FREE ARTICLES for writers seeking tips, tools, and advice to enhance their writing careers

I write extensively for writers in print and online magazines so you can access the information you need on your journey to publication and stay current in a constantly changing publishing world. I also post on The Beacon Blog regularly (click on "Blog" on lefthand column). I hope you find the information valuable in furthering your writing career.

I write on more topics too: travel, naval history, and BC history, to name a few, and occasionally others write about me.

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If you want to use the articles for your newsletters, etc., that's okay too, but please use the whole article and credit it like this: © Julie H. Ferguson [year] plus the URL. Thanks!

From one happy reader: It crossed my mind to search the Internet for book mission statements and I found your "My Book is About...." article. It was precisely what I was looking for and helped to clarify the way I should be writing the introduction.... Paul Manley, November 2011

FOR WRITERS

       From Obscurity into the Limelight: Parts 1 and 2 - Branding for Writers and Publicity for 21^st Century
           Writers, Federation of BC Writers’ WordWorks, Spring 2011

       From Typewriters to Multi-media: Freelance Writing in the 21st Century, Spotlight (Arts Council of
           Surrey, BC), October 2010

      Categorizing Your Book

      Book-buying and Reading Habits 2009

      Should Writers Tweet, Facebook, etc?

      Adding Value for Magazine Editors

     Do You Back Up Your Files?

      Pitching Professionally (nonfiction books) Wordworks 2006

      Recommended Sources and Resources for writers

      Online Book Builders

     Creativity (Part One)

      The Verbal Pitch

     Starting Your Synopsis

     Squeezing All You Can Out of Your Articles

      Rejection: it's not always a bad thing

      The Art of the Pitch

     Writers' Groups...should you join one?

      Top Freelancers Give Advice

     FAQs on submissions

   Should I write for no fee?

     Must-have info for authors

      Print and electronic rights

     Follow-ups: How and when to do them

      Book Promotion - post-publication

     Book Promotion - pre-publication

     Tantalizing Titles

      Preparing to Attend a Writers' Conference

     Clips and Tearsheets and How to Send Them

   Print on Demand. What is it?

      Six Sure-Fire Ways to Improve Your Query Letters

      Five Proven Ways to Increase Your Chances
         of Getting Published (pubbed in Writers' Gazette )

      The Long and Short of Writing Your Bio - feature
         article at The Write Resource

     My Book is About... Writing its mission statement

      Freelance Editors: Should I Hire One?

    Good News for Canadian Writers

      Literary Agents: Are They Essential?

      Memoirs and Autobiographies