You could say I’m a slow learner. I’ve been writing and editing professionally for more than 20 years, and only this year did I realize that I’ve been approaching my freelance career backwards. The conventional wisdom suggests that success comes to the freelancer who studies the markets and pitches stories that she thinks editors are [...]
Archive for April 25th, 2008
Apr25
Are you approaching freelancing all wrong?
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Apr25
“Looks like tomatoes …”
Wordwych won this week’s Wednesday Fun prize with her Barry Manilow mondegreen from “Looks Like We Made It.” Please contact me off board so I can send you a $10 iTunes gift card. Oh my gosh, these were all so funny. Thanks to everyone for participating. Have a great weekend! [db]
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Apr25
Sharing or shooting yourself in the foot?
I was talking to a freelancer friend of mine on the phone the other day and she was telling me how many other writers have come to her asking, “Can you give me your editor’s name?” or “What’s your editor’s e-mail address?” Frankly, I was surprised by the number of times this happened to her. [...]
