This is an excerpt from my e-book Editors Unleashed: Magazine Editors Growl About Their Writer Pet Peeves. I spoke with 10 assigning editors at national and trade magazines (under condition of anonymity) to find out what writers do that piss them off — and how to avoid being an editor’s nightmare.
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I offer to answer readers’ burning freelancing questions on the blog. If you have a question, please send it to me at lindaformichelli@gmail.com. If you have a LOT of questions, please consider signing up for my phone mentoring for writers. I’m offering a 10% discount until November 15; e-mail me to find out how to …… Click here to keep reading…
Nov 4, 2010 Advice, Rules, You Ask, We Answer
I thought this post from 2006 was worth another look. Enjoy!
A couple of things happened today that inspired this post. First, someone posted on a forum for professional writers asking for tips on how to get started as a freelancer. This, of course, caused many pro writers to become PO’d. (Why expect professionals to spend …… Click here to keep reading…
Today I was working on a skincare product article for a very high-profile health magazine. As I read the transcription of one of my interviews, I saw that the dermatologist had recommended a facial scrub with hydrofluoric acid. Hmm. Salicylic acid, I’ve heard of. Alpha-hydroxy or beta-hydroxy acid might also work. But hydrofluoric acid? Never …… Click here to keep reading…
By popular demand, I’m posting the article I wrote for Writer’s Digest in 1999 that was based on the query I posted last week. While the query was about magazine writing vs. copywriting, the editor asked me to focus on advertorials in place of copywriting.
I’m leaving in the sidebar of places that buy advertorials even …… Click here to keep reading…
