I offer to bust readers’ excuses for not pitching magazines — or, if they’re pitching, for approaching only low/no-pay pubs. (If you have an excuse you’d like me to bust, you can send it to lindaformichelli@gmail.com.) Ali sent in her excuse: My excuse is that I just don’t know how to start. I’ve made...
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I’m thinking of creating some video posts for fun. Are there any topics you’d like to see me tackle on video? It seems the medium isn’t the best forngetting into the nitty-gritty of query writing and other writing-heavy topics, but it would work well for more personal subjects like motivation and confidence. But outside...
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Do you love food? Yeah, us too. That’s why we offer an e-course called Introduction to Food Writing, taught by the fabulous Monica Bhide; the next session starts on Monday, July 5. There’s no more space in the Gold version (with e-mail and phone support), but Premium and Basic are still open. Monica is...
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I offer to bust readers’ excuses for not pitching magazines — or, if they’re pitching, for approaching only low/no-pay pubs. If you have an excuse you’d like me to bust, you can send it to lindaformichelli@gmail.com. Here’s Rebecca’s excuse: I’m just beginning my adventure as a freelancer. Recently I was all ready to send...
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Think your peach defuzzer is the greatest product in the known universe, or rep a doctor who’s on the road to curing a formerly incurable disease? Then you’re probably signed up as an expert source on services like Help a Reporter (HARO) and ProfNet. I use these services as just one of many tools...
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Kelly James-Enger has completed her survey of freelancers’ income. She surveyed 100 writers, and the results are, well, encouraging and discouraging at the same time. On one hand, 11% of respondents earned more than $100,001 last year. On the other, 27% earned less than $20,000 last year. What would be interesting would be to...
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I love teaching my e-course Write for Magazines, and I’m excited to announce that the next session starts on Monday, July 19, 2010. I was also excited to receive this testimonial from a former student: Since taking Linda’s course, my acceptance rate has gone way up. I have had editors send positive replies immediately...
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This is a guest post by Thursday Bram. Thanks, Thursday! For most freelance writers, there are two very simple ways to measure how productive we are: how much money we earn in a given day and how many words we write. Of course, there’s an obvious connection between the two, but I’ve found that...
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Last week I posted on Facebook that an editor at Women’s Health was interested in my query. Another writer posted a comment saying something like, “A query to the glossies, how quaint!” I laughed, but then I started thinking…are queries passé? I don’t query nearly as much as I used to. Since I’ve been...
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I’m posting this request for Kelly James-Enger, author of Six-Figure Freelancing: When I was working on Six-Figure Freelancing several years ago, I found only two surveys about freelancer’s income. One was a 2003 survey of 369 ASJA members. At that time, 41% made more than $50,000 a year, including 12% grossing more than $100,000...
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