Books About Magazine Writing

This is the second in a series of posts in which I recommend books for aspiring and published writers. Each post covers a category, including biographies/autobiographies, how-to-write books by notable writers, books on the business aspects of writing, fiction how-to, and more.

Interested in writing for magazines? Check out the books on this list.

• Starting Your Career as a Freelance Writer, by Moira Anderson Allen (Allworth Press, 2003)
• The Art and Craft of Feature Writing, by William E. Blundell (Plume, 1988)
  Complete Idiot's Guide to Publishing Magazine Articles, by Sheree Bykofsky (Alpha, 2000)
• Associated Press Guide to Newswriting: The Resource for Professional Journalists by Cappon
• You can Write for Magazines, by Greg Daugherty (Writer's Digest Books, 1999)
• Writer's Digest Guide to Magazine Article Writing, Edited by J. Fredette (Writer's Digest Books, 1990)
• The Magazine Article: How to Think It, Plan It, Write It, by Peter Jacobi (Indiana University Press, 1997)
• Start and Run a Copywriting Business, by Steve Slaunwhite (Self-Counsel Press, 2005)
• How to Write Articles for Newspapers & Magazines, by Dawn B. Sova (Arco, 2002)
• The AdWeek Copywriting Handbook, by Joseph Sugarman (Wiley, 2006)
• Writing for Magazines: A Beginner's Guide, by Cheryl Sloan Wray (McGraw-Hill, 2004)

You can find most of these books at your local bookstore or at Amazon.com or other online retailers. For a few of the out-of-print titles you will have to go to eBay or a used book store.
--Mike