire: The Peruvian Pigeon, when I went on a blog Trick or Treat with the Fatal Foodies. Now, don’t say you don’t know what I’m talking about. I told you all about the bloggy giveaway and how you could win great prizes, including interesting books like Dana’s hardboiled cozy.

I’m not exactly sure how a cozy can be hardboiled, but I read that description for her book, which just makes me want to read it even more. So, it’s on my bedside table (Well, not right this minute. Right now, it’s on my desk so I can be inspired while writing about said book). But it will be on my bedside table, joining my stack of to-read books. Then, it will be back on my desk when I write about it later and fill you in on what, exactly, a hardboiled cozy is.

Till then, I guess it’s just one big mystery.

Once Upon A Time Thinking

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Once upon a time, long, long ago (Okay, actually, it was about two years ago) I ordered a single issue of a magazine called, Once Upon A Time. I liked it, too. But then, time passed (about two years, actually) and I forgot all about  that magazine till the other day when I saw a mention of it again.

So, I took another look at this market and had a thought or two.

Thought One: This market publishes 25 to 30 freelance subs every issue on writing. Specifically, on children’s writing. What a coincidence! I write for children. I like to be paid most of the time, and this is not a paying market. So if you’ve got a big hangup about payment issues, this may not be a market for you. But if you’d like to share what you’ve learned, sort of passing along the gift of your experience, this may be the perfect market for you. Check out the submission guidelines here if you’ve already come up with a great idea.

 

Thought Two: Do you belong to a writer’s group? Because it seems to me that a group of like-minded individuals, striving to reach the same goal, might be interested in some of the same magazines, like Once Upon A Time. What if, as a group, you purchased a subscription and then shared the mag? Granted, a monthly magazine might be a bit of a logistics nightmare for 6 or 8 people to share. But, a magazine that’s published four times a year is perfect for share-reading, right? Especially when economic times are a bit stretched. And now that I think about it, sharing mags is kind of a green thing, too. So, everybody wins!

Just a thought or two. And now, I think I may share a thought or two with the editors at Once Upon a Time.