Today I decided to change my sig line. For the last few months it had read, “Hire me to write your stuff! I’m swell.” It got nice comments from clients, but I became tired of seeing it. So my husband Eric and I spent longer than we should have today playing with ideas like:
Writing since …
Ginny writes, “I just read your answer to Stephanie regarding Writer’s Market, and I’ve got a follow-up question. I’ve noticed, while perusing my WM online, that some of the women’s magazines I’ve been interested in pitching say that they are now closed to pitches, as you mentioned in your answer. But when I go to …
Dec 16, 2006 Advice, You Ask, We Answer
Stephanie asked, “Are books like the Writer’s Market reliable? How many opportunities am I missing by taking their word as gold? Or how many bridges will I burn by not listening to them and querying editors that really don’t want to be queried?”
I love Writer’s Market. I subscribe to their online version every year, and …
Dec 15, 2006 Advice, Ass, You Ask, We Answer
This past week I made Christmas cookies: lemon drops, spice cookies, and oatmeal cookies with chocolate chips and cranberries. I’m a pretty good cook and a fair baker, so I anticipated that in a few hours, I’d have dozens of delicious cookies to mail to my in-laws.
The recipe for lemon drops, which was printed in …
Dec 13, 2006 Advice, Observations, Personal yammerings, Writing
Jennifer sent me a photo of her office space. I noticed that she had a couple of horizontal slots in the bookcase that sits on her desk. I guessed that this is where paper piles up. Clutter loves those horizontal surfaces!
I suggested that she designate one slot for incoming papers that she has yet to …
Dec 11, 2006 RW Makeover
