Sell Your Reprints Residual Income Make Money to Write About Your Kids for 4 99 This Week

Okay, I realize a lot of you are seeing this or getting this in your email inbox because you already have the ebook Make Money to Write About Your Kids: Get Published in Parenting and Family Magazines.

For those who dont know what it is, here is the description AND I want you to know that for the next FIVE DAYS ONLY it is on Kindle Countdown for only $4.99 ... which is half the normal price, which is always a steal. Youll see! If you hate it, get a refund! If you love it, get in touch with me, start writing, tell your writer friends and writer groups about this Little Engine That Could resource that has changed lives but remains still, sadly, under the radar. Heres how to purchase!

My bet is that quite often you read a magazine or online article and say to yourself, “I could have written that – and better!” So you write your essay or article. Then what? Where do you submit it? Do you give up at this point? I’ve seen it happen too many times. Your writing dreams are crushed and those paychecks are never going to show up in your mailbox. 

Think of this ebook as your writing angel. It has 16 chapters of useful information before it dives into 239 paying markets, complete with submission email addresses, submission guidelines and pay information. This is the 5th edition of the ebook, and over the years it has been perfected to include not just regional markets such as San Diego Family, BC Parent, Orlando Family and more, but also has added national markets such as FamilyFun, BabyTalk, Parents, Parenting, Homeschooling Today and many more. 

I have personally been published in 138 regional parenting magazines in print and online since publishing this resource, all while maintaining a home, a marriage and homeschooling. I love being able to be at home with my kids while also living my dream of writing and making money for my family. I can get my work done mostly while the kids sleep and then head out to the pool or to the zoo with them! I want other mom and dad writers to be able to realize their dreams, as well. And, of course, you dont have to be a parent to write for and sell your reprints to these regional parenting publications!

*Please email me at mommykerrie at yahoo dot com after your purchase so I can send you the FREE at-a-glance spreadsheet that simply did not look right on the Kindle format! It has all the magazines, emails, approximate pay and state. 

You can find the list of publications I have worked with here: http://www.thekerrieshow.com/2008/03/cool-places-to-get-published.html

5 Sample Markets out of 285 from the Book Make Money to Write About Your Kids

This post over here will get you started. It tells about the 6th edition of my ebook and how the print edition is coming within a week or so! VERY EXCITING! You will carry the print version with you everywhere, highlighting pubs you get published in and sticky-noteing the pubs you want to pitch to!

I figured you might want a sample of the markets from the ebook/print book to get yourself all excited and psyched to start writing and sending old and new material to these markets. They want your stuff! They even want your witty parenting blog post that didnt get a lot of traffic but that you KNOW would do well in a magazine ... and you would make money as well! Heres your sample of just the first 5 markets in the book! Some are just a website and email address for now for submitting. Others are quite extensive with specific guidelines and pay information. Enjoy!

(201)family NORTH JERSEY

201magazine.com

editor@201magazine.com

A FINE PARENT (online)

afineparent.com

sumitha@afineparent.com

Guidelines: Write for us about Our Current Topic, which can be found online. Submit detailed outline by approximately the 4^thof each month. I will let you know if your outline is accepted on approximately the 6th. The first draft of the full article is due by approximately the 13th. Payment will be made within 24 hours of receiving the final draft. Payment per accepted article is $100 + links + a shot at the annual bonus. (NOTE: This page is updated on the 1st of each month with a new topic and submission dates. Please sign up for notifications.) A Fine Parent is an online community for parents who believe that Great Parents are Made, Not Born. We focus on one topic each month that can help us become better people and better parents. Each week on the blog I publish one in-depth article related to the monthly topic. Initially, I wrote all the articles for this blog myself. After sharing a few readers stories and guest posts however, I realized just how much we can all benefit from shared wisdom and diverse voices. Hence this call for you to write for us. If you are constantly working on becoming a better parent, if you have a few hard-earned nuggets of wisdom under your sleeve, if you see another parent and instantly connect, AND if you happen to be a writer as well … boy, have we been waiting for you!

