Elaine Grant’s e-course Magazine Writing Basics starts on Monday, May 4.
If you’ve always wanted to write national magazine features but haven’t known how to get started – or if you’ve tried your hand at it and want to learn more – this course is for you. In Elaine’s course, you’ll learn about:
The various kinds …
Apr 29, 2009 Writing
It’s hard enough to get an editor’s attention…when you finally have it, don’t lose it! Here are some ways I stay in touch with my editors even when I don’t have an assignment.
1. Say Thanks
Whenever one of my articles hits the stands, I shoot a quick thank-you note to my editor. There’s always something to …
My buddy Jennifer Lawler has a great post on her Finding Your Voice blog called 7 Tips for Pitch Sessions with Editors and Agents. If you’re heading to a conference that includes those speed-dating-like pitch sessions, give this blog post a read. [lf]
Apr 22, 2009 Marketing
One of my e-course students asked me how to know if an idea will fly before you start putting a lot of work into it. For example, say you come up with the idea “10 Reasons It’s Good to Be Bad,” about the benefits of letting your wild side show. Before you pitch, you need …
Apr 15, 2009 Advice, Ideas, Interviewing, Query letters
Every writer has had this happen: You send a query or letter of introduction (LOI) to X Magazine, and realize after you sent is that you left in a mention of Y Magazine, which you had pitched previously. This is frighteningly easy to do when you use standard LOIs or send queries to multiple magazines.
It …
