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How to Publish Your Articles
A Complete Guide to Making the Right Publication Say Yes
By Shirley Kawa-Jump
Square One Writer's Guides
Hardback, First Edition
ISBN:0743448782
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Adult Nonfiction/How-To for Writers
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Rating 5 of 5

Writing Articles is a Way to Brand Yourself, Your Book, Your Business

How to Publish Your Articles is Basic And Advanced-A One-Read Does It All

Reviewed by Carolyn Howard-Johnson, award-winning author of This is the Place and Harkening: A Collection of Stories Remembered

I asked for a copy of How to Publish Your Articles by Shirley Kawa-Jump because I'm writing a series of how-to books for retailers and wanted to recommend a tell-it-all book on a subject I would just be touching on.  Having published many articles in the national and local media, I was afraid I wouldn't find a good one, that I would be too tough a critic.

Now I'll have to eat my fears.  If that is similar to eating crow, so be it.  Having published more than 2500 articles herself, Kawa-Jump's book is thorough and knowledgeable. It's also both basic enough for beginners and advanced enough to be a good review for accomplished writers.  Seasoned article writers might even find a new tidbit or two that will help them with marketing, with their contracts or with building their careers.

What I liked best about HTPYA is that it gives a mini insider's view of how an article reaches a publication's desk and it does it for categories from large consumer magazines to e-outlets.

I was surprised that the chapter I found the most rewarding was all about goals.  Obviously, my retailers who choose to pursue writing articles in their area of expertise are going to have to narrow their goals very drastically.  If it will work for someone with such a strict objective, it's sure to do even more for writers with big dreams.

Copyright © 2003 Carolyn Howard-Johnson. All Rights Reserved.

Carolyn Howard-Johnson's first novel, This is the Place, has won eight awards. Her newly released Harkening: A Collection of Stories Remember has won three. Paul St. John Fleming says, "Howard-Johnson is one hell of a writer." Learn more at: http://carolynhowardjohnson.com