by Jennifer Applin
My friend called me the other day and asked what I was doing. I told her I was working on an article and she said very politely and sincerely that she’d talk to me later. She didn’t want to interrupt my creative process. After we hung up I thought, “My creative what? Creative …
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Jul 25, 2007
RW Makeover
This month marks the 10th anniversary of when I went full-time freelance. Since then I’ve written for more than 120 magazines (I lost count after that!) ranging from The Federal Credit Union and Multi-Channel Merchant to USA Weekend and Redbook. I’ve co-authored eight books, including The Renegade Writer: A Totally Unconventional Guide to Freelance Writing …
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Jul 25, 2007
Advice, Observations, Personal yammerings
Chryselle writes: I’ve just had a feature published in my local paper and the editor in charge of the section has attributed the article to herself!! My 1500 word article was cut into half (of which I had been informed earlier) and the editor in question had emailed me saying that while they could not …
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Jul 23, 2007
Advice, Editors, You Ask, We Answer
Caroline asks: Hello! I am new to this whole freelancing thing-a-ma-jig (yes, that it is a made up word), and I have a question about electronic clips. Now, being the good little renegade writer that I am, I have been working on putting together queries that I would like to email. I have several that …
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Jul 20, 2007
Advice, Book authoring, Query letters, You Ask, We Answer