What We Look for In the Articles We Publish:

·         the article MUST offer practical and actionable advice/tips

·         the article MUST contain personal stories and anecdotes that connect with the other parents in our community (blah list posts won’t cut it)

·         the article MUST be written in web-format (well-organized; skimmable; short paragraphs; lists and bullets when possible; custom illustrations when possible)

·         the article MUST include references to books, research or other authoritative references (you can even link to articles on your own blog as long as it is relevant and offers value)

·         the article MUST be original and not published anywhere else before

·         the article MUST contain the mandatory “2-minute action plan” (contemplation/reflection questions) and the “long-term action plan” (specific action to take over the next week) sections at the bottom of the article (see the bottom of any article for samples)

·         Most articles on the blog are in the 1,500-2,500 words range. I prefer to stick to that range, but will make exceptions on a case-by-case basis.

By submitting the article you agree that if your article is published, I will retain the rights to republish or reuse the material in the future, of course with due credit to you. If you’re not familiar with the blog, please spend some time there to get a feel for it first. You may even consider joining our community and just watching what gets posted for a bit before you start writing for us.

How to Submit

·         Send me an email with the article outline before the deadline. Include as many details as possible to help me make an informed decision (for instance, mention any background stories that you plan to tie in, a list of the practical tips that will be included, references that will be used, any books that will be mentioned etc.)

·         If you have published online before, please send me a few links so I can get a sense of your writing style.

·         If your outline is accepted, send the completed article as a word document before the deadline.

·         Include the keywords “Kick-ass Article for AFP” in ALL your email subject lines. (I get a LOT of mail, so this is extremely important to ensure that you receive a prompt response from me).

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

1.       I missed the deadline for this month, or this month’s topic does not resonate with me. Do you by any chance have a list of the future topics?

Yes, sort of. A Fine Parent has been evolving into a true community blog and the topics we cover now are picked by our readers through a survey. A link to the response from our latest survey is online, and that should give you an idea of what we will cover next.

2.       How do you notify me about the outline?

I do my best to notify everyone of (a) the receipt of the outline and (b) the final decision. It will help immensely if you include the keywords “Kick-ass Article for AFP” in ALL your email subject lines. I receive a lot of mails and those words are part of an email filter that marks your mails as important so I can respond in a timely manner.

3.       What kind of articles are more likely to get selected?

We’ve been doing this for a few months now, and a pattern is beginning to emerge. The articles that I end up publishing are the ones where I see that you personally relate to the topic you’ve chosen to write about and hence will be able to connect more authentically and genuinely with the reader. For instance, if you are writing about how to teach kids to be compassionate, then either you’ve had to deal with your child acting unexpectedly mean, or your child has been a victim of bullying. Also, the “lessons learned”/ ”what I’m trying to do”/ ”what is working for me now” parts of your article tend to be much more real and not a riff off of a few Google search results. Think of it … You are a parent too. Which one of these would you rather read—a preachy list of things of what you must do in any given situation, or a real-life account of what another parent did in a very similar situation, their thought process, the obstacles they came up against and how they triumphed?

4.       Can I submit more than one outline?

No. Please submit only one outline per month. See #3 above. I’d rather that the focus be on quality than on quantity, and you send me that one article about the topic that most resonates with you.

If you have not written for us before or if you’ve not been a member of our community for long, please use the suggestions below to send your first outline. Also, please be sure to pick something you have personal experience with—anecdotes, unique perspectives and lessons learnt are highly valued in our community (hashed up lists compiled using Google search generally don’t make the cut). If you can bring professional advice from your day job and apply it in a clever and practical way to this month’s topic, please do—these are some of the most highly prized articles we seek out!

Approximate pay: $100 per article via PayPal with the chance for a $200 bonus at the end of the year if your piece is the most popular.

