The Renegade Writer

You ask, we get someone else to answer: Querying during the holidays

I didn’t know the answer to this question, so I asked Kara Gebhart Uhl, managing editor at Writer’s Digest magazine. Thanks, Kara, for your help! [lf]

Harriet writes: “I am ready to send out queries in the next few days and wonder what happens to them as they arrive in an editor’s email or get delivered …

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Nov 16, 2006 Advice, Query letters, You Ask, We Answer

Lining up experts

Linda and I were talking shop on the phone tonight, and our conversation turned to flaky sources. Over the past several weeks, Linda’s had her share of AWOL sources who’ve left her high-and-dry on D-day. And I mentioned that it was a good thing I didn’t have a firm deadline for a women’s magazine short, …

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Nov 16, 2006 Ass, Observations, Sources

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