By Susan Finch
I’ve been writing query letters since I was 19, when I sent out pitches to the likes of Penguin Press, assuming they would immediately buy my novel and scribble out a check for an enormous advance. I’m sure you know how that turned out. A tiny rejection slip of paper appeared in my …… Click here to keep reading…
May 6, 2013 Advice, Query letters
By Carol Tice
It’s hard to get an assignment from a magazine when you have no previously published articles to show the editor.
And it’s hard to get any article clips if you can’t get an assignment.
Often, when I meet writers like this, they’ll tell me they’ve got an idea on how to break out of this …… Click here to keep reading…
Recently, both Carol Tice on Make a Living Writing and Diana Burrell here on the Renegade Writer have blogged about the letters we get from writers who need to make money like now.
Diana rightly noted that editors will not only not be swayed into giving you an assignment when they hear your tale of woe…they …… Click here to keep reading…
Apr 22, 2013 Advice, Editors, Motivation
By Diana Burrell
Here at the Renegade Writer we get e-mails and queries from readers and/or aspiring writers who are desperate to start freelancing because they are broke, have a disability or illness and can’t work a regular job, or lost their jobs and are down to their last nickels.
They write asking for job leads, …… Click here to keep reading…
By Kelly James-Enger
I’ve been a self-employed writer for more than 16 years. I love the fact that I’m in charge of which types of work I take on, how I spend my time, and the direction my career takes. Most of the time, anyway.
But I admit that I’ve fallen into less-than-productive grooves where I …… Click here to keep reading…
Apr 15, 2013 Advice, Motivation