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Complete Idiot's Guide to Publishing Magazine Articles Paperback – June 8, 2000

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You’re no idiot, of course. You have a reporter’s eye, a poet’s touch, and you absolutely love to write. Stories, journal entries, letters to the editor—you name it, you know you can write it. But when it comes to selling your ideas to magazines, newspapers and web sites, you feel like the less said, the better. Seeing your words and wisdom printed in black and white seems like a lot more trouble than it’s worth.

Don’t write yourself off just yet! The Complete Idiot’s Guide® to Publishing Magazine Articles will help get you where you belong—in print. In this Complete Idiot’s Guide®, you get answers to all your questions:

  • Who hires writers?
  • What newspaper, magazine, and online editors want from freelancers—and how much they might pay for it!
  • How to write effective query and pitch letters.
  • How the Internet can help your writing career take off.
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    384 pages
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    Alpha
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    June 8, 2000
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    7.75 x 0.75 x 9.25 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0028638352
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0028638355
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"Freelance writing is not easy, but it is doable," say the authors of this primer. There will be times, they add, when there is no work. When there is no money. When no one returns your calls. Hardly sounds alluring. But if you've got the bug, or suspect you do, this is as fine a place as any to get a feel for the freelance life. The Complete Idiot's Guide to Publishing Magazine Articles features interviews with freelancers and editors, and chapters on generating ideas, querying, writing, interviewing ("there's no such thing as a stupid question"), and developing a niche. Other sections give the inside skinny on the industry: who the big players are, who the top editors are, what firsthand accounts are worth reading. And there is even advice for dealing with taxes and contracts. Breathe easy: "The new media world still needs the old-fashioned writer." In fact, writing for the Web, the authors say, can be quite lucrative. Just be sure, for writing online as well as in print, to avoid committing any of the authors' "Ten ways to turn off an editor" (including: be a stalker, misspell the editor's name, balk at changes). And remember: "Persistent people make it as writers." --Jane Steinberg

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Take the mystery out of selling your ideas to magazine, newspapers, and web sites by reading this book. It explains who hires writers, what editors want from freelancers, how much you can expect to be paid, how you can write effective query and pitch letters, and how the Internet can help your writing career take off.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Alpha; 1st edition (June 8, 2000)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 384 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0028638352
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0028638355
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.3 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.75 x 0.75 x 9.25 inches
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Sharon W. Swaney
5.0 out of 5 stars Complete Idiots Guide To Publishing Magazine Articles
Reviewed in the United States on January 12, 2012
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This is a great book. It is simple to read and gives clear understanding advice. This book gives great ideas of writing and selling your articles. It even gives sights in which you can go to to find out what articles are needed in the near future so you can get a head start on your writing.
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Patricia
4.0 out of 5 stars Many Excellent Ideas
Reviewed in the United States on February 28, 2012
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Although this book was published in 2000 and therefore is somewhat dated, it does have a plethora of ideas and suggestions. I will certainly keep it as a reference. I think the weakness is that it doesn't deal with the current way of doing things primarily through email, but except for that it seems to cover almost everything else from the actual writing to studying the market, how to submit, the language of contracts and taxes. I can certainly recommend it.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Good Tips
Reviewed in the United States on July 5, 2015
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All these books helped me enormously in my writing, the grammar and the tips. I have sold several articles. Great publishing tips!!!
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Jennifer Woodard
4.0 out of 5 stars Easy to read and very helpful
Reviewed in the United States on August 5, 2006
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The authors of this book wrote a book that is very easy to read and provides alot of very helpful information for those trying to get published in magazines. I highly recommend this book for anyone who is laying the foundation of becoming freelance article writer.
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Susan Gregg
5.0 out of 5 stars What a great guide
Reviewed in the United States on May 7, 2007
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This book has shown me how to actually get published in magazines. It will not only give you the 'how to' but it will also encourage you to take the risk and put yourself out there.

If you are serious about making money writing this book is a must.
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JessieJetson
3.0 out of 5 stars I'm sure the information is good, but I found it almost impossible to get ...
Reviewed in the United States on May 21, 2016
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I'm sure the information is good, but I found it almost impossible to get over the fruity American accent. It was incredibly annoying and irritated me so much I am sorry I brought the book.
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H. Grove (errantdreams)
5.0 out of 5 stars No-nonsense, friendly advice
Reviewed in the United States on February 3, 2005
"The Complete Idiot's Guide to Publishing Magazine Articles," by Sheree Bykofsky, Jennifer Basye Sander, and Lynne Rominger, is a straightforward yet entertaining book about the world of freelance writing. In such a book you might expect to find the typical information on writers' guidelines, stamped self-addressed envelopes, query letters, and making sure you spell editors' names correctly--and you will find that here. However, you'll also find quite a few other, less expected things.

The authors do not assume familiarity with the industry. They walk you through the rewards of being a freelance writer, explain why magazines hire freelancers and what freelancers do for magazines, share some success stories from real freelancers, share information from editors on what they look for in a writer, and provide a "reality check" to help you decide if this is what you really want to do. This book is particularly good about pointing out all of the mistaken attitudes, inadvertent errors and inappropriate assumptions that can mess up your chances. And it does it without either coddling you or harshing on you.

This book came out in 2000, but it does a good job of covering the basics of online publication--better than I've seen in many other places, actually. It doesn't just cover online versions of print magazines or a brief discussion of electronic rights. Instead it goes in-depth into 'zines, content providers, building your own web site in order to attract editors to you, and so on. It also goes into the business side of writing: business filing, taxes and contracts. It discusses how you can choose and create a specialty for yourself, and how you can decide whether or not you should develop an article into a book proposal!

This is a fantastic book. It contains only a handful of typos of the wouldn't-be-caught-by-a-spell-checker variety (most people probably wouldn't even notice). The advice is helpful and encouraging yet practical and realistic. I've rarely seen an approach that so clearly manages to convey the things to watch out for when freelancing without becoming preachy, condescending or morose, and there's plenty of advice in here that I haven't seen repeated in a dozen other places.
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BlueCowgirl70
4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
Reviewed in the United States on November 8, 2014
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Good Book! Still taking notes and understanding more :)
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