From Spark to Flame: Fanning Your Passion & Ideas into Moneymaking Magazine Articles that Make a Difference (Monetizing Your Purpose & Passion Series Book 1)

Writer’s Market, a publication of Writer’s Digest. Most freelance journalists consider Writer’s Market to be the Bible for publishing information, with thousands of magazine, book publisher and agent listings.

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Below the corkboard of my Writer’s Taffy Machine is a second corkboard divided roughly in half. On the left side is my corral, the fourteen or fifteen magazines I write for regularly. On the other side is my Heart List, currently with fifteen magazines. I keep these two lists on my wall to help me stay awake to this game of turning Heart List magaz

Writing magazine articles about passion-filled topics is half the equation. The other half is finding markets with a deep hunger for what you’re offering.

Some of the magazines will move from your Heart List to your Magazine Corral. These are the magazines with editors who have recognized your talent and who publish your articles on a regular basis. As your Magazine Corral grows, so will your career and your income. But your Heart List should never dwindle. As soon as you start writing for one public

John Perkins, who had written a book entitled Shape Shifting: Shamanic Techniques for Global and Personal Transformation.

Which magazines are likely to be interested in the ideas from your growing list of possible articles? - Which magazines pay a decent rate for their articles? (We’ll discuss how to find out this information a little later.) • What are some top-notch national publications where you’d love to see your byline? • How about some mid-range publications th

As Lisa Collier Cool writes in her book How to Sell Every Magazine Article You Write, the slant or angle of an idea is “what makes a submission right for one magazine, wrong for another.” Having a well thought-out and defined slant will not only make your idea more appealing to the editor, it will also make the article easier to write.

Now, I’m not saying you can’t make a good living as a freelance writer. What I am saying that spending some time to become clear what your purpose is for writing and how it ties in with your greater life purpose will make all the difference in your writing, and in your life. In fact, a clear sense of purpose will act like a magnet that will attract