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FREE Query Letter Review with purchase

Would you like to write for magazines, but don’t know how to get started? Get Your Articles Published! will take you from article idea to publication–and paycheck! Learn the steps that professional writers use to sell their articles including how to:

Find Great Article Ideas

Write Article Proposals that Get Assignments

Negotiate for Higher Fees

Find Fascinating Interview Subjects

and Much More

Get Your Articles Published! includes all the exercises and information from my popular magazine writing class (class fees start at $36) along with additional tips, recommendations, writing exercises, and a free evaluation of one of your query letters.

Many of Melanie’s students have gone on to see their names in print, and so can you!

I’ve been freelancing for magazines and websites since 1999. My articles have appeared in over 100 publications including Shape Magazine, Jugglezine, Writer’s Digest, South Florida Parenting, and Vibrant Life. I also coach magazine and book writers.

Want a sneak peek at Get Your Articles Published!? The Introduction is below.

Print Workbook: Only $12.95 plus shipping charges. Email melaniebowden@earthlink.net for order information.

Ebook: $8.95 (no shipping charges). Click on the green book graphic in the left-hand column.

Questions? Click on Contact Melanie under my picture at left.

Happy Writing!

INTRODUCTION

Hello, fellow writer. I wrote this workbook so that you can start taking steps now to get your articles published. The content is based on a magazine writing course that I designed and teach, information I’ve learned in my own writing career (check my bio at the end of the book for more information on what I’ve published), and from coaching other writers.

If I can get published, anybody can. During my years as a student, English was always my worst subject. I was a math person! Although I loathed essay tests and writing papers, from a very young age I kept a diary of my private thoughts and observations. Harriet the Spy was one of my favorite childhood books. I even looked like Harriet with my glasses, page-boy hair cut, and tomboy clothes. I so wanted to be her and write detailed notebooks on the world around me. Any other type of writing, however, was a struggle.

In my 30s I started writing in my journals about the challenges I faced as a young mother. I found the writing very therapeutic and almost life-saving at times as I suffered through depression issues. When I looked back on the entries, I thought–hey, maybe I have something here–and started to educate myself about publication. But, boy, did I make a lot of mistakes in the beginning! This workbook is filled with tips and strategies I learned along the way so you can avoid the errors I made and get published and paid a lot faster than I did.

The thing that separates writers who get published from writers who don’t is persistence. I won’t lie to you. Writing is a tough business. But, by using the exercises and tips in this book and reading and writing whenever you can, you will eventually see your name in print. Don’t give up! It will happen.

I recommend you cover one section at a time at the most while working through this book, or even half a section or less for the longer ones. Take time to let each section sink in so you can process the information and exercises. Writing doesn’t always mean putting pen to paper or fingers to keyboard. The time you spend thinking, reading, and analyzing will make you a better writer.

Your fee for this workbook includes a Query Letter Review. When you have a letter ready, paste it into the body of an email (no attachments, please) and send your letter to me at: melaniebowden@earthlinknet. I will email you back my comments. Don’t know what a query letter is? You will know all about them by the end of this book.

I’m happy to answer questions you have about the workbook through my email address above. I do request that you hold any questions until you have completed the entire book as your questions may be answered in later sections.

Everyone’s path to publication is different. This book is a compilation of what’s worked best for me and many other writers. If some techniques don’t feel right for you, please modify them to your situation. You also may not be new to magazine writing. If so, I believe you still will find information in this book that will increase your number of publishing successes.

Now–let’s get going and get you published!