I was talking to a freelancer friend of mine on the phone the other day and she was telling me how many other writers have come to her asking, “Can you give me your editor’s name?” or “What’s your editor’s e-mail address?” Frankly, I was surprised by the number of times this happened to her. …
It’s almost May, and I don’t know about you, but I’m starting to think about what I’ll do for my summer vacation. Last summer, my husband, my cat Ginger and I went to Mount Tremblant in Quebec. We rented a cabin in the woods, my husband took a Skip Barber racing school, Ginger hunted for …
Apr 24, 2008 Advice, Classes, Contests, Magazines, Opportunities, Writing
Last week we held a drawing from among the people who had signed up for our fabulous Renegade Writer E-courses. Congratulations to Kelly Kingman, who signed up for Pat Curry’s course on writing for trade magazines. Kelly won a half-hour phone mentoring session with Diana and me.
It’s not too late to sign up for our …
Earlier this week, I was shopping when Earth, Wind & Fire’s “That’s the Way of the World” started playing over the store’s music system. I love this song. Hey, I’m a child of the 70s, so go ahead, laugh at me … I don’t care. It brings me back to a happy time of banana …
Apr 23, 2008 Contests
In the last few months, I’ve been having all kinds of trouble securing interviews — and when I do land interviews, about half the time the person isn’t there at the appointed time. As I was thinking (read: ranting) about this, I realized that my troubles started about the same time that I stopped sending …
Apr 22, 2008 Personal yammerings, Sources
