Unfortunately, an anonymous poster included her website’s URL in this profanity-laden threat directed to author/blogger Lynne W. Scanlon for sending her a press release about Lynne’s new business venture. I love that the poster is the author of The Practice of Peace. Perhaps Practice What You Preach is more like it. (Thanks to Miss Snark …
Jun 28, 2006 Observations, Writers
Think big: Pitch a feature instead of a short, turn an article idea into a book idea, or, if you have an idea for a single article, think of a way you can turn it into eleven more and pitch it as a column.
Last Thursday I came up with an idea for an article on …
Jun 26, 2006 Advice, News you can use, Observations, Personal yammerings, Self improvement
OK, I’m going to admit it. I’ve been in a writing slump. It’s not for lack of work: I’m working on three book proposals, one of which my agent’s eager to get out like yesterday, and then there’s the hefty bit of magazine work I’ve lined up for July, along with the Chicago One-On-One conference, …
Jun 21, 2006 Advice, Personal yammerings, Self improvement
My next 8-week e-course on getting published in magazines will start on Monday, August 7. The e-course consists of eight lessons, eight assignments, and, if you sign up for the Premium version, eight weeks of unlimited e-mail support from yours truly. I also offer a half-price Regular course with no e-mail support.
My previous students have …
Jun 21, 2006 Classes
I decided to try out Google AdWords to promote my e-course and my new e-mentoring program. With AdWords, you create a small ad that will be shown as a “sponsored link” in a special sidebar when people search on the keywords of your choice. Every time someone clicks on your ad, you pay a predetermined …
