Archive for November 13th, 2006

Like us? Nominate us!

November 13, 2006
By Linda Formichelli

Michael Stelzner of the Writing White Papers blog is looking for nominations for the best blogs for writers. If you like us, please nominate us. Don’t make us come over there…!
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Excuses, Excuses

November 13, 2006
By Linda Formichelli

As you know, we have one winner for the makeover contest — Jennifer Applin — and her makeover team is gathered and ready to go, but we’re going to hold off on choosing and announcing the other two winners until the new year. Diana’s been having computer troubles, and as for me…after getting back...
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You ask, we answer: Getting the dough

November 13, 2006
By Linda Formichelli

Cheryl writes: “I’ve been reviewing your chapter about getting the green. My situation is I wrote for a magazine that pays on publication but I can’t find out whether or not my 2 articles have actually been published yet. My question is if payment is on publication and the writer is unable to get...
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You ask, we answer: Committing to a quote

November 13, 2006
By Linda Formichelli

Jennifer writes: “I’ve learned that good queries typically include quotes, stats, anecdotes, etc. and I understand the reasoning behind this. My question is… if I were to include these in my queries am I then committed to including these exact quotes, stats, etc. in the actual body of the article? I can think of...
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