The Renegade Writer Blog

Here are two more contests for you:
1. Elaine Grant is giving away free entry into the Basic version of her e-course Magazine Writing Basics, which starts on September 14. Elaine knows her stuff: She recently coached me through writing a narrative article (my first!) for a national business magazine, and I got the scoop [...]

Amy Paturel’s e-course Essay Writing: How to Find the Story in You — and Sell It starts tomorrow, August 31. Learn the secrets that helped Amy sell essays to Newsweek, Health, Women’s Health, Body+Soul, Healing Lifestyles & Spas, The Los Angeles Times, and more. There are still a few spaces left, so don’t miss out! [...]

If you know me, you know that the articles I write are typically service pieces with subheads and bullet-pointed tips for magazines like Health, Oxygen, Writer’s Digest , and many trade and custom publications. In my mind, moving up to the next level as a writer would be writing more complicated pieces. And I recently [...]

I recently posted that HCI was looking for writers for its new book The Ultimate Pastor.. I received this e-mail fro HCI:
Feedback from retailers and our readers suggest there are many wonderful stories by and about Christians that are excluded when focusing only on pastors.
In order to convey a more inclusive concept, embracing all the [...]

I’m working on a new 6-week e-course called Get Unstuck! for Freelancers (which starts September 14), which will give advice and assignments on motivation, organization, and productivity. (And yes…I am generally highly motivated, productive, and organized!) I’m packing tons of information into the six lessons — from beating procrastination to overhauling your to-do list to [...]

This week I posted Adding Value, about how we writers need to offer not just benefits but also value. The benefits I offer an editor are that I’m fast and a good writer who works well with editors — but those benefits don’t really distinguish me from other good writers. I struggled deciding what value [...]

The winners have been selected in the first-ever drawing for free spots in my e-course on writing for trade magazines. A total of 63 people entered the drawing; I am so psyched about all the interest in the class.
 
First, I wanted to explain how I did the drawing. Originally, I was going to go [...]

You know how it is — you do everything right, and still you never hear back from a beloved editor again. Or it always feels like you’re breaking in for the first time, even though you’ve written for a magazine several times.
Same here: I always say to myself, “I don’t get it. I’ve never missed [...]

I can’t say enough awesome things about the power of this blog. After Linda was kind enough to publish a post on Aug. 6 about my drawing for a free premium version of my e-course on writing for trade magazines $240 value!), my in-box was flooded with entries. As of right now, 59 people have [...]

…the tough go back to school.
You may be disappointed that Monica Bhide’s food writing course for September filled up early (don’t fret — she scheduled a new one for November 2!), but there are still spaces in other of our fabulous courses starting this month and next month:

The Travel Writing Workshop with Alison Stein Wellner [...]