The Best of the Magazine Markets® for Writers 2012

Here’s your next writing job!

If you only make one change in your freelance writing strategy this year, make it this one: Even excellent writing rarely sells itself. Turn your best writing into published writing with the all-new Best of the Magazine Markets for Writers 2012.

      This powerful marketing tool contains the 1,857 markets—including 143 completely new markets—that are most relevant to writers, with listings that highlight each magazine’s receptivity to unpublished writers or to previously published authors who are new to that magazine.

      Editors’ comments, magazine profiles, and sample article analyses provide you with the information you need to make a targeted pitch.

      You’ll also find:

  • 90+ writing contests
  • Cover and query letter samples
  • Feature articles on markets for short fiction, humor, and career writing.

744 pages. Size: 7" x 9". $27.95 (C$27.95 in Canada).

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Writer’s Guide to 2012
A smart writing strategy will always pay off…the key to getting published lies in knowing the market.

     With the timely and insightful information found in the all-new Writer’s Guide, you’ll be well on your way to publishing more in 2012. Its 432 pages divulge more inside information from some of today’s top editors, agents, and authors about current market needs and trends than any other source for writers. As inspirational as it is helpful, you’ll also find a wealth of ideas to spark your imagination and increase productivity. Written specifically with the goal of publication in mind, Writer Guide to 2012 arms you with everything you need to approach the market with confidence—and get results

     Topics include:

  • E-tailers, Ebooks, and E-readers: Electronic publishing is exploding…find out how it is transforming the publishing world and how you can get in on it.
  • Discover the newly emerging genres, including flash fiction, skinny fiction, sudden fiction, postcard fiction and 18 more.
  • An inside look at how to create a website, maximize its traffic, and use social media to widen your publishing opportunities.
  • Why Charles Darwin would have loved Facebook and writers should too.
  • The key to writing a book that makes an impact, and much more!

432 pages. Size: 6 x 9. $23.95 (C$23.95 in Canada).

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More Writer's First Aid: Getting the Writing Done
You won
t actually find bandages or medicine in her latest self-help book, More Writer's First Aid. But in 48 chapters, you will find cures for dealing with disappointment and jealousy, writing despite physical and emotional pain, banishing procrastination once and for all, and combining writing with babies, bylines, and school-age children.

     While your personal challenges and obstacles may not be the same as Kristi Holl’s, her experience in mentoring hundreds of writers over 25 years has given her clear insight into the problems that beset writers of every stripe. You’ll find that the 48 situations she describes are very familiar, and you’ll find her solutions ingenious, simple, practical, and most of all effective.

     Kristi Holl has 42 books published in 30 years of writing, has taught writing for the Institute of Children's Literature for more than 25 years, and has guided, mentored, and taught hundreds of aspiring writers.

192 pages. Size: 6 x 9. $23.95 (C$23.95 in Canada).

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Voices in Today's Magazines
Here’s a piece of advice that never gets old: Writers must be readers. Voices inspires by example. It features 81 contemporary, published works of fiction and nonfiction, including science fiction, fantasy, romance, horror, travel, food, sports, health, self-help, and many others. An added bonus: Each piece includes commentary from the author. You’ll gain an insider’s view of the challenges they faced in writing and revising, and the steps they took to find receptive markets for their work. Created specifically to nurture aspiring writers, this unique collection provides the inspiration you need to refine your own writing voice, and enhances your understanding of the publishing process.
339 pages. Size: 7 x 9. $19.95 (C$19.95 in Canada).
     And, as part of your free-examination of Voices, you will get as an added bonus
The Writer's Eye,” a 15-page study guide available online that helps you zoom in on the specific technique you’re working on.

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Word Magic for Writers
The power of prose can turn a dull description into a masterful characterization--if you know what to do. Using hundreds of examples from literature, speeches, and other published works, wordsmith Cindy Rogers reveals proven language devices and secrets that will help you lure readers and win over audiences like a pro.
272 pages. Size: 6 x 9. $19.95 (C$19.95 in Canada).

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Writer's First Aid
Author Kristi Holl knows whereof she speaks. Having overcome many personal struggles on the road to publishing success, her keen observations about the writing life strike a chord with writers everywhere. Inspirational yet practical, Writer's First Aid is an invaluable resource for anyone who is determined to create the writing life of their dreams. 232 pages. Size: 8 1/2 x 5 1/2. $14.95 (C$14.95 in Canada).

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