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 Diane’s excuse: I always feel that I’m not good enough. I don’t have an MFA, I haven’t been writing …
Jul 26, 2010 Advice, Bust My Excuse, Motivation, Query letters, Writing
Jennifer asks: My question has to do with an expert who I spoke to on the phone. She basically said, “Read my book and it will tell you everything you need to know.” Do you know if a magazine like “Parenting” would be okay with me using quotes from the book and citing the book …
Jul 19, 2010 Advice, Sources, Writing, You Ask, We Answer
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 Stacy’s excuse: I just sold my first query-ever! And while I’m excited to get paid for my writing, I’d …
Jul 15, 2010 Advice, Bust My Excuse, Query letters
Last week I ran a contest to give away free entry into my Write for Magazines e-course starting on July 19. The winner of the random drawing is Paola Loriggio. Congratulations, Paola!
Not a winner (of the contest, that is — I know you’re a winner in life!) but still want to learn how to break …
Since we brought our son Traver home in early 2009, work seems to have gotten so much easier and I seem to have even more free time than I did before. How can that be? After all, as any freelancing mom or dad will attest, trying to get any writing done with a squalling baby …
Jul 12, 2010 Motivation, Observations, Personal yammerings, productivity
