LL#@>Re: Marketing.  Since you are a journalist, your markets are fairly clear-
LL#@>or so I would think.  Is that true?  With creative writing, and especially
LL#@>you write in more than one genre, there's the major task of going through
LL#@>Writer's Market and choosing particular publishers.  It surprised me that
LL#@>was rejected by Playboy for a story I thought was outstanding, but here
LL#@>again, you don't really know the market until you read the magazine.  The
LL#@>last time I looked at a Playboy was many years ago and it has obviously
LL#@>changed.

I really didn't start out with the idea of being a
"journalist"...writing for a local newspaper was the *last* thing that
would have ever entered my mind <g>

Most of my writing was campaign-related (local political races) and
business-related (some marketing material for our family biz and the
Chamber newsletter).  I happened to spot an ad in a new local paper (2
and a half years ago) asking for freelance writers and answered the
ad--I ended up as a business writer for the paper.   Most of the pieces
I've done for the papers are business profiles, although I've
occasionally subbed for city reporters by covering a commission or city
committee meeting and done a few "hard news" stories--not that news gets
that "hard" here <g>.

In any case...I consider myself more of a non-fiction writer than a
"journalist", and I'm always looking for other opportunities (frankly,
I'd love to do more in the way of music journalism or magazine
features...but time, so far, has precluded me from being able to
agressively pursue marketing myself that way--that pesky "day job"
again).

Non-fiction writers also face the task of going through Writer's Market
and other outlets...searching for markets for their work.  I don't
think the markets for non fiction writers are any "clearer" than they
are for fiction writers.  Non fiction writers (particularly those who do
this for a living) pursue a variety of markets, a variety of angles to
sell their work to differing markets and a variety of topics.

I saw the newspaper as an opportunity to gain some experience, build a
porfolio and hone my writing skills.  Fortunately for me, I've covered a
wide variety of businesses--something which I think shows flexibility on
my part (I've covered everything from funeral homes, to muffler shops,
to clothing stores, to trendy coffeehouses, to pet stores, to
construction contractors, to educational software companies, to carpet
stores, to fabricating shops, to everything in between).

I have no idea where my writing career could go from this point <shrug>

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