---
title: "Writing an Article"
type: "article"
slug: "writing-an-article"
url: "http://localhost/article/writing-an-article/"
markdown_url: "http://localhost/article/writing-an-article.md"
published_at: "2026-02-21T02:35:11+00:00"
modified_at: "2026-02-21T02:35:12+00:00"
featured_image:
  url: "http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/20230809-041332.jpg"
excerpt: "Everyone likes to read newsletters and magazines about the QL. But before a newsletter/magazine exists there must be 1) articles and 2) an editor. (That's me!)"
category:
  - name: "NESQLUG News"
    slug: "nesqlug-news"
    taxonomy: "category"
    url: "http://localhost/category/periodicals/nesqlug-news/"
indiv:
  - name: "Peter Hale"
    slug: "peter-hale"
    taxonomy: "indiv"
    url: "http://localhost/indiv/peter-hale/"
publication_r:
  id: 49611
  title: "NESQLUG News"
  type: "periodical"
  url: "http://localhost/periodical/new-england-ql-user-group/"
authors_r:
  - name: "Peter Hale"
    slug: "peter-hale"
    taxonomy: "indiv"
    url: "http://localhost/indiv/peter-hale/"
volume: "1"
issue: "6"
issues_articles:
  - id: 50156
    title: "NESQLUG News v1 n6"
    type: "issue"
    url: "http://localhost/issue/nesqlug-news-v1-n6/"
pages: "9"
pubdate: "May/June 1991"
archive_link: false
---

# Writing an Article

Everyone likes to read newsletters and magazines about the QL. But before a newsletter/magazine exists there must be 1) articles and 2) an editor. (That’s me!)