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 Stacy’s excuse: I just sold my first query-ever! And while I’m excited to get paid for my writing, I’d …… Click here to keep reading…
Jul 15, 2010 Advice, Bust My Excuse, Query letters
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.)
Ali sent in her excuse: My excuse is that I just don’t know how to start. I’ve made a decent …… Click here to keep reading…
Jun 30, 2010 Bust My Excuse, Writing
Last week I posted on Facebook that an editor at Women’s Health was interested in my query. Another writer posted a comment saying something like, “A query to the glossies, how quaint!” I laughed, but then I started thinking…are queries passé?
I don’t query nearly as much as I used to. Since I’ve been writing full-time …… Click here to keep reading…
Jun 11, 2010 Editors, Observations, Query letters, Writing
Did you ever think it’s not the economy, of the toughness of the industry, or just plain bad luck that’s keeping you from flourishing as a freelance writer — but your own limiting beliefs? Many aspiring freelancers are wonderful writers with salable ideas, but they can’t break out of the writing-for-cheap (or worse, writing-for-free) stage …… Click here to keep reading…
May 2, 2010 Advice, Motivation, Observations, Personal yammerings, Rants, Self improvement
