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Hi! I am new here but have several non-fiction articles written that I'd like to send out to magazines for possible sale (of course!) In a class I took the instructor told us to write the article so that we could let the publisher/editor know that "I have a 650 word article on XYZ". She also told us that by doing this we would send a cover letter (vs. a query letter) because when trying to break in with new markets they need to learn who we are and see what we've published before just going on query.
But I am still confused. If I send the cover letter and article, what's to keep them from just taking the article and publishing it without paying me? I'm thinking I might have misunderstood her but I want to know how you all do it. Am I mixing up cover and query letters in terms of how to approach a publication?
But I am still confused. If I send the cover letter and article, what's to keep them from just taking the article and publishing it without paying me? I'm thinking I might have misunderstood her but I want to know how you all do it. Am I mixing up cover and query letters in terms of how to approach a publication?