- Paperback: 150 pages
- Publisher: Writers' Bookshop; 8th Revised edition edition (31 Jan 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1902713079
- ISBN-13: 978-1902713076
- Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 14.4 x 1.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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Book Description
Indispensable for all writers of articles and short stories. This new, eighth edition of The Magazine Writer's Handbook provides detailed information about 70-plus mainstream magazines, and comments on dozens more.
The magazines covered are those most relevant to non-specialist freelance writers, and that welcome targeted contributions from freelances.
The handbook provides writers with crucial information for success:
Editor's preferred method of approach and likely response time
Target readership and general editorial policy
Typical feature subjects
Type and length of work used
Intake of 'writer-initiated' pieces
Opportunities for paid letters and fillers
Likely payment rates
The magazines covered are those most relevant to non-specialist freelance writers, and that welcome targeted contributions from freelances.
The handbook provides writers with crucial information for success:
Editor's preferred method of approach and likely response time
Target readership and general editorial policy
Typical feature subjects
Type and length of work used
Intake of 'writer-initiated' pieces
Opportunities for paid letters and fillers
Likely payment rates
About the Author
Gordon Wells has contributed articles to a wide range of magazines. He has also written several books on writing techniques, including The Craft of Writing Articles and, in this series, How to Write Non-Fiction BooksHe was 'agony uncle' for 'Writers' Monthly and has written fiction and non-fiction books for children - including Writingis Fun!.
Chriss McCallum joined Collins (now HarperCollins) as junior reader and worked in editorial and book production, rising to deputy department head. She has published non-fiction books, including How To Write For Publication, articles and short stories, was editor-publisher of 'The Writer's Voice' and 'Writers' Bulletin', and now compiles market information for 'Writers' Forum' magazine.
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41 of 41 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
How to make money without doing anything.... for the author,
This review is from: The Magazine Writer's Handbook (Writers' Bookshop) (Paperback)
Please don't buy this book. The fact that it is 166 pages long shows that it's about as much of a resource as your grandmothers phone book... Your grandmother is cheaper.While the layout - a page for each magazine - is useful, the simple repetition of information combined with a nonsensical 'information' corner means that this is simply a review of 73 magazines [...], and while you can understand the desire of the writers to provide information only for magazines that are accessable to the non-specialised writer, it leaves very, very thin pickings. The worst part however, is the DIRE, and I do mean capitals, information that they give. So far, having recieved this book yesterday (a week after publishing) I have found that 70% of its internet directory simply DOES NOT WORK, and while the authors will no doubt blame this on the changing nature of the internet, it should be pointed out that the WRITERS & ARTISTS YEARBOOK, has the same information printed correctly, has all the listings that this book has and has at least 350 magazines listed for the UK alone. Finally, and I don't know who to believe on this one, but the payment information that they state is contradicted more often than not by both the WRITERS & ARTISTS YEARBOOK and the WRITERS HANDBOOK... If you want to write for MY WEEKLY buy it: though on second thoughts, you should just buy MY WEEKLY. A beautiful way for the writers to make money without doing anything... Trust me, you get more from the internet than you do from this waste of trees.
30 of 37 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
This is a book I wouldn't be without.,
By jc@jean-currie.demon.co.uk (Yorkshire UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Magazine Writer's Handbook (Writers' Bookshop) (Paperback)
This guide will help any writer who wants to be published in British magazines. Whether a beginner unfamiliar with markets for short stories, a poet, a writer of articles or a published freelance who wants to extend his market, all will find help in this edition of The Magazine Writer's Handbook. Gordon Wells has been compiling editions of this guide since 1985 (published by Allison & Busby). With Chriss McCallum's collaboration in this new one, study reports have been revised, some magazines dropped and newer ones or better freelance markets have been included. It is inevitable that due to the time lag between preparation and publication, a book of this kind may have some items that are out of date, but it is obvious that every effort has been made to ensure accuracy including having reports checked with the current editor. The first section is in alphabetical order, 73 magazines, a page per magazine, and there is so much information that a code has been introduced to save space. There is guidance on the readership, types and lengths of material, illustrations and even how much is paid. Besides these commercial magazines there are 56 'independent' (often called small press) publications listed that offer the opportunity for getting into print. They are a good training ground, an addition to a CV and often publish a mix of well-established and less experienced writers. The market study pages are interspersed with useful sections on Who Uses What; Submissions to Editors; Writing Picture-Story Scripts; Getting Together; Competitions; The Internet and a number of check-lists. I think anyone whose aim is to write for magazines, or increase sales should have this book. It will certainly be on my shelf until the next edition comes out. It does not dispense with the need for personal market research, but it does provide a starting point and shows how a magazine should be examined.
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