For all writers of magazine articles and short stories, this guide provides detailed information about 70 British magazines and comments on many more. For each magazine, the author examines a typical issue and offers clear and concise information on many aspects, including: the target readership; editorial policy; regular columns and features; type and length of material; when and how to approach the editor; and likely payment. For this edition, Wells has revised the magazine reports, included a pre-submission checklist and an expanded chapter listing the 'small press' magazines.
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Judging by the number of writing courses advertised in daily newspapers, the desire to be published and gain either immortality, notoriety or--let's not beat about the bush--cash, remains as strong as ever. And money to be made from writing there is. On a rough estimate, high street magazine publishers pay out an astonishing £250,000 a month to contributors--and that's not counting the thousands of other trade, technical and hobby magazines and newspapers that flood from the presses daily.
Gordon Wells has written The Magazine Writer's Handbookto help able writers interested in selling articles, stories and letters to these magazines. This is a brilliantly researched handbook packed with inside information and helpful tips and checklists. The writer displays an intimate knowledge of his subject as a freelance writer who has lived off his writing skill and knowledge for many years. To the apprentice writer, this book will act as the guiding hand of the master craftsman, not only in writing technique, but in the mechanics of shaping a piece in the right way for the intended audience, and selling it to the editor.
The bulk of the book comprises 73 page-long descriptions of the "best" magazines to sell to, with information on the content, target readership, the right way to approach the editor--and what they pay. Additional chapters cover other types of magazines, practical techniques on writing, competitions and letters, and a brief guide to computers and word processing. There is also a great bibliography. This is what all handbooks should be like: concise, densely packed with quality information, easy to read and well indexed. --Tim Thornborough
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22 of 23 people found the following review helpful
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In most respects, this book is an absolute Bible for writers interested in the freelance magazine market. The book provides detailed listings of the stock British magazines, such as Bella, and My Weekly, with useful summaries of content, and style. Aspects include comprehensive listings of the "best" magazines to write for, based on the quantity of freelance material which a magazine generally uses, tallied against the amount it tends to pay for these contributions. Other monetary details on the magazines rates of pay are found in the main listings, and factors such as which magazines pay for reader's letters, and how much, are conveniently listed in a separate column. While this is a very useful reference book, the selection of magazines it covers is limited. The book tends to omit newer publications such as FHM, for example, or more specialised music magazines which would still be of interest to a freelance writer. Use this book to fill in the details which a more comprehensive guide (such as "The Writers Handbook", by Barry Turner), may omit, and you'll find it a useful addition to your bookshelf. The book also contains a selection of independent magazines, which are not usually listed in other publications.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
By RubyQ
I bought this book with a view to selling short stories to British women's magazines. I'm sure it was very useful when the latest edition was published, however four years have passed since. I've been checking each address/telephone number and contact name and most I have tried have now changed. It should not be used as gospel when submitting to magazines. However, the whole page description for each magazine and what kind of articles/stories they buy is very useful (assuming content changes less frequency then the staff and contact details). I also found the section useful where the author gives a breakdown of which magazines buy the most stories.
To summarise, this was once a good book but too out of date to rely on now. Please can we have an updated version!
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