Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-12

,,aLe mn a list of the principal maya
zines 1t is also possible to obtain
from magazine selling agencies, n
tbere are some in Newark; you get
their catalogues around Christmas
time each year-a fun list Of all
periodical publications.
Sunnose we name a few McClure's
Magazine. New York city; Harper's
MAGAZINE. Harper's Bazaar, Harper's
weekly. The Century. st. Nicholas,
M1lnsey's. The American, The Cosmo-
politan. The Metropolitan, The Co
iumbian. Hampton's. Ainslee's. The
Smart Set, The Popular, of New
York; The Red Book The Blue Book,
Chicago: The Saturday Evening Post.
L~ippincott's. Philadelphia; Golfers and
success, New York city.
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Two concerns in New York. Street a
smith and the Frank A. Munsey Co.,
each publish about six magazines
apiece. A manuscript sent to either
of these firms is undoubtedly read with
a view to all their respective maya
zines. The result is like Mark Twain's
u%pturned harrow in the dark-if you
don't catch on one tooth, you are liable
to upon another.
Only a few of the magazines in the
United States have been named above
there are many more. There are also
newspaper syndicates which purchase
short stories for newspaper distribu-
ton. Two that come to mind are NC
Clure's Newspaper Syndicate of New
York. and the Daily Story Publishing
Company, of Chicago.
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In sending manuscripts to a maya
zine it is not necessary to have q let
ter of introduction. Many successful
authors have never met the editors IF
some of the magazines that publish
their stories.
1t is not necessary to write a letter
to the editor.
1t is a good plan to have you story
typewriter. Editors are human.
If you are a beginner 1t is not wise,
however, to go to any large expense
material is acceptable. Writing stories,
however, is not an expensive business,
unless you neglect some. other business
to do it.
In sending manuscripts it is also a
BOOu PldH " RONlQS lWo lhTSc en-
velopes, one a little smaller thar the
other-say a No. 10 and No. IL long
white envelope. Place your own name
and address on the smaller envelope,
place your manuscript in that, and then.
leaving the smaller envelope unseaied
place it with the story inside of it, In
the larger one, sealing and addressing
the larger n as follows: Editor of
Qor i%nstance) McClure's Magazine,
New York city. Put sufficient stamps
on both envelopes. Place your address
also in one corner of the larger en-
velope for return in case of loss.
Now, 0 a hat anybody would
probably adopt the above measures,
whether he were told or not. o
might change your views II you knew
how many times questions calling for
the foregoing answer were asked of au-
thors, editors and magazine publishers.
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The whole point is to get your MS.
into the magazines hands in the most
convenient form for their readers to
read. When your Ms. reaches a maya
zine. some M usually tears off the
outer envelope, places the story in the
IA OhfNACPCy std No llldL WIFI d HULL
Der, enters the story by number or title
in a book, and then hands it to a read
er. A magazine rarely loses a story.
Sometimes, IL it does, and if you have
no copy. it will pay for tiff you will
allow it to.
A great fear that settles down upon
the novice is The fear that some in
connected with the magazine
will steal the writer's ideas. This. 1t
may be said, is never done. For
tunately the only persons who are
ever assailed by this great dread are
those individuals whose ideas are ac-
tually not worth stealing.
After all, the details are of no i'm
portance. The important thing is to
produce n deliver the goods. You
may ave the goods without knowing
IT, You may, on the other hand, think
you have the goods, and you may
elaborate them by the addition of every
outward detail, and find yourself mis-
The proof of the pudding is In
the eating thereof, after all.