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Complete Idiot's Guide to Publishing Magazine Articles

Complete Idiot's Guide to Publishing Magazine Articles


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About the Book

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.

Table of Contents:
I. WELCOME TO WRITERLAND. 1. So, You Want to Be a Freelance Writer? Words 'R Us. The Perfect Occupation. What About Writing Books? The Cool Stuff Writers Do. Fabulous You.2. The Modern World of the Freelance Writer. The Olden Days. Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes. Welcome to the New Media Landscape. Hot Off the Presses. Sticky Eyeballs. Why Editors Hire Freelancers. Finding the Best Sections for Freelancing. Publications 101: Learning About Op-Eds, Q&As, and Other Types of Articles. How Many Words?3. Success Stories. Kim Wright Wiley. Brooks Clark. Ilene Beckerman. Medicine Man Jim Thornton. Cheap Advice: One-Sentence Tips from the Pros.4. The Editors Talk. The Hierarchy of the Gods: Learning Which Editor Does What. Regional Athena, Sacramento Magazine's Krista Minard. Islands Girl: Editor-in-Chief Joan Tapper, Islands. The Whole Kid and Kaboodle: Health Editor Kara Corridan, Child. Trade Tactics from Above: Editor-in-Chief Perry Bradley, Business and Commercial Aviation.5. So, Is This Really for You? Enough of the Glitz and Glamour--Here's the Dirt. Help Wanted. Who Really Makes It as a Freelancer. The Organization. Growing a Thicker Skin. Hello, Is Anyone Out There? Who Pays What (and When). Is the Check in the Mail? Deciding Whether This Is the Life for You.II. LEARNING THE BASICS. 6. Studying the Market. Becoming a Student of Print. Reading Is Fundamental. In Cold Type. Chains of Gold. Magazine History. The Godfathers. Synergy. How You Fit In. Hanging Out for Fun and Profit. Learn to Read a Magazine. Reading the Papers, Too. Get the Kit.7. Generating Ideas for Articles. What Do People Want to Know? Five Hot Markets! News Clips. Custom-Fitting Your Ideas to Your Audience.8. Writing a Winning Query. The Seduction: Approaching the Editor. Serial Dating: The Multiple Approach. E-Mail Etiquette. Getting Clipped.9. Your First Assignment. The Envelope, Please: Your Idea Has Been Accepted! I See a Vision--the Editor's! All Work and No Play: Research. Dead Man Writing: Meeting Deadlines. Stupid People Mistakes: Copyediting and Fact-Checking. Lights, Camera, Action, Ship Out!10. The True Gen: Interviewing. Be Prepared. Tooling Around. The Full Monty: The Interview. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Interview Sources.III. WHO'S GONNA BUY YOUR STUFF?. 11. Newspapers: What They're Looking For. Less Filling, Tastes Great! One Fish, Two Fish, So Many Fish. It's Black and White: What Newspapers Want. Pique This. If I Were a Rich Man. Great Ways to Get Inky Without Squeezing a Squid. Let Your Fingers Do the Pitching.12. The Glossies: What They're Looking For. Flash in the Pan: A History and Overview. A Mag Is Born. All That Glitters Isn't Gold: What the Glossy Gods Want. Going Up: In the Door and Up the Elevator. Stalkers Will Be Prosecuted: Ten Ways to Turn Off an Editor in Seconds.13. Trade Magazines: What They're Looking For. The Army Wants You! What the Trades Buy. Getting Your Foot in the Door. Q&A with Amy Hamaker, Executive Editor, Today's Image.IV. ONLINE: THE NEWEST FRONTIER. 14. What's on the Web. Welcome to Web World. Business-to-Business. Why Web Sites Need Writers. Just How Big Is This Market? Persnickety Editors. No Special Language Required. Start on the Web and Move on to Print. What's Next?15. Online 'Zine Scene. A Brief History of 'Zines. Commerce Intrudes. Meet the Major Players. Travel Magazines on the Web. Hot Stuff. Instant Gratification.16. Contentproviders.com. "Content" and Other New Words for Words. Web Style Writing. Sell, Sell, and Sell It Again. Finding Work on the Web. Sitting on the Dock of eBay. A Word to the Wise.17. Build It and They Will Come. Matt Drudge and Other Web Celebs. What Do You Have to Say?. Setting Up Your Web Site from A to Z. Web Style? Which Style? Online Newsletters. Dual Approach. Getting the Word Out. Building on Your Web Site Success.V. A SHORT COURSE ON WRITING--EFFECTIVE ARTICLES. 18. The Parts of the Article. Everything Organized and Ready to Write. Serving Appetizers: Brief Openings and Titles. Soup's On! A Winning Intro/Lead. For the Meat-and-Potatoes Man: The Body of the Piece. Dessert: The Perfect Closing Paragraph. Writing Headlines and Titles.19. Hook 'Em Early, Hook 'Em Hard. We're Following the Leader, the Leader, the Leader. Types of Leads.20. Machine Gun Writing. We're All Part of a Ritalin Nation. Ratatatatat: Machine Gun Writing. Off with Her Head: Editing.VI. THE BUSINESS OF FREELANCING. 21. Building a Specialty. Niche and Grow Riche. Market Research Department. A Niche of One's Own. Building a Reputation. Writers Talk About Their Niches. Books 'R Us.22. Hey, Is This a Book? The Lure of the Book. In General, Generalize. Make Friends with an Expert. The Magazine Writer's Guide to Writing Books. Eureka! Success Stories.23. Setting Up Your Business. The Basics of Freelancing. Booting Up. Cool Tools. From the Crazy Mixed-Up Files of ... Time Management. Learning to Deal with Sporadic Income. Is the Check Really in the Mail? What Else Is in the Mail?24. Taxes and the Writer. Setting Up Your System. Records, Records, Records. Scheduling Your C. Do It Four Times a Year. Home Office Deduction? So, Is This Vacation a Business Expense? Tracking Your Money Before the Tax Man Does. Writers Talk Taxes.25. Contracts and What They Really Mean. Beggars Can Be Choosers. Rights: A Primer. Here a Right, There a Right, Everywhere a Right, Right. Showdown on the Electronic Frontier--Writers and Their Rights. A Paragraph-by-Paragraph Explanation. Some Final Words.APPENDIXES. A. Glossary. B. Recommended Books. C. Sample Contracts. D. Sample Writer's Guidelines. E. Great Web Sites for Writers. Index.

About the Author :
Sheree Bykofsky is a New York literary agent and co-author of the best-selling The Complete Idiot's Guide(R) to Getting, Published.Jennifer Basye Sander is a book packager and the author of more than 20 books.Lynne Rominger is an educator and author of over 50 published magazine articles. She lives in Roseville, California, with her four children.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780028638355
  • Publisher: Pearson Professional Education
  • Publisher Imprint: Alpha Books
  • Height: 232 mm
  • No of Pages: 384
  • Width: 187 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0028638352
  • Publisher Date: 22 Feb 2002
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Weight: 1000 gr


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