ABOUT FAMILIES – BERKS COUNTY

ABOUT FAMILIES – LEBANON COUNTY

Lebanon, PA

www.aboutfamiliespa.com

maric@aboutfamiliespa.com

Guidelines: Keep pieces under 600 words.

Approximate pay: $10-20 per article.

ACTIVE FAMILY

Pleasanton, CA

activefamilymag.com

info@activekidsbayarea.com

ADDITUDE

additudemag.com

submissions@additudemag.com

Make Money to Write About Your Kids Print Version

We are getting close, writer and blogger friends! You can click this link to buy the ebook now if you just cant wait, but right now my husband is proofreading the print proof of the same book for clarity and all that and, since we are in Houston currently with him for work, I will be giving it a GO FOR LAUNCH before we leave Houston next week. (dont do run-on sentences like that when you write articles for the regional or national parenting publications, please ... do as I say, not as I sometimes do ... LOL!). Here is my husband proofing the proof at our hotel and here is the post where you can find updates to the print version because things change fast in the magazine publishing world!

UPDATES to 6th Edition of Make Money to Write About Your Kids

Please check back here regularly for updates to the 6th edition of Make Money to Write About Your Kids, as publications are always starting up and going out of business and making email changes!

Thats what great about the print edition of the book:  you can just cross out the ones that are out of business and add in the new ones! Then make sure to adjust your email submission list accordingly! Here we go:

Alamo Area Kids & Family ... do not submit. They are not a paying market and asked me to take them off my list for submissions entirely.

4/21/15 ... Solo Parent is not a paying market. If you would like to get some coverage and offer them a piece for free, go for it, but they do not pay. I apologize for adding them to the book without researching enough.

Parents Source is no longer publishing.

If you get bounceback from Omaha Familys email in the book, try lauren at hathawaypublishing dot net

Space City Publishing (several magazines): kim at spacecitypublishing dot com

Red River Family: working on getting publisher at redriverfamily dot com or laura at redriverfamily dot com to go through and asking their best email for submissions

Sacramento Parent: shelly at sacramentoparent dot com

Maritime Family relaunching fall 2015

Coastal Family: editor at coastalfamily dot com

Utah Family: I hate to do this but I am taking them out of the book. I find my articles in their publication, notify them and then it takes them forever to pay. I recently contacted some other writer friends and they had the same experience. Once writer has been waiting two years for payment. This is not acceptable. If you dont treat your writers well, you will find yourself with no writers! Ill be calling them.

Flagler Parent/Volusia Parent: I am hearing from other writers that they are finding their work in these magazines from recently to way back and were not contacted or paid. Submit at your own risk. Ill be placing a phone call today.

Hello, Darling (MOPS) does NOT pay but they have a large following of 120K with 60K Facebook fans so consider giving them one freebie

Treasure Coast Parenting: trying k.ferraro at tcparenting dot com ... I had two emails for her and believe that period makes a difference

Tidwater Parent is no longer in print so please delete them from your list

Offspring Australia is nonpaying

Good Life Family needs tween and teen articles but nothing about small kids, babies, toddlers, etc.

Richmond Family Magazine only uses local writers

Bay State Parent is not accepting submissions at this time

Baltimores Child try joanne@baltimoreschild.com

Make Money to Write About Your Kids

Welcome! If you have come here looking for national parenting magazine guidelines, you have come to the right place. My ebook contains national guidelines, as well as many regional parenting magazine guidelines. The regionals also pay quite well and are a terrific place to sell your reprints over and over while you are waiting to hear back on your national queries!

Make Money to Write About Your Kids (Get Published in Parenting and Family Magazines)

256 pages in this ebook

238 markets in this ebbok

UNLIMITED opportuities to get published!

This amazing 256-page resource contains everything you need to get published in regional, national, international and online family, parenting, womens and homeschooling markets.

