I love the Writer Magazine. I have a special place for them in my library. I have copies back to 2001. In 2000 I donated my collection to the public library in a small town. I’m not sure if I will be that generous again for a while. Most of mine are marked with yellow, blue and pink high- lighters. I use blue for web addresses that I plan to look into, yellow for quick references and pink for hot topics.

My favorite article in the April 2004 mag is “And then…” by Jay Bonansinga. “Pull in your readers with an irresistible plot twist.” It’s great. You gotta read it.

One of the main reasons I buy the magazine is for information on new markets and products and writers conferences listing. I haven’t gone to any yet but I plan on it one of these years. I just like knowing who is doing what and where.

I like to spend a whole evening with nothing else to do but savor my newest edition of the Writer. I always get my pens, some yellow stickies and a cup of hot chamomile tea and snuggle down in a corner of the couch. First, I study the front page. I like the art. I haven’t really looked up who the artist is but I like the style. Then I flip through page by page quickly from front to back. Then, I read the letters to the editor. I always say to myself…perhaps I write and tell them just how much I liked something. But I always forget to.

By now my tea is either cold or gone so I can curl up and start reading article after article and sometimes I think….”Huh…good idea…or why didn’t I think to write that article.” Someday I may.

Then, I go to work and circle markets and make story idea notes. Then, I put my cup in the dishwasher, my magazine next to my computer and sit and click the icon on my favorites…a green dollar sign that stands for the writer forum, and respond to something another writer, like you has posted.

I just love the Writer magazine. [:)]

For than more than 20 years, I had been a subscriber to Writer's Digest...and it frustrated me because it always felt like more advertisements than substance...then almost a year ago, I discovered the Writer..and I love it. There is a wonderful sense of order and neatness about it. AND while I know there are advertisments in it...they are not every other page...and the next page of a story/article does not have to be searched for. While I'm not a fan of the artwork as is on the current month's cover...the covers even have a nice clean, solid feel to it. The other thing I like is that I don't feel like I'm reading the same articles month after month the way I do if I pick up a woman's magazine.

I am definitely a fan of the Writer Magazine. I have found it to be a good investment. I've found more to use in this magazine than any other writer magazine...it teaches with out that sense of pomposity that some periodicals have.

I like The Writer because of the info enclosed within every magazine. Sometimes I feel there is so much to learn and so little time to do it in...[;)]...If you love to write, you will love to read The Writer. A subscription to this magazine will be very beneficial to you. I suggest you invest in your future as a writer. You will not be sorry you did...[tup][tup][tup][tup]

AnotherDreamer~ It's good to know I'm not the only one who reads the mag with highlighter in one hand and notebook in the other. Makes it much easier to find a passage that really touched you or made sense to you later.

OldSoul~ If you haven't already done so, I would recommend subscribing to The Writer. Unlike other mags I pick up for time to time for maybe one or two articles, I read almost everything printed in The Writer each month...with highlighter and notebook close at hand. I've also found perusing back issues helpful, and you can order a lot of them from the site (under "Magazine" in the lefthand side bar).

Trixi

I love The Writer. It's definitely my favourite writing magazine. I found that WD was very repetitive in its content and most of the articles were geared to new writers. With The Writer there is something for everyone and it is always jam-packed full of articles and information. I recently purchased a subscription because our local bookstore only carried a few copies and they would run out fast. I highly recommend it!

VERY happy!

I sent Kalmbach an e-mail yesterday morning asking why I had not received my first issue. It had been 7 weeks. Then a neighbor whom I hadn't met stopped by with the issue in hand. It had the wrong street number on it and had been delivered to his home. I wrote back to Kalmbach and they responded right away and told me they would have this corrected in the next issue and would send me the back copies I have missed.

A quick glance through The Writer has already shown me that this is going to be much more helpful than "the other writing magazine."

I am happy with the Writer magazine, but....

I have a problem which the magazine has no control over - right now I am wishing I could look over the June copy, which has been on the newsstands for almost two weeks, but it has not arrived in my mailbox, yet. For some reason, I am at the end of a long and complex pipeline that delays my copy until the rest of the world has gotten theirs.

JE
P.S. I guess I just have to embarrass myself to get it. A moment after posting this message, I walked out to my mailbox and there it was. Go figger.[:p]

I'm glad to hear so many great reviews of The Writer. I just subscribed to it when I joined this forum ( a couple days ago) and I am anxiously awaiting my first issue. I read Writer's Digest cover to cover every month, so I am sure I will do the same with The Writer! [swg]