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The Complete Article Writer: How To Write And Sell Magazine Articles

The Complete Article Writer: How To Write And Sell Magazine Articles

How to turn your ideas into articles magazine editors will want to buy for their readers.

2015

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The Power of Failed Pitches

Five lessons that changed my freelance-writer mindset about my article pitches that failed

Aug 19

The Power of Failed Pitches

Aug 19

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Thinking Paths

Why every writer should follow in the footsteps of Dickens, Darwin, and Wordsworth

Feb 23

Thinking Paths

Feb 23

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Every Writer Needs Life Experience

Looking back at the words of wisdom four famous UK writers gave this budding 14-year-old writer.

Oct 8, 2023

Every Writer Needs Life Experience

Oct 8, 2023

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Retreating to Write

What I’ve learned from twenty years of Do-It-Yourself writers’ retreats

Dec 11, 2022

Retreating to Write

Dec 11, 2022

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What Is A Writing Competition?

It’s a heat, not a minimum standard threshold

Jan 27, 2022

Jan 27, 2022

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A Grey Issue

When is a caged animal not being held in captivity?

Sep 12

A Grey Issue

Sep 12

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Fomoogwo in the Tees Valley

How the travel writing industry has instilled a sense of fear within me

Sep 11

Fomoogwo in the Tees Valley

Sep 11

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The Slow Journeyman

Walking Route: Bowless Visitor Centre to High Force

A 4-mile walk through Teesdale to County Durham’s most dramatic waterfall, High Force

Sep 11

Walking Route: Bowless Visitor Centre to High Force

Sep 11

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Ask The Agent — Adam Gauntlett

Simon Whaley chats to agent Adam Gauntlett, about the narrative non-fiction market, and his recent experience of becoming a published…

Sep 5

Ask The Agent — Adam Gauntlett

Sep 5

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Ghosting Around

How writers can use their writing skills to help others tell their fascinating stories

Sep 5

Ghosting Around

Sep 5

Simon Whaley - Author | Writer | Photographer

Simon Whaley - Author | Writer | Photographer

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UK travel writer. Author of the Mortiforde Mysteries cosy crime series. Writing Magazine contributor since 2014. Contact: www.simonwhaley.co.uk/contact-me/

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