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Is Your Idea Marketable?

Posted on May 14, 2018 by

A  good idea isn’t enough, it has to be marketable. Unless you are writing for pleasure, an idea must appeal to people who will pay you. This applies to magazine articles as well as books. Here’s a list of rejected book … Continue reading →

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Slack Time

Posted on March 20, 2018 by

I am in between major writing assignments. Two of my articles are in process, that is, they are getting ready for print, but I have nothing new to occupy my time, save for my regular work from my Vancouver employer. … Continue reading →

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A Writer’s Melancholy, Wistfulness, and Unrequited Love

Posted on March 7, 2018 by

I’m overtaken with melancholy every time I pass a magazine rack. I think of all the magazines I’ve queried with no success or even acknowledgment. It reminds me very much of being turned down for a date or a job. … Continue reading →

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A Plea to Magazine Publishers

Posted on June 18, 2017 by

I’d like commercial magazine publishers who don’t respond to e-mails to pull any submission guidelines from their websites. There’s no reason for that information to be there when the publisher has no intention of responding. Also, for those magazines that … Continue reading →

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The iStory — A Way to Improve Your Writing?

Posted on April 14, 2017 by

NarrativeMagazine.com (external link) is promoting a new kind of writing for our too wandering thoughts, a 150-word prose form called an iStory. Here’s how they describe it: An iStory is a short, dramatic narrative, fiction or nonfiction, up to 150 … Continue reading →

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Happy Thanksgiving!

Posted on November 24, 2016 by

In America we celebrate Thanksgiving, a holiday which means just that. Time to be thankful for all things great and small. I’m thankful to have been published three times this year in Rock&Gem magazine. Right now I’m working on two … Continue reading →

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Images Might Influence Your Writing

Posted on June 4, 2016 by

  Most magazines require a writer to provide images. That means taking photographs. Depending on how they turn out, you might have to change your writing. Lets say you wanted to write about rhododendrons, azaleas, and camellias. Problem is, when you got … Continue reading →

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