CHAPTER NINE: THE WRITE STUFF

EXPANDING YOUR MARKETS

The Write Market and the Writer's Retreat

Market it, publish it, sell it! The Electronic Newsstand lists over 2000 magazines to help you zero in on potential markets. http://www.enews.com/

Don't forget the electronic magazine market The Burry Man Writer's Center

There are countless resources for writers. Do a search for "writer's markets".

MAKING HARDCOPY

The news just keeps getting weirder and weirder http://www.newsoftheweird.com/

Everyone could use a laugh. http://www.jokes.com/

INFORMATION BROKER

It’s always best to start with information that’s free before you go paying for it. Virtual Reference Sites contain over 2,500 of the most popular information reference sources on the Web. Things like Calculators, Dictionaries, Directories, Zip Codes, Maps, Languages, Free Stuff, Jobs, Weather, Travel, White & Yellow Pages, Health, Humor, etc., etc., etc. From ART to YOUTH and everything in between.

There is a huge database maintained for legal professionals, as well as business and journalism experts. This database amounts to the equivalent of piling CD-ROMs to the height of a seventeen-story building. Go to http://www.lexis-nexis.com

SPECIALTY SHEETS

Travel can be a blast with your own personal map from http://www.mapblast.com

Show up on the doorstep of your favorite business. First go to http://www.zip2.com

World Wide maps to local streets right here at http://www.mapquest.com/

COMPANY NEWSLETTERS

Learn how to do great company newsletters. http://www.companynewsletters.com/newsread.htm

VANITY PUBLISHING

Get help honing your writing skills. http://www.inkspot.com/

Are you looking to publish your own book? Here’s a place to help you. http://www.pma-online.org

WARRIOR WRITING (AKA FLEECING THE SHEEP)

Can you use $1,112,000? This prize is available to anyone who can actually demonstrate something supernatural. They must be prepared to allow scientific scrutiny of their claim. http://www.randi.org/jr/

It’s absolutely unbelievable the number of cons, frauds and hoaxes that are perpetrated on the unsuspecting public every day. See for yourself. Crime Doctorand Protect Yourself

If you really expect to make money fast then you better check here first. http://user.mc.net/~miketoth/scam.html

Aliens: Are you a believer http://www.newageinfo.com/res/ufo.htm or a skeptic http://www.csicop.org/articles/2020/

Protect yourself from Internet frauds and scams. The national Fraud Information Center is one of the best resources for checking out any business schemes. http://www.fraud.org/

CREATING FACTS

Establish yourself as a U.S. government 501c3 tax-exempt organization by incorporating as a 'church'. Gain the freedom to use your money in more constructive ways than the ways in which the politicrats would use it. To be officially recognized as a non-profit, tax-exempt church, your organization will have to file Form 1023 - Application for Recognition of Exemption Under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Let this church website show you an interesting take on the law.

WAYS TO MAKE MONEY FROM THE FANTASTIC

Clever private newspapers and E-Zines (electronic magazines) populate the Internet. Here is just one example. Think Digital - a computer newspaper specializing in your opinions. http://www.opinion-pages.org/

Here is another that specializes in humor and exposé. Author submissions are invited. The Door Magazine

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