If Clients Treated Other Professionals the Way They Treat Freelancers…
It would look something like this. [lf]
May 28, 2009 Writing
Turning Down Assignments
Every once in awhile I like to go through my journal to see what I was doing in this month in years past. Here’s what I wrote on May 29, 2007:
I plan to either not write for [magazine] again or to ask what we can do to make sure I don’t go through another experience …
May 25, 2009 Advice, Observations, Personal yammerings, Rants
When to Stay Open, When to Stay Closed
In her fabulous Finding Your Voice blog, my goal buddy Jennifer Lawler has a great post called “Open the Office Door.” In it, she talks about how we writers need to stay focused, yet need to set aside time to be open to new ideas. Jennifer gives some good tips on how to stay open …
May 21, 2009 Writing
Interview with Dan Baum on Writing for the Big Names — and on the Future of Journalism
Dan Baum has written for Rolling Stone, Playboy, Wired, and other big-name magazines, and is a former staff writer for The New Yorker; on his website, you can download proposals that landed assignments with these magazines. Baum is the author of Nine Lives, and runs a blog called WordWork. The account of his “short career …
May 18, 2009 Advice, Interviewing, Magazines, Query letters, Reporting, Rules, Writer Q&A, Writing
In Tough Times, the Joys of Journalism
This guest post is by Elaine Grant, a former editor at Inc. and current health and science reporter at New Hampshire Public Radio. Elaine’s course on Magazine Writing Basics starts on Monday…sign up today!
I just sent two tweets out in rapid succession and realized that I sound like someone with multiple personalities. On Friday morning, …
May 15, 2009 Observations, Personal yammerings, Writing
