This is a guest post by Elizabeth Whalen.
We freelancers have so much freedom—after all, it’s right there in our job title. As long as we do good work and meet our deadlines, we’re free to take a two-hour nap in the middle of the day or work late into the night and sleep in the …… Click here to keep reading…
This week one of my former students let me know that a story idea she’d generated and worked on in my story idea workshop this fall ran in last Sunday’s New York Times and was generating a ton of reader response. (Woo-hoo! She’s the third student of mine to land an assignment with the Times. …… Click here to keep reading…
Jan 2, 2012 Advice, Classes, Editors, Ideas, Magazines, Marketing, Networking, Speaking engagements
I get a lot of questions like these from writers:
The editor said I should turn in outline, but I’m not sure what exactly she wants.
The editor asked me to write up the article, but didn’t offer a contract. Is this an assignment or does he want it on spec?
One of my key sources …… Click here to keep reading…
A couple of weeks ago Susan Johnston brought up a great question in the Comments section of my blog post How to Sell More Articles By Being Yourself: How do I feel about using an editor’s first name in a query versus addressing the editor as Mr./Ms.?
I usually address an editor by first name, but …… Click here to keep reading…
Dec 1, 2011 Advice, Editors, Query letters
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 …… Click here to keep reading…
Nov 17, 2011 Advice, Cool products, Editors
