answer:What I’ve been told is to read Writer’s Digest and other writer-marketing magazines, to subscribe to the magazines that print writing you like (Glimmer Train, Harper’s, etc), to join writers groups in your city (the Twin Cities has a huge group), attend writing conferences (BreadLoaf Writers Conference in Vermont, for example) or attend writing workshops (top one is at U of Iowa I believe). Go to poetry readings and just network with writers—you’d be able to glean information from all those interactions. Me? I write and have had a few things published. I’m in a textbook and quoted on a t-shirt, but am a very reluctant writer—conflicting, I know. I don’t know the answers, only can offer you what I’ve been told to do, but haven’t done because… of my reluctance :) I have a serious issue with self-promotion and that’s one of the key things a writer has to do—self-promote the hell out of their skills.