I have used this very ebook since 2008 to get published in over 120 magazines, and Im still getting assignments and getting published in new markets monthly! You can find  my publishing credits at http://thekerrieshow.com.

This ebook also includes 14 steps to take to get published, 15 ways to generate ideas, 22 general submission guidelines, 25 mistakes to avoid, local sidebars and quotes, exclusivity, simultaneous submissions and rights, cover versus query letters, cover and query letter samples, your author website and how to build one, your reprint list and sending it out, taking on assignments, getting paid, a typical writers release sample, asample invoice, sample submission tracking spreadsheet, time tracking spreadsheet, income tracking spreadsheet, published clips tracking spreadsheet and more!

Only $30! Buy here!

Check out the references and recommendations about this ebook at http://www.thekerrieshow.com/2008/01/references-and-recommendations.html

FREE Kindle Version of Make Money to Write About Your Kids! Through June 19 2015

Dont worry, Ill get all caught up with my daily submission challenge. Mr. Kerrie is out of town and my birthday is tomorrow and Im flipping out around here (and doing some reading while sitting by the pool with the kids). Anyway, thought youd want to know about this! My birthday is the 19th so this book is free on Kindle through midnight on the 19th. Grab it and tell your friends!

FREE! Writers and Bloggers take note of my huge resource! A Writers Market for the parenting/family niche that is helping hundreds of writers get their blog posts and articles published and they are also getting paid! 285 markets plus advice to jumpstart your magazine career!

Parenting Publications of America Site vs Make Money to Write About Your Kids Book

DING DING.

In this corner you have the Parenting Publications of America site.

In this corner you have the underdog:  Kerrie McLoughlin and her ebook Make Money to Write About Your Kids.

Lets see who wins.

If you want to save your money on my ebook, go ahead and spend hours (like I did three years ago) grabbing information from the PPA website.

But realize that that site only has HALF the markets my ebook has and NO bonus national, online and international markets.

And it doesn’t put the email addresses into a nice table.

And it doesn’t share any pay information or writer’s guidelines or editorial calendars or writing tips.

AND it wants $40 for 12 months of access.

So if you go with Kerrie in this fight, YOU win!

Updated version available February 16, 2015 for $8.99 with a print version option on the way soon after in case you like to have a paper copy to mark up like I do. I like to highlight publications I have had my work published in and make notes about pay and any changes that occur throughout the year.

How to Get the Kids to Do Chores so You Can Write WriterMom

You might not know that I homeschool, so I have FIVE little people around all day. You must be wondering at this point if I have a clone so I can write for so many regional parenting publications.

I wish!

No matter how many kids you have running around, there are chores that need to be done, and I think I might FINALLY have something in place that will get all the little things done that need to be done around the house. And no, I did not have 5 children so they could be my minions. I am merely instilling responsibility in them now since when they grow up they will be doing chores around their own pad.

[Who am I kidding? Odds are at least two of the five will turn out like me: MESSY and SLOBBY but can find anything in a pinch for about 20 years after leaving home and THEN the realization will hit them around 40 that keeping things kinda picked up and purged is a lot easier than cleaning for days at a time after it gets out of hand!]

Just head over to my its-a-good-kind-of-crazy blog about my life, The Kerrie Show, to check out my chore chart. You also get a bonus Funny Bathroom Cleaning Instructions. Its a little service I like to provide, no charge.

Top 10 Internet Safety Tips For Kids And Teens

Today is era of Internet. Students much more depend upon internet to get data about their study and knowledge. Internet is also large source of information. People use it to watch move to interact with friends and family via social media , for online job, online study etc. Beginner do not have enough knowledge how to use internet. How to protect yourself on internet from malware. How to use internet with safety. What are tips for kids and teens to use internet. In order to answer these all question I am going to share an article about Top 10 Internet Safety Tips For Kids And Teens.This article guide you how to use internet with safety and protection.So, let’s move to have a look on top 10 internet safety tips for teens.

