I can't resist library book sales or any group's used book sale. Recently I bought FREELANCE WRITING FOR MAGAZINES AND NEWSPAPERS --BREAKING IN WITHOUT SELLING OUT -- BY MARCIA YUDKIN. This is a 1988 copyright.
Checking on Amazon.com you will find Marcia Yudkin has pages of books, many of them recent releases.
The book I bought has lots of good insights and advice for all writers, not just freelance ones.
In the chapter called 'Succeeding as a Writer', she says:
"I have a short and a long answer to the question what it takes to break
into print and keep on getting published. Briefly, it takes humility,
confidence and persistence. Humility, so that you can accept
criticism and improve your writing to a professional level and beyond;
confidence, so you don't crumple at rejection letters as proof of
stupidity or ineptitude; and persistence, so you keep on sending out
queries and submissions that eventually result in publications."
2 comments:
I love that particular book, Jim. I bought it years ago. I also took an online course about breaking into magazines taught by Marcia. It was after that I began selling to magazines and websites. Hope you are well. :)
Thanks, Lynette.
I moderate all comments which slows their publishing. Sometimes I only check my email once a day although usually a couple of times a day. jim
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