I Sell a Magazine Article

Ken Korczak:

Yo to all my fellow writer friends:

Just got word that an article I submitted to FATE Magazine has been accepted -- I will get paid a whole $200. They pay 10 cents per word -- which is actualy good compared to some markets these days. FATE publishes paranormal type articles, which I like to write.

Although I make my living as a freelance writer -- mostly as a ghostwriter -- I haven't been submitting much lately to magazines -- primarily because the pay is not overwhelming, and it can take months from the time of submission, to getting published, to getting paid.

In other words, you would have to crank out a lot of articles to make a living this way -- unless you get with some of the major magazines.

On the other hand, selling articles to magazine has always been sort of the "holy grail" for many freelance writers -- there is still that mystique about getting published in "real" magazines, rather than just online, or something.

It also gives you some credibility -- as a ghostwriter, people always ask me, "Where have you published?" So I can tell them I have sold to FATE, Astronomy Magazine, Cat Fancy (yes, it was a story about my cat) Conservation Journal, and a bunch of others.

People who hire you to write stuff for them like to know you can make it in the real markets.

Anyway -- I'm on a little roll -- I won $50 in an essay contest last month -- now I have to find a publisher for my "BIG" Ouija Board Book!!!!!! It's done!! I just want to find a great deal from a major publisher now.

Keep writing everyone -- we all make progress in this tough business now and then!!!!!!!!! (Sometimes, even a blind squirrel finds a nut).

http://www.xomba.com/i_created_a_new_world_religion_and_i_did_it_for_cash

Submitted by Ken Korczak on Mon, 2008-08-04 17:11

Congrats!

Submitted by Free SEO Resources on Mon, 2008-08-04 17:16.

Congrats on getting published in FATE.

Thanks, Free SEO ...

Submitted by Ken Korczak on Mon, 2008-08-04 17:24.

Thanks -- and also thanks for the "little help." I make my living as a writer -- but I've always been "King of the Typo."

It's just laziness, I guess, and I tend to be less formal online ... I appreciate your kind help, though ...

No worries

Submitted by Free SEO Resources on Mon, 2008-08-04 17:28.

I'm not evil...I'm actually a very nice guy...my mom says I'm special.

Congratulations

Submitted by Idlewild on Mon, 2008-08-04 18:16.

That's great! I hear what you're saying about the magazine process... I figure I'm more suited to Xomba and blogging that to sending out numerous query letters and pitches and trying to get different articles accepted, and then waiting forever to get paid.

That's great!

Submitted by jdubhub on Mon, 2008-08-04 17:49.

Glad to see my fellow Xombies having success in other mediums. It sounds like you have a knack for getting the message across to a wide variety of readers, too. Good job!