A few weeks ago I offered to bust readers’ excuses for not pitching magazines — or, if they’re pitching, for approaching only low/no-pay pubs. (By the way, if you have an excuse you’d like me to bust, you can send it to lindaformichelli@gmail.com.)
Here’s Steve’s excuse: It’s not that I don’t pitch or query, but that …
May 31, 2010 Advice, Bust My Excuse, Magazines, Marketing, productivity
I recently downloaded the free e-book The Zero-Hour Workweek by Jonathan Mead of Illuminated Mind. The title is a play off of The 4-Hour Workweek, the popular book by Tim Ferriss.
The e-book is pretty inspiring, but when you get right down to it it’s a guide on how to start a blog on something that …
May 26, 2010 Hooks & Crooks, Observations, Personal yammerings, productivity, Rants, Self improvement, Writers
If you’ve ever heard me speak at a conference, you know that I freely admit that I find writing articles to be a struggle. It’s not that I’m a bad writer, but I’m a slow writer and I’m tormented that what ends up on the screen is not the beautiful story I’ve created between my …
Last year I rented an outside office in downtown Concord, NH. I loved it, but when I cut my work week down to two days in August of 2009, I realized it wasn’t worth $300 per month to spend a mere eight days in my office every month. So I sublet the office to a …
May 24, 2010 Advice, Observations, productivity, Writing
My free teleclass 5 Tips for Finding Ideas That Sell with Diana Burrell two weeks ago was a hit! We had more than 50 writers on the line. Thanks to everyone who showed up and asked their great questions.
For those of you who couldn’t make it, I recorded the teleclass. The recording is now …
May 19, 2010 News you can use, Query letters, Teleclasses
