on my latest cruising through the newstand writing magazines.

I’m actually thinking about subscribing to Writers’ Journal, as I have been finding useful articles in it each time I check it out. In this issue there were again several I marked, although I think I will paper clip this issue unlike the last one. This time there were major articles including a short clip on ideas to keep marketing your book after the glow has faded, a great article on proactive promotion and press kits, and tips for reducing word counts. There were also secondary articles on photographing flowers, self-publishing and formatting your work for Lulu, a screen writing article about starting your story in the right place, another article in the series of designing a writer’s webpage. Again, the marketing articles caught my eye, but the backup articles made it worth while.

The other magazine that I felt had enough articles to make it worth buying was this month’s The Writer. “The do’s and don’t of Agent Queries” was really good, as was “14 mistakes to avoid as your next writers Conference.” The conference article was something that I hadn’t really thought about before, but the tips were soooo good. The two secondary articles were on money and taxes, and an article from Ray Bradbury.

Some of these are things I probably could have found online, but with topics like these, sometimes knowing what to look for is the hardest part, and that’s why I find checking out these magazines worth-while.