How to Publish Your Articles: A Complete Guide to Making the Right Publication Say Yes (Square One Writers' Guides) [Paperback]

Shirley Kawa-Jump (Author)

Book Description

Series: Square One Writer's Guides | Publication Date: September 2001

While some people write for pleasure, others may want to start a career as a freelance writer. And for some, frequent publication is simply a requirement of their chosen profession. How to Publish Your Articles examines each of these possibilities, explores the writers' markets, and explains how they work. The book provides a complete system of article submission geared to maximaize your odds of getting an acceptance, and avoiding those errors that can turn off an editor. This book also discusses the entire publication process from idea development, to research and writing, to contract negotiations.

If you think you have the ability to write, want to learn more about freelance writing, or if you simply have the need to get published, How to Publish Your Articles will provide you with all the information and strategies you need to make it happen.

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About the Author

Shirley Kawa-Jump is a highly successful freelance writer. During her twenty-plus-year career, Ms. Kawa-Jump has written more than 2,500 articles for national and local magazines, trade journals, and newspapers. She has also lectured extensively on the topic of freelance writing.

Product Details

• Paperback: 343 pages
• Publisher: Square One Publishers (September 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0757000169
• ISBN-13: 978-0757000164
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,251,158 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Nationally bestselling author Shirley Jump didn't have the willpower to diet nor the talent to master under-eye concealer, so she bowed out of a career in television and opted instead for a career where she could be paid to eat at her desk'writing.

She started out in journalism, selling her first article at the age of eleven and dreaming of being the next Jane Pauley. After writing 3000 articles and two non-fiction books, Shirley grew too dependent on her robe and fuzzy slippers, though, and decided a career as a freelance writer suited her better.

Then she got married. And had two kids.

Humor became the only thing that got her through the mashed potato flingfests and toilet paper decorating sprees. At first, seeking revenge on her children for their grocery store tantrums, she sold embarrassing essays about her children to anthologies such as Chicken Soup for the Working Woman's Soul and Chocolate for Women II. However, it wasn't enough to feed her growing addiction to writing funny.

So she turned to the world of romance novels, where messes are (usually) cleaned up before The End and no one is calling anyone a doodoo head. In the worlds Shirley gets to create and control, the children listen to their parents, the husbands always remember holidays and the housework is magically done by elves.

She sold her first book to Silhouette Romance in 2001. That novel, THE VIRGIN'S PROPOSAL, won the Booksellers' Best Award for Best Traditional Romance of 2003. Two of her subsequent books were finalists in the Golden Quill Awards and two others were finalists in the Madcap Awards for best romantic comedy. She is also a Reviewers' Choice Award winner.

Shirley has sold twenty-six novels and now writes stories for Harlequin/Silhouette and Kensington Books about love, family and food'the three most important things in her life (though, there are many days when the order is reversed), using that English degree everyone said would be so useless.

She found a way to combine all her favorite things in her recipes with her own romantic comedy series from Zebra Books, which launched in September 2004 with THE BRIDE WORE CHOCOLATE. The fourth, THE BACHELOR PREFERRED PASTRY, is a February 2006 release, followed by PRETTY BAD in February 2007. Her next Romances will be a linked duet of BACK TO MR. & MRS. and MARRIED BY MORNING in May and June 2007. She also writes for Harlequin NeXt.

Though she's thrilled to see her books in stores around the world, Shirley mostly writes because it gives her an excuse to avoid cleaning the toilets and helps feed her shoe habit.

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the BEST "How To" Guides Around!, December 24, 2001

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Fred K (Whitman, MA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: How to Publish Your Articles: A Complete Guide to Making the Right Publication Say Yes (Square One Writers' Guides) (Paperback)

Shirley Kawa-Jump certainly knows her stuff and wastes no time in sharing her knowledge and experiences with her audience in this great, walk you through the trade, guidebook. Everything is covered from finding the right style, sending queries, modifying your techniques and setting up your own writing business. She includes many anecdotes from other accomplished writers and inspires the reader with powerful hints to get your article published. No doubt, one of the greatest guides around!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ready to sell articles? Buy this book!, November 5, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: How to Publish Your Articles: A Complete Guide to Making the Right Publication Say Yes (Square One Writers' Guides) (Paperback)

Are you ready to start getting your articles published? If so, you need Shirley Kawa-Jump's book! She walks the writer through every step of the submission process, from setting goals to writing the query to understanding the contract. Sample query letters, how to build a freelance career and even how to research and write an article are all topics covered in this comprehensive book. A real winner! If you buy one writing book this year about writing articles, make this the one!

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Writer's Roadmap to Success, February 13, 2002

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Constance Myers (Sandy, UT United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: How to Publish Your Articles: A Complete Guide to Making the Right Publication Say Yes (Square One Writers' Guides) (Paperback)

This is the book I wish I'd had when I began my freelance career.
I've benefited from Shirley Kawa-Jump's experience for several years as I've read her articles advising writers on everything from markets to marketing. Her "Complete Guide" is just that -- a complete guide to everything a freelancer needs to know as he begins or expands his freelancing career. I recommend this book to my writing students and to any freelancer desiring success in the writing world.