The winners have been selected in the first-ever drawing for free spots in my e-course on writing for trade magazines. A total of 63 people entered the drawing; I am so psyched about all the interest in the class.
First, I wanted to explain how I did the drawing. Originally, I was going to go …
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Aug 19, 2009
Classes, Contests

You know how it is — you do everything right, and still you never hear back from a beloved editor again. Or it always feels like you’re breaking in for the first time, even though you’ve written for a magazine several times.
Same here: I always say to myself, “I don’t get it. I’ve never missed …
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Aug 17, 2009
Advice, Editors, Marketing
I can’t say enough awesome things about the power of this blog. After Linda was kind enough to publish a post on Aug. 6 about my drawing for a free premium version of my e-course on writing for trade magazines $240 value!), my in-box was flooded with entries. As of right now, 59 people have …
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Aug 16, 2009
Classes, Contests, News you can use
…the tough go back to school.
You may be disappointed that Monica Bhide’s food writing course for September filled up early (don’t fret — she scheduled a new one for November 2!), but there are still spaces in other of our fabulous courses starting this month and next month:
The Travel Writing Workshop with Alison Stein Wellner …
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Aug 16, 2009
Writing
Mike Stelzner over at the Writing White Papers Blog is running the fourth annual Top 10 Blogs for Writers contest. We were thrilled to be in the top 10 last year, and since then we’ve added even more helpful posts — especially on motivation and productivity — as well as interviews with such successful freelancers …
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Aug 15, 2009
Blogging, Help us!