Our free teleclass Become a Confident Writer last Friday went great! We had our biggest turnout ever — more than 110 people on the line, and our attendees asked some super questions via Twitter chat.
Diana and I discussed how to get over writer snafus like perfectionism, fear of rejection, fear of pitching, underconfidence, and more. …… Click here to keep reading…
Apr 2, 2012 Classes, Motivation, Self improvement, Teleclasses
Are you a nervous interviewer? If so, when you have a source on the phone, chances are you rattle off your list of questions shotgun-style and then hang up the phone with relief.
While it’s important to work from a list, when you stick to it too closely, you’re missing out on some potentially great quotes …… Click here to keep reading…
Mar 26, 2012 Advice, Interviewing, Sources
Lots of writers take on both copywriting assignments and magazine articles. And a pressing question they have is whether it’s okay for them to do copywriting for an article source. In other words, if you interview Jane Smith for an article and she asks you to write some web copy for her…can you do it …… Click here to keep reading…
For some reason, this week I got the same question from at least four writers: Should you send your queries to several markets at once, or e-mail to one at a time and wait for a response before sending it along to the next market on your list?
In general, I’m all for sending simultaneous queries. …… Click here to keep reading…
Mar 12, 2012 Advice, Marketing, Query letters
Got a question for the Renegade Writers? Send it to me at lindaformichelli@gmail.com. Have a lot of questions? Consider signing up for phone mentoring.
Question: How do I format my articles? Spacing? Font size? Do I need to number the pages or have a header?
Answer: I don’t know that there are any rules on that …… Click here to keep reading…
Mar 8, 2012 Advice, Writing, You Ask, We Answer
