Often you’ll find yourself working on an assignment topic that’s intrinsically dull, like a report on the fourth-quarter profits at the cracker factory. Other times, you’ll be creating a query for a dream market and be so concerned with making a good impression that your writing becomes stiff and formal.
In these cases, I like to …… Click here to keep reading…
Aug 9, 2006 Advice, Magazines, Marketing, Observations, Writing
Today my stepmother forwarded to me a request from her cousin. But first, some backstory.
Nancy Aronie is a name that’s very familiar: Years ago (maybe the early 90s? Feels like years ago!) I read a story of hers in Northeast Magazine, which was, at the time, a Sunday supplement inside the Hartford Courant. These days, …… Click here to keep reading…
Aug 8, 2006 Advice, News you can use, Opportunities, Writers, Writing
Then head over to Lynne Scanlon’s a/k/a The Wicked Witch of Publishing blog and read — nay, study — what she writes about book publishing, networking, and why you should get off your ass more often. Her advice is dead-on. Why do I know this? Well, it worked for me. Case in point: it’s how …… Click here to keep reading…
Aug 8, 2006 Advice, Ass, Book authoring, Networking, Publishers
I was happy with my iPrint black-and-white specials…until I saw the funkalicious cards from the U.K. company StreetCards. So when I started running out of my old cards, I ordered 500 of these beauties, which are full-color and laminated. You can choose the background color on the back of the card; I thought this orange …… Click here to keep reading…
Aug 6, 2006 Cool products, Organization
As a freelance writer, you may have used my Review Copy Helper, which was hosted at my twowriters.net site until a few weeks ago. The Review Copy Helper makes it easier for magazine writers and book reviewers to request review copies of books from publishers — and for publishers to get their review copies into …… Click here to keep reading…
Aug 3, 2006 Cool tools, Organization
