CNW Poll Results

What is your best source for new markets?

Professional hard copy newsletters

23%

Professional online newsletters

54%

Networking among other writers

15%

Studying magazines on newsstands

 8%

Researching publications in the library

 none

How do you most often market your material?

Send snail mail queries

20%

Send email queries

60%

Query by telephone

12%

Send manuscript without querying first

 8%

When are you most creative?

Working hours during the day

13%

Whenever I need to be

33%

Late at night after others are asleep

38%

Before sun rises while all is calm & quiet

15%

What is your prime idea source?

Editor/client assignments

13%

Web surfing

none

Observing what happens around me

47%

My own personal life

 7%

Newspapers, magazines, books

33%

Are you a generalist or a specialist?

Specialist in one subject

none

Specialist in one type of material

 6%

Specialist in 2 or 3 types or subjects

38%

Generalist

56%

Do you publish your editorial fees, and if so, where?

Publish on my website only

 9%

Distribute only to people who inquire

33%

Do not have a fees list; price each job separately

58%

What's going on while you're working (most of the time)?

Complete quiet

40%

Music being played

34%

TV is on

 8%

Talk radio is on

none

Family members doing their thing

18%

Where do you write?

In a room used only for my writing office

43%

In a room where I share office space with someone

16%

In a corner of a room used also for other purposes, but not when I'm writing

14%

In the middle of family activities

 9%

How much of your writing time is spent on marketing?

Less than 10 percent

23%

11 to 20 percent

23%

21 to 29 percent

15%

30 percent or more

39%

Did you enter any new writing fields this past year?

Consulting

18%

Scriptwriting

 5%

Novel writing

 5%

Editing

 5%

Something else

18%

Nothing new this year

49%

How do you start your writing day?

Jump right in on my current project

39%

Read something inspirational

17%

Exercise first to get revved up

11%

Ease into the real work with filing, mail, etc.

33%
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