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The American Directory of Writer's Guidelines; What Editors Want, What Editors Buy

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As a writer and writing teacher, I highly recommend this book by John Mutchler. It's well organized, information dense and helpful. If you're serious about seeing your name in print, you need to get the book and use it.

John Mutchler's "The American Directory of Writer's Guidelines" is the one source you need if you are either an aspiring author looking to get your first work published or a seasoned professional looking for sources to publish your work.

This reference book is divided into four sections. Section one gives tips and advice on how to market your literary work, covering such topics as query letters, proposals, electronic aubmissions, making it past the first cut, and an example of a standard manuscript format.

Section two lists hundreds of periodicals with complete contact information. It has a detailed description of the periodical and offers detailed advice from the editor/publisher describing in detail what is expected from authors who wish to have their work published in their periodical (query letters, topics, length, SASE's, format, as well as technical information such as type, font, spacing, etc.) Payment for approved works is also discussed. Some publishers pay by the word; others offer a flat fee.

Section three has a list of book publishers which essentially has the same information as section two: a general description and background of the publisher, contact information, types of works they are accepting (poetry, non-fiction, fiction, biographical, etc.), technical specifications, etc.

Section four is called the "Topic Index" and is especially helpful if you already have a literary work to submit. For instance, if you write poetry, simply go to "Topic Index" and look up "Poetry" and you will see a list of periodicals and book publishers who publish poetry.

I highly recommend this book for any author who needs a reference book containing a list of periodicals and publishers which they can submit their literary works to.