The Renegade Writer

The free teleclass Five Reasons Why Editors Won’t Buy Your Great Ideas, taught by Diana Burrell, turned out great! Diana didn’t insult attendees’ intelligence with reasons like “You didn’t spell the editor’s name right” or “Your idea was no good” — she came up with five reasons for rejection that many writers don’t already know …… Click here to keep reading…

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Just a quick reminder that the free teleclass Five Reasons Why Editors Won’t Buy Your Great Ideas, taught by Diana Burrell, is tonight at 8:30 – 9:30 pm ET. For more details and to learn how to sign up, please visit the teleclass page. We hope to see you there!

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I answer your burning freelancing questions on the blog. If you have a question, e-mail it to me at lindaformichelli@gmail.com. Have a lot of questions? Consider signing up for a phone mentoring session.

James asks: There’s a topic that is very timely that I’d like to write about and that has potential for a number …… Click here to keep reading…

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I offer to answer freelance writers’ burning questions on the blog. (By the way, if you have a question you’d like me to answer, you can send it to lindaformichelli@gmail.com.) Have a lot of questions? I’m offering a 10% discount off my phone mentoring services through August 20.

Here’s Mark’s question: Here’s what happened. I called …… Click here to keep reading…

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I offer to bust readers’ excuses for not pitching magazines — or, if they’re pitching, for approaching only low/no-pay pubs. If you have an excuse you’d like me to bust, you can send it to lindaformichelli@gmail.com.

Here’s Rebecca’s excuse: I’m just beginning my adventure as a freelancer. Recently I was all ready to send in my …… Click here to keep reading…

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