The Renegade Writer Blog

I’ve had my last book coaching session with Katey Coffing as part of my Renegade Makeover, and I’m so grateful to Linda and Diana for selecting me as the third winner of the contest. Katey has pushed me along in the right direction with great enthusiasm and optimism, and I’m now knee-deep in research and […]

My next 8-week e-course on breaking into magazines will begin on Monday, July 30, 2007.
This may be the last session I offer this year. Since I’m going away in October, I can’t offer the course in August, September, or October. And I can’t offer it in November when I get back, because who wants to […]

WANTED: Short, funny, true stories recounting the “misadventures” from weddings/honeymoons, pregnancy/childbirth, or the baby/toddler years for an upcoming series of “Diary” anthologies to be published in book form by Meadowbrook Press.
Angela Wiechmann
Senior Editor
Meadowbrook Press
5451 Smetana Drive
Minnetonka MN 55343
E-mail: awiechmann@meadowbrookpress.com
Phone: 800-338-2232 x. 117
Fax: 952-930-1940
Diary Submission Guidelines
STORY LENGTH: Up to 800 words
PAYMENT: For selected stories, […]

Earlier this month, we wrote about The Secret phenomenon. There’s an article posted today at CNN.com that offers a critical look at the DVD/book. If you’re interested in all the brouhaha, check it out! [db]
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A couple weeks ago, I started thinking about what would happen with my work if I suddenly became incapacitated. (I have to learn how to procrastinate better, huh? Thinking about my demise doesn’t really cut it.) I have so many passwords to my computer and websites that my husband wouldn’t have a clue how to […]

Check out this Craig’s List posting. Hilarious!
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Note to media: This is a last chance opportunity since the closing date for stories fast approaches. Writers, columnists, reporters and all media employees encouraged to submit and share their stories. We appreciate excellent stories and skilled writers very, very much.
Contact: Teri Peluso (954) 418-0844 or email stories@WineLoversSoul.com
Please feel free to print or report in […]

A student in my 8-week e-course on getting published in magazines gave me permission to tell her story as a lesson in the importance of using a professional-sounding e-mail address when approaching editors and sources.
My student wanted to pitch an article on how alcoholism affects a particular segment of society. As part of the assignment […]

I had the privilege of being interviewed for Wow! Women on Writing. The women who run the site asked some great questions about the writing life and did a wonderful job with the page design, making me look way renegade! Read the interview here. [lf]
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Stephanie asks: I sent out a simultaneous query to six new-to-me editors last week. (One editor actually called me and said she liked my query, but had something similar planned for a future issue, and to feel free to pitch her more ideas — yippee!) Another editor emailed me back and asked me to flesh […]