Thursday afternoon giggle
Check out this Craig’s List posting. Hilarious!
Jun 21, 2007 Rants
Chicken Soup Looking for Wine Essays
Note to media: This is a last chance opportunity since the closing date for stories fast approaches. Writers, columnists, reporters and all media employees encouraged to submit and share their stories. We appreciate excellent stories and skilled writers very, very much.
Contact: Teri Peluso (954) 418-0844 or email stories@WineLoversSoul.com
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Jun 21, 2007 Opportunities
Beware E-mail Snafus
A student in my 8-week e-course on getting published in magazines gave me permission to tell her story as a lesson in the importance of using a professional-sounding e-mail address when approaching editors and sources.
My student wanted to pitch an article on how alcoholism affects a particular segment of society. As part of the assignment …
Jun 19, 2007 Advice, Editors, Observations, Sources
Interview in Wow! Women on Writing
I had the privilege of being interviewed for Wow! Women on Writing. The women who run the site asked some great questions about the writing life and did a wonderful job with the page design, making me look way renegade! Read the interview here. [lf]
Jun 18, 2007 Book news, Observations, Writer Q&A, Writing
You Ask, We Answer: Should I follow up on this query?
Stephanie asks: I sent out a simultaneous query to six new-to-me editors last week. (One editor actually called me and said she liked my query, but had something similar planned for a future issue, and to feel free to pitch her more ideas — yippee!) Another editor emailed me back and asked me to flesh …
Jun 15, 2007 Advice, Editors, You Ask, We Answer
