About the Author

Gary Michael Smith is an author, editor, columnist, publisher, and educator based in New Orleans, Louisiana. He has written approximately than 167 articles for 52 technical, trade and scientific journals and consumer magazines, as well as 10 books pioneering numerous topics. His former position as managing editor of an internationally acclaimed peer-reviewed scientific specialty research journal was the impetus for his first book The Peer-Reviewed Journal: A Comprehensive Guide through the Editorial Process, which is the first book to detail the nuances of editorial office setup and management for periodicals.

A documentation/publications specialist by trade, Mr. Smith applied his writing, editing, and publishing experience to develop the first book on independent publishing that details digital production processes as well as point of purchase book manufacturing and print on demand for extremely small press run books. Consequently, he teaches a university course on this topic that he developed based on his book Publishing for Small Press Runs: How to Print and Market from 20 to 200 Copies of Your Book. Another title, Perfecting Your Prose: A Guide to Improved Grammar also is used as a course text at the University of New Orleans.

About the Book

Whether you're new to the field of writing articles for publication or have many articles to your credit in numerous periodicals, Writing for Magazines and Trade Journals provides much insight on everything from finding venues for publication to writing results-oriented query letters. Inexperienced writers will learn effective research skills, writing techniques, and rights and permissions acquisition and negotiation while those already working in the industry will gain more experience in working effectively with editors, expanding their publications repertoire, and most importantly, getting paid.