Pitching the big pubs first
February 5, 2009 by Kathy Summers Health Writing
Filed under Write Health Articles for Magazines
**If you’re new here, start with: 12 Hints for Magazine Health Writers for all the basics of becoming a freelance writer for magazines with health, fitness, and nutrition, articles. *** One of the questions health writers ask when they’re just starting out is how long to wait before they can pitch their health article ideas [...]
Magazine interviews in your spare time
February 3, 2009 by Kathy Summers Health Writing
Filed under Write Health Articles for Magazines
**Interested in becoming a freelance writer for magazines with health, fitness, and nutrition, articles? start with: 12 Hints for Magazine Health Writers. *** If you’re writing part time around another full-time job, one of the questions that comes up is how to schedule interviews for your health stories. Everything else you need to do — [...]
A note about revise notes (from editors)
February 2, 2009 by Kathy Summers Health Writing
Filed under Write Health Articles for Magazines
After you email your story to the editor, don’t be discouraged if the editor asks to change a few things around. Although it’s nice when you can just turn in your article and get paid for it, most features go through at least one set of revise notes. When your editor calls or emails with [...]
Great green writing
February 1, 2009 by Kathy Summers Health Writing
Filed under Write Health Articles for Magazines
ccasqqnxvy Environmental health is a hot topic in magazines and newspapers, not to mention websites and blogs (and commercial writing opportunities abound, but that’s another story). The fairly recent surge in popularity has publishers scrounging around for the best way to package green stories. If you have great ideas on how to do this, your [...]