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You Ask, I Answer: What Do I Do When an Editor Goes AWOL After I Turn in an...
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You Ask, We Answer: Help! I got an assignment and the editor didn’t mention...
I hear this all the time: “The editor asked me to write up this piece and gave me a deadline, but he didn’t mention pay or rights. When will he tell me?” Even worse, sometimes I hear: “I wrote up my...
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You Ask, I Answer: Should I Write on Spec?
You send a pitch to a magazine or website and the editor writes back asking you to send in the full article for consideration. This is called writing on spec, and it means you write the article with no...
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You Ask, I Answer: Do I Develop the Article Idea First or Find the Market First?
By Linda Formichelli Here’s a question I get often from my Write for Magazines e-course students: When I want to pitch an idea, do I come up with the idea or the market first? And it’s a good question....
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You Ask, I Answer: How Many Queries Do I Need to Send Out Per Week?
By Linda Formichelli During a Freelance Writers Den free teleseminar I hosted a few weeks ago, one caller asked: How many queries do I need to send out each week? This has got to be one of the top...
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You Ask, I Answer: How Can I Space Out Article Deadlines?
By Linda Formichelli Emily asks: I have a lot of story ideas and I have a growing list of publications to pitch to, and my plan is to build those pitches prior to October, so that I can start pitching...
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