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Featured Publication: iTravel Syndicate
Website: http://www.itravelsyndicate.com
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RECYCLE OLD CLIPS WITH A SYNDICATE
By Bonnie Caton in Arlington, Virginia
Though we've covered a wide variety of publications where you can get your first clips published, it's not often that we talk about places to send already-published stories. Syndicates are a valuable resource to you once you're a little more established as a writer, offering exposure -- and a way to be paid multiple times for a story you've already written.
iTravel Syndicate is a site where, for $39 a year, you can submit as many of your previously published articles and photos as you wish and set the price you think they deserve. They'll be seen -- and hopefully bought -- by editors (there are over 1,000 of them, according to the site) browsing for content by category.
Travel articles on iTravel Syndicate run the gamut, from 200 to 6,000 words long, covering back-yard destinations as well as far away lands.
You can get an idea of the kinds of articles that editors buy from the site by looking through the list of "recently sold features" on the main page. Another good way is to click on "search content" on the left and then...
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** Highly Recommended **
How to Play and Call it "Work"
Directions:
1. Pick a destination. (Someplace you've always wanted to go.)
2. Snap some photos. (Just like you would, anyway.)
3. Go to the beach. (We'll call it research.)
4. Write a few paragraphs. (In an afternoon.)
5. Get a massage. (You deserve it.)
6. Cash your check. (Could be anywhere from $50-$950.)
7. Repeat.
It's that easy... if you know a few simple secrets.
Find them here:
http://www.thetravelwriterslife.com/kp/website
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choose a category from the pull-down menu. On the next page, you can read titles and the first few lines of recent stories that are for sale and see how much authors are charging for them.
When your article sells, iTravel Syndicate takes a 40% cut of the price you set, so if you sell an article at $100, you'll get $60. You'll want to keep this in mind when pricing your story.
Since syndicates take articles that have already been published, you'll have to be sure that you're only submitting stories for which you still retain the rights.
Double check the stories you've sold or published for free to make sure you can publish them again, then sign up and start sending your stories in.
Don't have any clips to submit to a syndicate, yet? You'll want to check out tomorrow's eletter... I'll be talking about how to build your clip folder by submitting articles to small online publications that gladly take stories from unpublished writers -- and then using those clips to break into paying markets.
[Bonnie Caton is a new addition to AWAI's Travel Division team. Recently back from traveling through South America and Thailand, she now works as a staff writer and member liaison. She published her first paid travel stories after attending the Ultimate Travel Writer's Workshop in Portland last July. Our next travel writing workshop is slated for July in San Francisco -- and you can save $700 on registration, but only through tomorrow. Details here: http://www.thetravelwriterslife.com/sanfrancisco.]
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Travel, Writing & Photography Resources
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*** A Fellow Reader from Queensland, Australia Took His Wife on a $2,000 Vacation for $53.67, here how: http://www.thetravelwriterslife.com/itj/website
*** Snag an Editor with Killer Query Letters:
http://www.thetravelwriterslife.com/2007/04/april_7_2007_five_query_letter.php
*** Find Out What Fellow Attendees are Doing to Sell Photos for Thousands
http://www.thetravelwriterslife.com/2005/12/issue_93.php
*** Photos That Sell Themselves While You Sleep? How to Set Them Up: http://www.thephotographerslife.com/austin
*** Know a friend or two who'd enjoy the freedom and independence of a writer's or photographer's life? They, too, can sign up to receive this free e-letter here: http://www.thetravelwriterslife.com/eletter
*** Learn the Trade Secrets of Traveling the World while Getting VIP Perks... and Paychecks to Boot: http://www.thetravelwriterslife.com/trc/letushelp
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