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Lauren writes, “Hi! First let me say, I love the blog and the books! I am a bit of a Renegade Writer groupie. [Ed: Thanks! :-)] Now for my question. I like to record my interviews instead of transcribing, but all my audio folders on my digital voice recorder are now full. Do I need […]

We’re making some behind-the-scenes changes to the blog so it may look funky for a couple days. Bear with us! [db]
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by Jennifer Applin
Greetings! Thanks to the readers who have sent me e-mails! I love getting the feedback, questions, and encouragement on my makeover I know there are many moms trying to break into writing and are curious about my schedule with four little ones, so I thought I’d post it here. It’s probably […]

Susan writes, “Here’s a question that I’m sure many writers have faced. If a magazine folds and they still owe you money, what should you do? In my situation, I had been gently nudging an editor for payment for several weeks when she finally told me she was wrapping up the last issue and struggling to […]

Kate asks, “I’ve finally built up an arsenal of good clips, which is a victory, indeed.  I’m trying to break into new markets, and although I know to send clips to new editors as evidence of my stellar ability (and ego), I wonder: is there a precise, professional format for submitting clips?  Today, I e-mailed […]

So it’s the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend, and I’m sitting in my office, which is an absolute mess. Magazines are strewn across the floor, notebooks and books in disarray on the shelves, and paper is just…everywhere. But there’s a good reason for all this mess: I’m packing. Why? Because I bought a house.
One of […]

One of our readers sent us a super helpful e-mail in response to Linda’s post about writing for custom pubs. Thanks, Dinsa!
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Hi Linda, hi Diana,
Recently, you wrote a blog entry on custom pubs. I found it very helpful. Thanks! Here’s something I would like to add:
Quite alike custom pubs, there is a whole group of […]

I have been hard at work on my makeover with my “book coach” (I like saying that) Katey Coffing. We met for 30 minutes on the phone on Thursday, and she has been a fantastic resource. I need all the help focusing that I can get, and Katey knows just how to help me.
After our […]

This post is inspired by Erik Sherman’s post on his blog about ignoring being ignored. You know, when you sweat all day over the perfect intro letter and clips package for a custom publisher who expressed interest in you, and weeks later the only thing in your inbox is decomposing spam.
A lot of writers will […]

Hi, everyone. I’m Denise Schipani, “guest blogger,” thanks to my writer pals Linda Formichelli and Diana Burrell. I’ve first got to confess I’m a mix of excited and kind of intimidated to be blogging here — this is my very first blog entry, on any blog! And this is coming from someone who’s been writing […]