BHCC Library Resources for Freelance Writers
The Bunker Hill Community College library is a participant in the 3rd annual "Put It In Writing @ Your Library" program sponsored by Bunker Hill Community College Woman's Day Magazine and the American Library Association.
Bunker Hill is one of fifteen libraries across the country hosting workshops on how to break into the writing business during National Library Week 2004. Alice Lesch Kelly, freelance author and Woman's Day contributor, joins Diane Smith, Acting BHCC Library Director on Tuesday April 20, 2004 from 6:00pm to 9:00pm in Room E175 on the Bunker HIllCommunity College Charlestown Campus. Participant involve themselves in the discovery and sharing of tips on how to get published, creative ways to decide what to write and where to sell it and what's involved in using physical and virtual libraries to break into the business.
& BHCC Librarian Diane Smith
Put It In Writing Workshop Handout -- To view this handout since it's a PDF document, you must have acrobat adobe reader installed on your machine. To download the free Acrobat Reader software click on this URL Adobe Reader
Workshop Support Links
- Bibliography for Freelancers
- Creative Ways to Spark Writing @ your libraryŽ by the Editor's of Woman's Day Magazine
- How to Get Published in a Magazine by the staff of Woman's Day Magazine
- NOBLE Reference Links -- Selected Links for Online Fact Seekers
- Woman's Day Writer Workshop Series
Freelancer Favorites
- Preditors & Editors - information and contacts for publication
- Writer's Market - lists book publisher criteria and submission guidelines for various periodicals, both trade and consumer
- Writer's Digest - some free content and a link to its subscription service
- Journalism SchoolsInformation for journalists and don't miss the lists of colleges in the U.S. that have a journalism program, along with links to the programs' web sites.
- Magazine Publishers of Americalists job openings and interesting magazine information
- Media Bistroinfo on publishing, freelancing, and the media, along with job listings
- Local (Boston Area) Writing Jobs search the "careers" link
- Book Publishing Industry Links info, features, and job listings
- Example of a specialty resource. For the medical field, this site includes 14 million citations for biomedical articles in medical journals.
- profnet.com links to sources for finding news tips
- source for finding news tips.
- Poynter Institute an organization for journalists.
- National Writers' Union trade union for freelancers, journalists, poets, novelists, and all other writers. Helps out with contract disagreements.
- The American Society of Journalists and Authors another great source of information. ASJA sponsors a Writers Conference in New York every April and has a writer referral service.
- Writers.net A link for people who are trying to find a book
Feedback
Feedback about this workshop experience is important. Your comments and observations are among the most important elements in the review and evaluation of the content and delivery of this session.
Take a few minutes to fill out the brief feedback form. To reach the workshop instructors contact Diane Smith at (617)228-3240 or send an e-mail to smith@noblenet.org