I get a lot of assignments — I have to, as I’m the main breadwinner for my family! Since 1997, I’ve written for more than 130 magazines (the vast majority of them multiple times) and close to 30 corporate clients.
Writers often write to me asking why they aren’t getting assignments, and I know they expect …
Feb 21, 2011 Advice, Marketing, Query letters
Here’s a query that sold as a short to Women’s Health magazine. The query was so thorough that I didn’t have to do much additional reporting to create the short. I love coming up with ideas that are kind of — well, not something you’d want your mom to read. (Remember, I also wrote Dojo …
Sep 30, 2010 Ideas, Query letters
What better way to help aspiring freelance writers break in than to give them examples of how other writers have done it? I’ve posted a few successful queries of my own here, here, here, and here, and now I’ll be posting queries from other writers as well.
This query, which sold to WomenEntrepreneur.com, comes from Susan …
Apr 21, 2010 Writing
