Cal asked, “I’d love to know more about how you targeted and approached the new publication — for me it’s so random that I’m never able to pinpoint what I did right, even if it’s just the lucky mailbox!”
Excellent comment, Cal! (For those of you just tuning in now, Cal’s referring to my lucky mailbox …
Oct 21, 2006 Advice, Marketing, Query letters, You Ask, We Answer
If you were listening in on the National Speakers Association freelance writing teleseminar this afternoon, I gave out an e-mail address for our free packet of 12 queries that sold. The address is queries [at] renegadewriter [dot] com . (I’m spelling it out to avoid the charms of evil spambots.) I just tested the address …
Oct 19, 2006 Query letters, Speaking engagements
This week I got an assignment from a new-to-me editor at a new-to-me market. And this is a publication I’ve had on my hit list for a long time, woo-hoo!
As I was printing out some material she’d send me, I started giggling at all these funny little things I do when I crack a new …
Oct 19, 2006 Magazines, Organization, Rules
I’m not much for listening to music when I work, but sometimes when I’m shoved against a deadline and my energy’s fading, I turn to a dozen songs in my iPod for a boost. When I was authorizing my new Mac through iTunes tonight, I noticed not only do these songs rock to the max, …
Oct 18, 2006 Observations, Personal yammerings
