I didn’t expect to have a revleation in my kitchen. My kitchen is very small and was painted a pink grapefruit color by the previous owners, so I try not to spend too much time in there.
But there I was, flipping through the October issue of ASJA Monthly while waiting for my tea water to …
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Sep 28, 2007
Observations, Personal yammerings, RW Makeover, Writing
One of our Renegade Writer Markets Wiki members posted a thorough entry on what looks like a good market: The Engravers Journal. Please join the wiki to add (or edit) writers’ markets yourself! It’s free and simple to sign up. [lf]
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Sep 25, 2007
Magazines, News you can use
Rebecca asks: When I pitch a short FOB to a magazine, do I include the entire short in the query? For example, if it’s a one paragraph short, that’s my entire lede and article in one. Instead of including a lede, do I just describe what I am planning on doing, or do I …
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Sep 24, 2007
Advice, Query letters, You Ask, We Answer
A Renegade Writter reader sent me a link to an article on InsideCRM on Top 10 Ways to Fire the Client from Hell. The article isn’t aimed for writers, but the information applies.
I wrote an article for Writer’s Digest on this very topic in 2004. Here it is. Enjoy! [lf]
Calling It Quits: When to Drop …
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Sep 19, 2007
Advice, Editors

Kevin asks: In The Renegade Writer, chapter one, where it explains that editors may frown on the use of content site material as clips (I agree with this) does the same go for the articles I have had published on online magazines such as Destination Elsewhere, Trips and Journeys, Garden and Hearth, I Parenting and …
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Sep 17, 2007
Advice, You Ask, We Answer