Next Saturday (December 3, 2011) I’m teaching a three hour workshop on article-writing. Writers are coming to the Ventura College to learn how to make money writing for magazines and online sites. While some students may want to earn a living writing articles (like I did for several years) or simply supplement their income, others may want to use article submissions to promote their books.
The process is the same. Basically, you want to submit appropriate article ideas to specific publications or epublications according to their guidelines and, when invited to do so, write an article to conform to their standards. Some editors want to see a query letter first. Others will take a look at your completed manuscript. The key to success as an article-writer is compliance. And in order to comply, you must understand the rules/policies/standards of each publication before submitting. You should also understand how to devise a query letter and know how to write a viable article.
I will be teaching all of the particulars of the article-writing business while offering up many tips and techniques you won’t find in the typical book on the topic.
If you live in the Ventura County area and want to add article-writing to your resume or to your array of book promotional activities, sign up for my class today. http://www.communityed.venturacollege.edu
I have quite a few articles at my site on article-writing. Check them out here:
http://www.matilijapress.com Click on “articles.”
Order my book, A Writer’s Guide to Article-Writing.
http://www.matilijapress.com/writingpage.html
And if you have a book to promote, my latest book is waiting patiently at Amazon.com for you to order either the print or Kindle version. Promote Your Book, Over 250 Proven, Low-Cost Tips and Techniques for the Enterprising Author http://amzn.to/oe56Ia