The Renegade Writer

Reader Kudos: Cathy Shouse in Saturday Evening Post

Renegade reader Cathy Shouse’s story “The Sound of Silence,” about hearing loss, is in the November/December issue of The Saturday Evening Post. Also, in January, Cathy became a contributing writer for Focus on the Family parenting newsletters. You go, Cathy!

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Nov 6, 2007 News you can use, Writers

Like Our Blog? Nominate Us!

Michael Stelzner’s Writing White Papers Blog is holding their second contest to determine the best blogs for writers. A blog has to be nominated twice to be considered in the contest. (Thank you to Liz, who sent in the first nomination!) If you like the Renegade Writer blog, please give us a chance to win …… Click here to keep reading…

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Nov 5, 2007 Contests, Help us!

Student Kudos

Greg Korgeski, Ph.D., a former student in my 8-Week E-Course on Getting Published in Magazines, has has scored four coups:

1. His excellent article on mind-mapping, “Mapping Out of a Block” — the query for which he worked on as part of the coursework in my e-class — is in the December 2007 issue of Writer’s …… Click here to keep reading…

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Nov 4, 2007 Classes, Magazines, News you can use, Writers

How to Organize Your Sources

Recently, I spent hours calling podiatrists looking for a quote. After I finally found someone and finished my article, I remembered that I had interviewed a well-known podiatrist the year before who would have made a perfect source. I made a plan to organize my sources so when I needed quotes, I could find just …… Click here to keep reading…

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Nov 3, 2007 Advice, Organization, Sources

New Writing Group: Way North Writers

Say hello to Way North Writers, which is for working writers in MA, NH, VT, ME…really, anywhere within driving distance of Concord, NH. My writer friend Elaine Grant and I are modeling the group after the very popular Chicks Who Write group in Boston — but we have a bonus in that we allow dudes! …… Click here to keep reading…

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Nov 2, 2007 Networking, Writers

free packet: 10 query letters that rocked
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