The other day I mentioned a course I have been going through which focuses on writing for magazines.  Well, I have officially finished the course this week, and would like to give you a bit of a review.  There have been a few of my readers who have contacted me asking for more information about freelance writing for magazines, which I don’t feel I am qualified (yet!;-) to help with.  However, the course I am going to mention could be the answer you are searching for.

The course is called Write For Magazines E-course, and it is put together by the Renegade Writer, Linda Formichelli.  (If you haven’t read her book yet, get it.  It is a must-read for anyone just starting out.  You can get it on Amazon for peanuts – click here to get a copy.)

It is an 8 week course, which during that time will teach you how to research and choose a topic that will sell, come up with an angle that is interesting to the magazines, find experts to interview, how to interview them, go through the entire process of coming up with an outstanding query letter, learning little “tricks” of where to send them and then actually sending them out.

OK – for those of you who read my blog regularly, you likely notice from time to time lately that the look changes.  Yes – it is supposed to be doing that, because I am somewhat of a perfectionist when it comes to some things, so I have been trying new themes out to see how they look and feel.  So – don’t be alarmed if you come here one day and everything looks different than it did the last time!  I think I have settled on one design that I like, but feel free to leave a comment or let me know if you see one you really like, or even one that you really hate!

I am about to start reviewing a product that I am going to pick up today.  It is a higher priced product ($97), so I wanted to start going through it myself to let my readers see some honest feedback about how it works.  I have bought so many different products over the years, and some have taught me a little, some have taught me absolutely nothing but how to throw my money out the window.

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I  have had many of you contact me with questions about getting started with freelance writing.  While I have been doing freelance writing online for quite a while now, I have never had anything actually published in a “print” magazine.

Not that it isn’t something I wanted to do – in fact, it is the opposite.  I am probably much like the rest of you, in that I have dreamed of being a writer my whole life.  It wasn’t something I ever actually came out and said though – because it just didn’t seem like something I would ever really be able to do.

However, the experience I have gained over these past few years online has given me a bit more confidence in what I can do, and has shown me the endless possibilities out there for people like me.

Well, another couple of months have passed, and again I have neglected my posting.  I do apologize – the past few weeks have been a whirlwind and unfortunately my online work had to take a bit of a backseat.  I ended up moving in June, which happened in a record amount of time from us finding a house we liked, to putting ours on the market and selling it – then  of course moving with 2 kids and all their belongings!

And, July was spent with my family camping as I normally do.  August was spent on doing a ton of catch up on writing work and other things around my house.  So – that brings me to now….

I have really been immersing myself into my writing work, because at the end of the day, that is what I truly enjoy doing.  And, it is the one stable income that I know I can always count on each month.

When many people think of freelance writing, they dream of writing for the big magazines and newspapers around the world, having a chance to show off their writing talent.  However, the truth is there are very few people who will ever get to that point, but that is no reason for you to give up on your dream of freelance writing from home.

Thanks to the internet, there are now so many options available to anyone who can write, or who enjoys writing – and the truth is, it can become a very lucrative way of making money.  There are many women who are working as freelance writers online and making a full time living from it.

So, where do you start?