This is an excerpt from my e-book Editors Unleashed: Editors Growl About Their Writer Peeves. Enjoy!
The Editor: Editor of a magazine for sports enthusiasts.
The Peeve: Writers who half-ass interviews.
What’s your biggest grammar/style peeve and why?
Disregarding basic conventions—not knowing how to use commas, etc. I don’t care what side of the serial comma debate …
Nov 17, 2011 Advice, Cool products, Editors
This week a few writers have let me know they’re interested in phone mentoring, so I thought this would be the perfect time to restructure my pricing. I’ve been thinking about it for a while, and now’s the time!
Originally, I was charging $140 per hour and $75 per half-hour for phone mentoring. But as …
Nov 8, 2011 Cool products, Motivation, productivity, Writing
Carol Tice, six-figure freelance writer and author of the award-winning Make a Living Writing blog, recently started a new gathering place for freelance writers called the Freelance Writers Den. This is not only a rocking forum where you can get your questions answered and share advice with other writers — it also lets you:
* Take …
Sep 3, 2011 Cool products, Money, News you can use
Hi, Renegades! Just a quick note to let everyone know that there are three spaces left in my Write for Magazines e-course session that starts on Monday, February 7. The session that started four weeks ago is going great — my students are brimming with great ideas that I helped them tweak to make more …
Feb 2, 2011 Classes, Cool products, Query letters
This is an excerpt from my new e-book Get Unstuck! For Freelancers: A 6-Week Course to Boost Your Motivation, Organization, and Productivity—So You Can Do More Work in Less Time, Make More Money, and Enjoy the Freelance Lifestyle. If you think the name sounds familiar, that’s because it’s the name of my popular 6-week e-course. …
Jan 25, 2011 Advice, Cool products, Organization, productivity, Sources, Writing
