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In Part One, we began to look at the layout of newsagents and to recognise that their layout in store is based on circulation figures. With newspapers selling more than 3,000,000 copies in the UK, you might jump to the conclusion that this would be the first area to try to write for. But newspapers deal mostly in news. News, by its nature, is short-lived, immediate, on-the-scene - freelance writing draws its longevity from producing articles with a longer shelf-life. Yes, newspapers are bulked up with all sorts of sections, supplements and pull-outs, but these are often put together by senior news journalists.

As a beginning freelance writer, the magazine market – both mass and niche titles, on stands and online – is going to prove to be a more accessible and exciting arena for your work, at least at first…

Freelance Writing Part Two In Part One, we began to look at the layout of newsagents and to recognise that their layout in store is based on circulation figures. With newspapers selling more than 3,000,000 copies in the UK, you might jump to the conclusion that this would be the first area to try to write for. But newspapers....

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Many writers who are seeking to make an income from their writing have considered the freelance writing market, but many don’t know where to start.

If you want to begin to try to make some money by writing articles and snippets for the marketplace, the best beginning is to take a look at the magazines and papers on newsstands, in newsagents, and articles on internet sites that interest you. The more you browse, the better you will get at knowing your potential markets and being able to sell articles to them.

There are two basic approaches…

Freelance Writing Part One Many writers who are seeking to make an income from their writing have considered the freelance writing market, but many don’t know where to start. If you want to begin to try to make some money by writing articles and snippets for the marketplace, the best beginning is to take a look at the magaz...

Back in Part One, I teased you by saying that there were four factors involved in making money as a writer - leads, customers, profit margins and frequency of purchase - and that the writer was, simply by being a writer, already engaged in two of them. And that’s true - and in this article I hope to show you how the second two factors - profit margins and frequency of purchase - are much more directly under a writer’s control, but that, if managed well, they also have a positive effect on the first two…

How To Make Money As A Writer Part Three: Profit Margins and Frequency of Purchase Back in Part One, I teased you by saying that there were four factors involved in making money as a writer - leads, customers, profit margins and frequency of purchase - and that the writer was, simply by being a writer, already engaged in two of them. And that’s true - and in this article I hope ...

Having hopefully overcome a certain barrier of prejudice when it comes to looking at one’s writing career as a business in Part One, I also introduced you to the four factors involved in making any business work: leads, customers, profit margins and frequency of purchase…

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Conventionally, modern business tells us that there are four factors you must consider if you want to grow a business.

But before we can even begin to look at them, we have to briefly address that balking sensation which many of you might have felt on reading the word ‘business’ in relation to what you do as a writer…

How To Make Money As A Writer Part One: Leads Conventionally, modern business tells us that there are four factors you must consider if you want to grow a business. But before we can even begin to look at them, we have to briefly address that balking sensation which many of you might have felt on reading the word ‘business’ in relation to w...

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Poetica # 30: An Inner Circle Writers' Group Poetry Anthology
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There is a common assumption among poets and readers generally that ‘There is no market for poetry.’ I hear this regularly.

This idea arises because, in the big world of publishing, poetry is seen to be a private, highly subjective affair which correspondingly does not sell well. Personal tastes, obscurity of form, and lack of poetic craft all add up to poetry being ‘shoved into the corner’ and usually only self-published or produced as a vanity piece.

This is a shame. There are a great many good poets out there: thousands of voices whose passionate visions of reality are not finding a proper outlet. Without channels to transmit these visions to readers, they can eventually fall silent.

The effort of this series of Poetica anthologies is to contribute to the creation of a market for poetry throughout the calendar year. The idea is that, by providing a regular, published venue for poetry from all over the world, poems as media for the communication of important and heartfelt ideas and reflections will gain in respect and become more widely acknowledged. Voices will be heard; channels will be opened.

Poetica # 30 features the work of Ed Ahern, Jacek Wilkos, DJ Elton, Dr. Maria J. Estrada, Linda M. Crate, Michelle Chermaine Ramos, Tony Fyler, Trish Parkinson, Peter Kenny, Gabriella Balcom, Joseph C. Ogbonna, Linda Sparks, Tim Law, Andrew Cyr, Kerri Jesmer, Gareth Macready, the Birch Twins, Mike Turner, Debby Hackbarth, David L Painter, Anahit Arustamyan, Christine Karper-Smith, Thomas R. Bates, Sultana Raza, Hanna Biali, Mark Kuglin, Justin Wiggins, Michal Reiben, Suranjit Gain, Catherine MacKenzie and Kelli J. Gavin.

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I have been a follower of Superman since the early 1960s when he appeared in various comics as the god-like person who could blow out stars with a single breath or move planets with one hand. He would occasionally meet an evil twin, or a differently coloured super-being who temporarily usurped his place as the ‘world’s best superhero’, or find himself on some strange parallel ‘imaginary world’ where he had lost his powers, and so forth. Somehow, these over-the-top adventures didn’t irritate me as much as they might these days. Similarly, the plain, primary coloured panels of the comic books he appeared in occasionally seem two dimensional now but back then they were charming and evoked a desire to imitate them, which I tried to do regularly with my own drawings…

The Secret of Superman's Longevity I have been a follower of Superman since the early 1960s when he appeared in various comics as the god-like person who could blow out stars with a single breath or move planets with one hand. He would occasionally meet an evil twin, or a differently coloured super-being who temporarily usurped his p...

In order to be able to accomplish genuine improvement for you as a writer, I need to be able to communicate with you…

Editing Part Three: My Philosophy as an Editor In order to be able to accomplish genuine improvement for you as a writer, I need to be able to communicate with you. Editing - sincere editing - has two parts: 1. Getting into communication with you so that I can understand your work and what you are trying to do with it, and 2. Doing something tha...

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