In this week’s edition of Monday Markets, we have a magazine for people experienced in self-sufficient living outside the city limits. The second magazine is a travel mag published by U.S. Airways, and the third offering is Toastmaster magazine.
From the Web Site:
Backwoods Home Magazine is a country oriented “how to” magazine that specializes in showing people how to build their own home, produce independent energy, grow their own food, and how to make a living without being tied to a city. We also cover related subjects such as health, raising animals, food preservation, country skills, home schooling, arts and crafts, recipes, and book reviews.
Our readers value their independence above all else. They want to do things for themselves, without help or interference from big government or big business. They are not looking for opinion or entertainment, but for hard facts on how to do things better. We print articles by people who are doing things. We rarely print articles by professional writers about what other people are doing. Your subject must be something you have actually done, not just researched.
Pays $30-$200 per article, on acceptance.
Writers have to be tenacious. They have to get out there, be seen and heard above the chorus of other writers that are all simultaneously yelling “Look at me! Hire me!” They have to maintain their relevance with editors they work with while they aren’t working with them. It’s a tough business, but some writers may be going a little too far with the communication.
