Rocky asks: I would like your advice on something. How do you read every magazine out there to find their styles, word counts, interviewed experts, editor names, formats, structures, demographics, and other details? Not only reading every magazine, but remembering every single one too. Do you keep files on each magazine? Jenna Glatzer, a freelance …… Click here to keep reading…
Jun 13, 2007 Advice, Magazines, You Ask, We Answer
Hi everyone. My friend Linda Formichelli keeps telling me that I ought to teach a writing class or at the very least post a note or two. So here I am, another “guest blogger†on my favorite site. I’ve been a writer and a magazine editor for about 20 years (yikes). Even though I’ve been …… Click here to keep reading…
It’s hard for me to believe it’s time for me to update you on my makeover again. Katey Coffing and I had another excellent phone call last Thursday about my book proposal. I spent the two weeks between meetings researching organizations that specialize in assisting families who have lost a child to stillbirth, checking out …… Click here to keep reading…
Jun 11, 2007 Book news
Jun 10, 2007 Advice, Marketing, Query letters, Writing
Karen writes, “I suppose there are really three questions here: How often is too often to query an editor, the ones you have (and I suppose you haven’t) worked with before? I followed up with an editor today, a query I know recognize was crap, but wanted to close the loop, ya know? She kindly …… Click here to keep reading…
Jun 6, 2007 Advice, Query letters, You Ask, We Answer
