
Reese Spykerman is the owner of Design by Reese and the web design wonder behind my website, my husband’s site FunandBoardgames.com, and many others. Since I get so many questions from writers about websites, I thought I’d ask Reese for her pro tips. [lf]
Why is it important for a writer to have a website?
Let’s be …
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Jan 25, 2007
Writer Q&A
Lisa asks: “How often is ‘too often’ to contact a new contact? I submitted an essay to a mag I’d really like to break into. The editor got back to me pretty quickly, said the writing was good but subject matter too light, and to try again if I came up with other ideas. …
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Jan 24, 2007
Advice, Query letters, You Ask, We Answer
My book writing push didn’t exactly start off on the best foot. I was set to go to a book event on Saturday to network network network, and woke up sick on Saturday morning. And given that it was about 100 degrees below zero, going out into the cold wasn’t such a great idea (and …
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Jan 24, 2007
RW Makeover
I’ve recommended here on the blog using Amazon.com to find forthcoming books to help you generate article ideas and find sources for your articles and queries: Just search on a keyword, then sort the results by publication date instead of by relevance.
What I didn’t know is that Amazon.com also lets you browse by subject. That …
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Jan 23, 2007
Advice, Cool tools, Query letters
Several wonderful experts have donated their time to the Renegade Writer Career Makeover so far. Please check out their Experts pages on the Renegade Writer Blog and visit their websites. So far, they are:
Life Coach Victoria Moran
Organizational Expert Donna Smallin
Life and Career Coach Kristin Taliaferro
We have a financial expert coming up…keep an eye on the …
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Jan 23, 2007
Contests, RW Makeover