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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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Simon Whaley
Simon Whaley

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The Writing Cooperative

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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. — In 1985, aged 14, I decided I wanted to be a writer. So I sat down at my bedroom desk and wrote to five famous UK writers asking what advice they would give a budding 14-year-old writer. If I’m honest, I never really expected a reply. Amazingly, they ALL wrote…

Authors

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Every Writer Needs Life Experience
Every Writer Needs Life Experience
Authors

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The Writing Cooperative

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Retreating to Write

What I’ve learned from twenty years of Do-It-Yourself writers’ retreats — Earlier this month, I went away with seventeen friends from my writers group on our annual writers’ retreat. Our group held our first retreat over twenty years ago, and since then, they’ve become an annual event. Typically, we hire a larger house in the countryside, for a long weekend. …

Retreats

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Retreating to Write
Retreating to Write
Retreats

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The Writing Cooperative

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What Is A Writing Competition?

It’s a heat, not a minimum standard threshold — “You should enter that to a short story competition,” I advised. Her eyes widened with horror as she leaned back in the chair opposite me. “But I can’t… I’m not… good enough.” I shook my head. “Stop it. It’s the judge’s job to judge your entry, not yours. You’re the…

Writing

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Writing

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Globetrotters

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Sustainable Snowdonia — The Centre for Alternative Technology

The Welsh tourist attraction that has been ‘going green’ for fifty years — “Some 80 million homes could be built from the straw that is wasted every year all around the world,” says Peter, our guide. Immediately, I think of the three little pigs’ nursery story and the big, bad wolf huffing and puffing to blow them all down. But straw houses are…

UK

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Sustainable Snowdonia — The Centre for Alternative Technology
Sustainable Snowdonia — The Centre for Alternative Technology
UK

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Globetrotters

·Nov 25

Portmeirion — The Colourful Italianate Village in North Wales

How an architect created a visual masterpiece and taught the world the beauty of recycling — Nestling on the side of an estuary in North Wales is the most amazing architectural masterpiece to be found anywhere in the UK. …

Portmeirion

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Portmeirion — The Colourful Italianate Village in North Wales
Portmeirion — The Colourful Italianate Village in North Wales
Portmeirion

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The Slow Journeyman

·Nov 23

Glorious Gloucester

The perfect place for that special Christmas present — “I can’t stop!” screams a girl behind me. I twist round in time to see a teenager crash into the side of the ice rink. Thankfully, she’s not hurt, and bursts into giggles as her friend glides effortlessly across the ice to join her. The temporary ice rink at Gloucester…

Gloucester

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Glorious Gloucester
Glorious Gloucester
Gloucester

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Writers’ Blokke

·Nov 12

Don’t Be Perfect. Be Published.

Why every writer needs to accept imperfection. — “You’re having a wobble.” Natalie frowned. “A what?” I couldn’t help but smile. “It’s a technical British publishing term.” I grinned. Natalie’s face relaxed a little. “Well, I sure haven’t heard it here in Texas.” She leaned back in her chair. “Go on. Explain.” I held up a two-inch-thick pile…

Perfection

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Don’t Be Perfect. Be Published.
Don’t Be Perfect. Be Published.
Perfection

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Globetrotters

·Nov 10

Friends With Travel Benefits

How to make the most of traveling with a large group of friends — “Oh my gosh! It has a gong! I’ve always wanted to stay somewhere with a gong.” “There’s a hot tub! I didn’t know about the hot tub!” “How long is that table?” As I write this, I’m just preparing to go away for a weekend with friends. Eighteen of them…

Large Group

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Friends With Travel Benefits
Friends With Travel Benefits
Large Group

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Business of Writing

·Nov 2

Ask The Agent — Stephanie Glencross

What does a crime-and-thriller-loving literary agent look for in her submissions? — Stephanie Glencross joined David Higham Associates in 2018. Previously, she was an editor at Gregory & Company and edited award-winning novelists like Val McDermid, Minette Walters, and Tan Twan Eng. Her list includes crime and thriller genres, like police procedurals, psychological thrillers, and courtroom dramas. …

Literary Agents

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Ask The Agent — Stephanie Glencross
Ask The Agent — Stephanie Glencross
Literary Agents

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Business of Writing

·Nov 2

Retreating to Write

Why every writer needs to run away to boost their creativity! — I try to run away at least once a year. If I’m lucky, I manage it twice. Running away can be one of the best things we can do for our writing business. We often dream of being holed up in a garret, hidden from the world, as we work…

Retreats

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Retreating to Write
Retreating to Write
Retreats

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Bestselling author, writer and photographer. UK travel writer. Lives in the glorious Welsh Borders.

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