1. What you post 
There are plenty of social media website like facebook , twitter etc. These social media websites allows you to share post with your friends and family. Before posting any data, information and knowledge you must be know that what are you posting. You must care whether you are not posting vulgar material which may cause shame for you. Information which you are sharing is not harmful for any one.

2. Don’t click on everything that looks tempting
2Nd most important tip is that never click on any link which inspire you or inform you to do. Reason is that many companies advertise their’c companies ads in order to earning. All of links are not real ads.Mostly ads consist of malware and scams. When you click on these links you prey to cyber attack. Virus enter in your system or hacking take place.

3. Keep an eye out for a website’s status
If you make online shopping by using credit card, or use credit card on internet for any other purpose, then make secure your credit card details. Never enter details of you credit card on any low rank or scam website. If you are going to online shopping form any website, make sure that website has high status.

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4. Use protected networks
If you do not want you data leak out and want to secure the always use protected network. If any other person is using your network then he may access your computer. Make your network protected and secure by applying password. Having password on your network, no one can access your network without knowing password.

5. Public posts
If you are going to post anything and make it public then do not sho who u are.Do not show your real picture or more details abou yourself. Because your real perosnal information may go to bad hands snd will create problems for you. Try to post everything as anonymous as possible.


6. Business detailsIf you are a business man then you must follow this tip while using internet. Never ever share your office email address, phone number, or any other contact information on a public website. Make secret of your business details on internet.

7. Avoiding signing up on websites
Many websites on internet ask you to sign up. Never sign up by entering email address and password or any other personal information. You do not need a newsletter in your email, so do not fall victim to that.

8. No asking password
Hacking on internet is major issue.This is best tip on internet to avoid from hacking. Never tell any one about password. If you tell some one password of your email address or Facebook you will be hacked. Anyone can access your personal information if you have tell you password.

9. Keep your family safe
Most important tip while using internet for kids is that safe your family. Kids and teens must be guide how to make secure your family. Never share personal information about your family on internet.

              
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10. Summary

Hope so that above mentioned tips will helps you and make you secure on internet. Share this information with your friends. Stay blessed :)

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My ebook, Make Money to Write About Your Kids 5th edition, is FREE Thursday 8/15 through Sunday 8/18. I would love it if you would download it and come back to leave a review if the urge strikes you!

Im working hard to get the word out about my book baby that was born in 2009 but that really hasnt done fabulously in sales. Im hoping Amazon is the way to go ... I really want to get this resource into the hands of those who want to write for parenting and family markets!

Heres the link. Please share it with your friends, family, neighbors, anybody! Remember, its only free Thursday through Sunday then it goes back to the price of $9.99.

Thanks so much for your support over the years!

Giveaway of Make Money to Write About Your Kids !!!

Its time for a giveaway of a print copy of Make Money to Write About Your Kids: Get Published in Regional, National & Online Parenting & Family Magazines!!!!!!

If you blog or write at all, you need this book! If you like to make money at all, you need this book! If you want to work from home and be with your kids or write while on vacation or while traveling or on the go, you need this book!

There are 285 markets in this book and I add new ones in the Updates section of this site and make sure to update email addresses and pay information as well! Oh, and did I mention I am ACCESSIBLE?! Yep, you can find me on email or Facebook or here if you want to ask me any questions about getting published! Please poke around on this site for more information about writing from home, writing in general, time management, etc. I am excited to grow this blog in the coming months during summer homeschool vacation!

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Photos of Your Kids with Your Articles

Its still exciting for me when I get published in a magazine, even though Ive been in over 100 of them. Every now and then a magazine will ask for a picture to go with an article, and over the years most of my kids have been in them. Michael has never been in one, though.

The picture San Diego used of my Michael!

So I perused the online issue of San Diego Family today for my article on Lego Afterschool Enrichment Programs and there was Michael! I was so excited. He doesnt really care, but I think its cool! Check it out ... page 50!