By Linda Formichelli
During a Freelance Writers Den free teleseminar I hosted a few weeks ago, one caller asked: How many queries do I need to send out each week?
This has got to be one of the top questions I get from writers. Everyone wants to know: How many pitches do I have to do to …… Click here to keep reading…
Mar 28, 2013 Advice, Marketing, Query letters, You Ask, We Answer
By Linda Formichelli
Here’s a question I get often from my Write for Magazines e-course students: When I want to pitch an idea, do I come up with the idea or the market first?
And it’s a good question. Doesn’t it make more sense to find one market you really want to pitch, study it, and brainstorm …… Click here to keep reading…
Mar 18, 2013 Advice, Ideas, You Ask, We Answer
You send a pitch to a magazine or website and the editor writes back asking you to send in the full article for consideration.
This is called writing on spec, and it means you write the article with no contract and no guarantee that your article will be accepted or that you’ll be paid.
So…is it worth …… Click here to keep reading…
Jul 9, 2012 Advice, Writing, You Ask, We Answer
I hear this all the time:
“The editor asked me to write up this piece and gave me a deadline, but he didn’t mention pay or rights. When will he tell me?”
Even worse, sometimes I hear:
“I wrote up my article for the editor. How do I know how much he’s going to pay me, and when?”
Jun 28, 2012 Advice, Editors, Money, You Ask, We Answer
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Ann asks: I was given a deadline of the 15th February for an article for Big Magazine. I told the editor that …… Click here to keep reading…
Apr 9, 2012 Advice, Editors, You Ask, We Answer