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Not a Fireside Read

© Erica Davis

This week I want to talk about a book, that IS a classic in its field, but I’m sure many of you will wonder why I am writing about it. “Writers Market,” is practically the Bible of the professional and semi-professional writer. Many of you read this column each week to learn something about the style of writing from classics that have already been proven in the market, and stood the test of time with readers. This is a book that you will, if you have it, use on a daily basis if you are a determined writer and it will give you those markets in which you will be able to sell that work you have been honing for so long.

I have written about this book and promoted it so much I should be getting a cut from the profits (are you listening F&W Publications?)! I do this because it is the best resource a writer can buy. Whether you are a beginning writer who has not even finished your first short story, or an experienced novelist, this book is a major success for a reason, many actually. First, it is an annual book released by F&W Publications, who if you are not familiar with, are the ones who publish Writers Digest, and nearly every other writing how to book on the market. Each year new additions are made, usually by the hundreds, and old listings are updated to reflect the current needs of the publishers listed. What kind of publishers do they list you ask? Everyone! Fiction, non-fiction, poetry, fantasy, theater (yes, they even covered those!), screenplays, fishing and outdoor articles, where to sell your home schooling how to guide, recipes books; the list goes on and on. These include book publishers, large and small; magazine publishers, print and on-line; theaters; production companies; cd/dvd production companies; and a great listing of competitions/grants and fellowships all related to various fields of writing. No matter what you write, you are covered. That is the main ingredient that this book has that helps you the writer....the amount of information in its pages is incredible.

Included in the book, along with the listings, are articles from authors, tips from editors, that kind of things, that gives you insight into the “business” of writing. Even if we could all sit down and bang out a 300 page novel in two weeks, and it be the next Pulitzer Prize winner, we would still need to know how to get it to the publisher so that it would even qualify. That is the business of

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