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A Heart List is a selection of magazines in which you would love to see your article and byline. You may place a magazine on your list because they pay well, because you’ve enjoyed reading the magazine for years, because of their prestigious reputation, because of the far-reaching circulation, or for all these reasons or any combination. While your

Some of the magazines will move from your Heart List to your Magazine Corral. These are the magazines with editors who have recognized your talent and who publish your articles on a regular basis. As your Magazine Corral grows, so will your career and your income. But your Heart List should never dwindle. As soon as you start writing for one public

Many experienced writers will tell an aspiring writer that if you want to make it in this profession, you must figure out what the market is looking for and provide it. I agree . . . to a degree. While your articles must fit into whatever magazines you desire to write for, you can also write from your passion and find many magazines that will suppo

At this point in the process, you need to begin looking from two different perspectives. The first perspective, already discussed, is what are you passionate about? That’s one side of the equation. On the other side is the question, “What kinds of article ideas are magazines interested in receiving?” Of course, the answer to that question depends o

Greg Braendel of Career Dreams, Inc.

It may be necessary to make some trips to the library and a large magazine newsstand for market research. That’s right, now that you’ve become a writer, an afternoon browsing through the magazine racks has suddenly been transformed into a business afternoon of market research. Nifty, huh?

Do you get an okay from the subject first, or do you get an assignment first and then hope you can get the interview? I’ve found it easiest to get the assignment first, which then makes it much easier to request and receive permission for the interview.

It’s well worth the thirty dollar investment, and you can also register to receive the same information from the writersmarket.com Web site.