How does WordHustler work?
Through a series of tools, the website helps to organize your work, to match your projects with potential markets, and to track what went where and to whom. You load your manuscripts into the HustleFolio. There you can sort or tag them by genre, date, status and more. The manuscripts are uploaded as PDF files so they will print out exactly as you want them time after time. No losing the format in the transfer. You can also search the site's extensive market listings and match them to your projects.
WordHustler boasts over 3,000 hand-picked and screened contests, magazines, agents and more. Each listing is linked to its own site so writers can check them out further. In addition, every member can rate and comment on each market listing. If a bad apple slips through the screening process, you can let everyone know, and WordHustler will remove the listing.
There is a composer feature where you can write and save your query letters and other correspondence. If you're struggling with a letter, WordHustler has samples available.
The Dashboard tracks the activity of each manuscript and query letter. You can see a manuscript's complete submission history at the click of a button. You can also send manuscripts ready for submission to your Queue for printing and mailing.
What does WordHustler charge?
WordHustler doesn't charge for signing up and utilizing the folio, the dashboard or even for searching the markets. The only fees are for the printing and packaging of your submissions. Rates begin at $2.99 for a submission under four pages long. That includes query letters and poetry submissions. The largest flat fee is $9.99 for 50 pages. Anything over 50 pages is 10-cents a page.
You can also add Virtual Office to individual submissions for $1.99 extra. The Virtual Office will route all correspondence - SASEs, Reply Cards - back to WordHustler, who will then update your dashboard information and notify you by email.
"WordHustler's biggest asset is that it is so easy and effective to use, it saves writers priceless amounts of time," says co-founder Anne Walls. "The writer doesn't have to spend a day…waiting in line at the Post Office or dealing with the fact that stamps just went up and the whole 'Where can I find a 1-cent stamp at 11:28 pm on a Sunday' debacle."
Other free features include a blog with tips and ideas about using WordHustler, clinics on getting the most out of the services, writing-related interviews and articles and a ready-available support staff.
Will your manuscripts be safe on WordHustler?
Idea theft is always a concern, but Walls explains WordHustler's site security. "Access to the site is restricted by username and password. That means when a user logs in (he) can see (his) work and only (his) work." Amazon.com hosts the site so WordHustler uses the same security system.
In addition, the terms and conditions writers must agree to when signing up have an "intellectual property security" section, which states that all intellectual property is protected. And if you're worried about copyright infringement, Walls says "Our system double-insures that (a writer's) work stays (his) because we have detailed records of all our transactions so we can prove that the work was that writer's and only that writer's."
If you want to learn more about WordHustler or take a tour of the site and its services, click here.
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