I want to make my writing into a career

Fiction does not work well online because people use search engines to find factual information. Most magazines have websites, and you could search for some that accept short stories. You will also find requests for stories posted in writers forums and at networking sites for writers. You are right, you should be living the dream rather than dreaming of being a writer. You are already a writer, you only need to find the right outlet for your writing. If your work is rejected, that does not mean it is no good. It only means that you have not submitted it to the most suitable publication, and it is not exactly what the magazine wants to publish.

Hello Fran, We have the same dreams for life, I want to become a published author too and make writing a lifetime profession. I am making every effort to realized my dreams but it seems time and destiny never cooperated, because up to now my dreams remain dreams. I am making some manuscripts for book publication too and for screenplay and I am hoping against hope that somebody got interested in it and accept.

My dream also becomes the writer ,to be ideal , is also to live, but, the success has many other factors, must succeed not easily.

Hello friends I am very happy ,that they are people who want writing as their career.Though i am doing engineering,but i always wanted to write and settle my life as a good writer. This was the dream,which i always wished to happen.Though i have not written any paper work,but i have won some prizes in my school for my poetry work,so that is an boost element for me.And planning to write something on my favourite subject very soon. bye!!!!!!!

I write a lot of fiction for magazines, periodicals and anthologies. I find my markets by searching the professional sites like: http://www.fictionfactor.com/markets.html http://www.ralan.com http://www.duotrope.com Ignore anyone that says it can't be done - they obviously don't know enough about the markets to inform or advise anyone. Go and hang out at some of the professional writing forums. You'll meet plenty of people who make their living from writing both fiction and non-fiction.

Hi Fran, you are very couragous and confidence. I admire you for that. It is very hard for a new writer to break into the market. The lead time is also very long. Even magazine takes a few months to decide whether to publish your stories. They often have to plan months ahead. I am giving lulu.com a try now. I have published one children story ebook yesterday and another one today. This is just my second day there. I have not learnt how to market my ebook. Since I do not have to pay any money to publish my books. The time taken to write the story is also very short, about an hour to finish one short story between 1,500 to 2,000 words. So I'm charging very little, about $1.20 to $1.40 per book. There is a 25% commission payable to lulu.com. So the actual selling price is a bit higher. You may like to try out online publishing. If you are good at selling your short stories, even if you make $2 per sales, if 100 people buy, you will make $200. Lulu.com also allows you to sell in paperback. You have to get the IBSN numbers and your books will be available at Amazon.com and other booksellers.