This is a guest post by Gwynneth Anderson.
How did you feel the last time someone sent you a personalized thank you note out of the blue? It made your day, right?
But here’s the kicker. The next time you were in a position to help the person who made you feel great, you did …
Feb 9, 2012 Editors, Networking, Observations
The Internet has done a lot to boost writers’ careers: Writers can research without removing butt from chair, find markets online, zip off queries and manuscripts via e-mail, and even interview via e-mail if they can’t get someone on the phone. They can also commune with other writers on forums — something I couldn’t really …
Jan 5, 2012 Advice, Networking
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. …
Jan 2, 2012 Advice, Classes, Editors, Ideas, Magazines, Marketing, Networking, Speaking engagements
I’m still in the process of moving cross country, so I’m posting another oldie-but-goodie from the archives. I hope you enjoy it! In the meantime, I’ll try to get all these boxes unpacked so I can start writing new blog posts for you.
You’ve found an editor on Facebook, Twitter, or LinkedIn. Should you ask to …
Jun 27, 2011 Advice, Editors, Marketing, Networking
Three weeks ago, a writer (let’s call him Jack) e-mailed me asking for the contact information of the editor at a magazine I wrote for. I told Jack that I no longer write for the magazine and that the editor had changed since I last worked for them — but that the magazine was published …
Dec 7, 2009 Advice, Networking, Rants
