How to Publish Writing Online

With all of the content on all of the webpages, you'd think it would be pretty easy to get published on the web, right? Well, it all depends on what kind of venue you're looking for, and whether you want payment. With online publishing, there's the easy way, and then there's the hard way. As with offline printing, self-publishing options apply, and there are editors and publishers to attract. In the end, publishing on the web might be a long and informative journey into the inner workings of the Internet culture. Read on to learn more.

Difficulty: Moderately Challenging

Instructions

1. Make your own website. Large web providers like Yahoo and Lycos offer web hosting services, as well as other popular hosts like Geocities. It's simple: set up your page, pick colors, enter your texts in the submission boxes, do a little layout, and you're done! But if your web page doesn't get enough hits, you'll soon be looking for other ways to get your work online.

2. Find professional markets specific to your type of writing. For fiction, there are a number of pro sites, which can be referenced on sites like quintamid.com. For non-fiction, you'll want to find online references to offices of newspapers and print or web magazines, and any other "real" publishing offices that pay money.

3. Go the e-zine route. Small press Internet shops don't often pay, but they get your work out into the public eye, and that is sometimes its own reward. And, you may find you have more creative control over your writing as it is published.

4. Get hired as a blogger. The blogosphere is booming, and content providers are looking to independent contractors to provide blog entries. You will get paid by commission, which can be a boon or a bust, depending on many factors. However, as a blogger, you will have a regular space on the web set aside for your writing.

5. Try content buyers like Associated Content. These companies will vet your work and offer you either a straight fee (not more than several dollars) or a "performance-based bonus" (another type of commission). Some of these sites offer more prominence than others. Do a little research to see which of these buyers will actually get your work noticed.

Resources

• Associated Content buys writing
• Publishers from writing.com

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on 4/5/2008 gud one