Here’s a query that sold as a short to Women’s Health magazine. The query was so thorough that I didn’t have to do much additional reporting to create the short. I love coming up with ideas that are kind of — well, not something you’d want your mom to read. (Remember, I also wrote Dojo …
Sep 30, 2010 Ideas, Query letters
I hear from a lot of freelancing parents who have trouble getting it all done. How can I do an interview, they ask, while the house is falling down around my ears? How do I handle mountains of laundry and my writing when I have only two hours a day while my kid naps?
I …
Sep 27, 2010 Advice, Organization, Personal yammerings, productivity
Here’s a query I sold to Better Health & Living magazine. It’s another example of what I call an “opposite idea”: Instead of writing about superfoods (blueberries, broccoli, boring) like everyone else, I thought, how about foods you usually think of as being nutritional zeros — but that really do pack a healthy punch?
Hidden Health …
Sep 23, 2010 Advice, Ideas, Query letters
It can seem strange to talk about building relationships with an editor…I mean, they hire you, you do good work, and they hire you again, right? But editors are more likely to hire writers they personally like, and those who act professionally. They’ll look at your queries more quickly, and may add you to their …
Here it is, Day 8 of the challenge to kick the compulsive e-mail habit! I’ve been doing pretty well, though I haven’t met my goal to check in just three blocks per day. Sometimes I need to check because I’m expecting an e-mail; for example, last week a source didn’t pick up her phone at …
Sep 15, 2010 Motivation, Observations, Personal yammerings, productivity, Self improvement
