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"Writing-to-Publish for the Magazine Market"

September 12, 2009, 8:30 AM-4:00 PM

Luther Hall

The seminar will prepare the interested potential or active writer with focus on the following: 1. Clarity--clear communication from the writer to the reader 2. Types of magazine articles 3. How to write a first-class query letter to an editor 4. How do deal with editor's rejection 5. How to cure "Writer's Block" 6. Getting started/why write? 7. Finding article ideas 8. The marketplace. What you should know about your reader. 9. The marketplace--both Christian and secular. What's there for you? 10. What rights should you sell? How to protect your work? 11. The value of photos in a query and/or article

Denise George is the author of twenty-four books. She teachers "The Writing Minister" at Beeson Divinity School, Samford University. You may contact Denise via her Web site, www.autordenisegeorge.com or at her e-mail address, cdwg@aol.com.

Carolyn Tomlin, M.Ed., is a frequent speaker on teaching others to write and publish. She is the author of eight books, writes monthly columns for several national magazines and newspapers and has published more than three thousand articles. You may contact Carolyn at her Web site, www.carolyntomlin.com, or via e-mail at carolyn.tomlin@yahoo.com