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I didn’t expect to have a revleation in my kitchen. My kitchen is very small and was painted a pink grapefruit color by the previous owners, so I try not to spend too much time in there.
But there I was, flipping through the October issue of ASJA Monthly while waiting for my tea water to […]

One of our Renegade Writer Markets Wiki members posted a thorough entry on what looks like a good market: The Engravers Journal. Please join the wiki to add (or edit) writers’ markets yourself! It’s free and simple to sign up. [lf]
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Rebecca asks: When I pitch a short FOB to a magazine, do I include the entire short in the query? For example, if it’s a one paragraph short, that’s my entire lede and article in one. Instead of including a lede, do I just describe what I am planning on doing, or do I […]

A Renegade Writter reader sent me a link to an article on InsideCRM on Top 10 Ways to Fire the Client from Hell. The article isn’t aimed for writers, but the information applies.
I wrote an article for Writer’s Digest on this very topic in 2004. Here it is. Enjoy! [lf]
Calling It Quits: When to Drop […]

Kevin asks: In The Renegade Writer, chapter one, where it explains that editors may frown on the use of content site material as clips (I agree with this) does the same go for the articles I have had published on online magazines such as Destination Elsewhere, Trips and Journeys, Garden and Hearth, I Parenting and […]

Diana and I just posted another query in the Query Letters That Rocked section; it’s a query that landed a juicy assignment at West, the Los Angeles Times magazine.
If you’re an editor or a writer and you have a query that you’d like to nominate for this section, please contact us at questions [at] therenegadewriter […]

Summer’s over, the kids are back in school, and all those projects you put off till the fall (when you’d have more time) are screaming for attention. For weeks you’ve been dreaming about having a full day to get your work done.  Now that time is here — yet at the end of the day, […]

Thanks to everyone who has joined and added markets to the Renegade Writer Markets Wiki! Recently added markets include Dayspa, Circle K, and DramaBiz. Please help us make the Wiki even more useful by signing up (it’s quick and free) to share market info. Once you register, participating is easy: From the main page, just […]

My younger brother will be leaving for Iraq soon. Since his Marine battalion will be there over the winter, they’ll be needing LOTS of scarves.
If you’re a knitter or crocheter and would like to make a scarf (or scarves!), please e-mail me at diana [at] ninetofive [dot] com and I’ll give you the specs and […]

Last week, an editor contacted me about writing a 300-word short based on a pitch I had sent to the magazine months earlier. The catch: The short was due in about a week. I told the editor I couldn’t meet that deadline because I had three other articles due on that day, and the editor […]