Wednesday, October 1, 2008
October 2008 archive
While one of my favorite sayings is “Better late than never” because I’m normally late on everything in my life, getting your foot in the door when approaching holiday markets for potential articles isn’t one of those times when that saying applies.
Really, if you’re writing for the holidays, you CAN start now, but the earlier the better for most publications. Not only do they go to press earlier than the holidays (most of the larger ones are NOW or very soon), they often have themes to work with.
If you’re interested in the freelance holiday market, here’s a really informative article at aboutfreelancewriting.com (love this site–they send freelance job postings to my inbox on a regular basis)on this very topic. Don’t restrict your thinking to American holidays like Christmas and Thanksgiving. I’ll bet there are at least 100 holidays around the world that magazines feature that you’ve never even heard of…
Writing for Holiday Markets at http://www.aboutfreelancewriting.com. Sign up for the newsletter while you’re there….
Happy Writing …
Beth
It's pretty simple, really. I'm a writer who loves writing about writing, and sharing all the tricks of the trade with other writers. And when I'm not writing, I'm thinking about writing. I have a hunch you know what I mean :)