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
This is a guest post by Ruth Zive.
Let’s face it – writing can be drudgery. Day in and day out, staring at a screen, scrounging for new ideas and creative inspiration – it’s a grind.
Some days, writers need to find motivation in unconventional and dramatic ways. We need to tap into a sense …
Dec 29, 2011 Advice, Motivation, Self improvement
Okay, this is it — the year you really make it as a freelance writer. Really, really. This time you mean it.
I think you can do it, and I’m going to tell you how.
Make a Resolution
Resolve in 2012 to STOP pitching the content mills and anything that pays well under your hourly rate (more on …
Dec 26, 2011 Advice, Marketing, Motivation
Are you a fan of our book, The Renegade Writer: A Totally Unconventional Guide to Freelance Writing Success? If so, you’ll be excited to know that in 2012 Diana and I will be coming out with a special, newly revised, totally updated 9th Anniversary Edition.
Why 9th Anniversary? Why didn’t we wait until 10? Because we’re …
Dec 21, 2011 Book news
A key part of a successful query letter is the paragraph or two where you tell the editor who you are and why you’re the perfect person to write the idea you’re pitching. If you’re lucky, it will be, “I’ve written for The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Rolling Stone, and GQ. As for my experience …
Dec 19, 2011 Advice, Query letters
