What, you ask? You can make money with your kids? That’s right – and no need to sign them up to be a child model, either. Of course, I’m talking tongue in cheek – a little. If you’ve always wondered about writing for parenting magazines – like I did before I started actually writing for them – here’s your chance to learn more.
Two of my writing colleagues–Teri Cettina and Jeannette Moninger-- and I just released a great (if I may say so myself) e-book on how to get started writing for magazines about parenting and kids. It’s Cash in on Your Kids: Parenting Queries that Worked and you can check it out here.
Teri has more to say about the book:
Two great reasons to read this book: 1) In addition to covering the basics on how to get started as a freelance parenting writer, we include 16 of our actual proposals to big-name magazines–the real queries we sent to actual editors. We tell you why the story proposal was a hit and what we got paid (anywhere from $300 to $3,600). You can learn to write your own queries by reading and analyzing ours. 2) We share email formats for many of the major parenting publications–info you won’t have unless you’re already an established freelance writer.If you’ve ever wanted to try writing for parenting publications, this is a great time. People don’t stop having kids during a recession, and they sure don’t stop reading articles about potty training, discipline and playdate etiquette. That means there’s always a market for freelancers who can write about these issues.
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