Some rules are good
I found GoDaddy’s founder Bob Parson’s blog and his rules to live by, thanks to Lifehacker. Some of these rules are very applicable to the freelance life. Enjoy!… Click here to keep reading…
Vocation or Vacation?
Linda and I are back at our desks this a.m. after spending several whirlwind days in Chicago at the Writers & Editors One-on-One, a limited-attendance annual conference that, as the name suggests, brings writers and editors together to talk magazines, story needs, etc. We loved meeting writers we’ve only met online, and we thought the …… Click here to keep reading…
Jul 16, 2006 Advice, Editors, Personal yammerings, Rules
“The Query Letter You’d Love to Send” Contest
The Renegade Writers have a new contest: Write the query letter you’d love to write but would never send — for example, a query for Dog Fancy about 10 ways cats rock out over dogs, or a query for Ms. magazine on how to make your floors sparkle. Make up sources, make up quotes. Make …… Click here to keep reading…
Jul 15, 2006 Contests, Query letters
This made our day
After a long day of entertaining houseguests, doing housework, and — oh yeah — writing, I checked my e-mail and found the most delightful note from freelancer Karen Abalos, thanking us for the advice we dispensed in The Renegade Writer. She wrote, “With your advice (and a little bit of luck and hard work) I …… Click here to keep reading…
A Small Change
In Now, Discover Your Strengths (The Free Press, 2001) by Marcus Buckingham and Donald O. Clifton, Ph.D., the authors note that “the difference between someone whose performance is acceptable and someone whose performance is consistently near perfect is very slight.” For example, in baseball if you hit the ball 270 times for every 1,000 plate …… Click here to keep reading…
Jul 12, 2006 Advice, Organization, Query letters, Self improvement, Writing
