The Renegade Writer Blog

Before I jump into today’s post, I’d like to let you know that my next e-course on breaking into magazines, which has helped students land assignments from magazines ranging from Pizza Today to Woman’s Day, starts on Monday, August 3. That’s just a week away! Also, due to popular demand (no, really!), I’ve added a [...]

This guest post is by Jennifer Lawler, author of more than two dozen books, magazine writer, and agent with the Salkind Agency.
I’ve been a writer for about fifteen years, writing mostly non-fiction books in the how-to and self-help categories. For the past few years, I’ve done a lot of coaching with writers and have [...]

Thanks to everyone who entered the drawing to win free entry into my 8-week e-course on breaking into magazines. I used Random.org to determine the winner, and lucky number 87 is:
Amy Tompkins
Congratulations, Amy! I’ll add you to the roster for my Premium course (the one with e-mail support) that starts on August 3.
I got so [...]

After our son Traver came home in January, I took off on maternity leave for the month, fully expecting to jump back into work on February 1. I didn’t really take off of work totally — I did send queries and letters of introduction, hoping to rack up work for February. But February came and [...]

My next 8-week Write for Magazines e-course will begin on August 3, 2009. If you’d like to enter to win free entry into the Premium course (which includes 8 weeks of unlimited e-mail support), here’s a contest for you: Somewhere in my Write for Magazines website, I’ve included instructions on how to enter the contest. [...]

This month is my 12th anniversary as a full-time freelancer. Two years ago this month, when it was my 10-year anniversary, I wrote a post called Ten Years of Freelancing Tips. Am I allowed to repost an old post? Well, I’m a Renegade, so I’m going to do it. I think the advice is still [...]

Erik Sherman, former contracts expert with ASJA, has coined the awesome term “writer mill” — which brings to mind paper mills that churn out academic papers for cheating college students or puppy mills that keep dog in horrifying conditions for breeding purposes. From his blog WriterBiz, here’s his definition:

The pay makes burger flipping seem like [...]

Last week I had a session with a mentoring client who is a very talented writer, but has trouble getting motivated to query. However, she mentioned that she was able to get her Ph.D. dissertation done on time. And we all know that a dissertation is no easy project!
To me, the difference between pounding out [...]

J. Robert Lennon spills writers’ dirty little secret in the L.A. Times: The fact that we really don’t work all that much. [lf]