The Untold Secrets Behind Securing 4,253 Writing Projects – Revealed by Bill Vossler!
- Percolate. Always keep several projects percolating in your writing pot at all times. I started with submitting essays to Listen and Rural Electric Co-operative magazine, poetry and essays to Great River Review, and my running experiences to Runner’s World. So, when I tired, I merely moved on to another piece. I never quit during my writing time. Sometimes, I had nine or 10 pieces going at one time. That’s being prolific. You can do the same. Figure out what works for you. As you get better, go after more and bigger magazines. When you sell to a high paying magazine, keep going after them.
- Choose a Writing Niche. I chose farm-related (or rural) magazines. I lucked out. While interviewing for Toy Farmer articles, farmers would say, “Let me show you my other toys.” Those were real tractors, farm machinery, and gas engines, all of which I could write about. Often, I wrote 3 articles on one person, for three different magazines, until I had written in Toy Farmer (319 articles), Farm Collector (258), Gas Engine (84), and others.
Other niches I’ve written about include farming, religions (I often sell the same piece to different religious magazines,) model railroads, dolls, humor, sports, retirement, and many others.
