The Renegade Writer Blog

My first free teleclass for writers, on Querying with Confidence, was this past Tuesday evening. I think it was a great success! We had 80 writers on the call, and I got some wonderful questions during the call and afterwards in e-mail. I started out with five minutes of greeting callers as they popped on the line, which was a whirlwind because so many people arrived at once from all over the world. Then I lectured on the components of a successful query for about 15 minutes, and then there was a Q&A session for about 35 minutes.

The teleconferencing system had some quirks — like not letting people use Skype to call in, and kicking me off halfway through the call so I had to dial back in — but the price was right (free) so I’ll likely be using the service again for next month’s teleclass. However, I’m thinking about trying a webinar format in the future, so if anyone knows of a free or cheap webinar service, please e-mail me.

Many people who weren’t able to attend have asked me for a recording of the teleclass. Your wish is indeed my command. There are actually two files because when I was kicked off the line, the recording stopped and I had to start a new one when I was back on the call. The first recording contains my lecture, and the second one is the Q&A.

Querying with Confidence Part 1 (Lecture)

Querying with Confidence Part 2 (Q&A)

You’ll also want the handout, which has two queries that I refer to during the class. You can download the handout here (PDF format).

Unfortunately, the special offer that I made for teleclass participants to get a discount off my courses and a free 20-minute coaching call is no longer available. But there is still space in my January 11 Write for Magazines e-course and my October 26 Get Unstuck! for Freelancers e-course. More info on these courses on my Write for Magazines site.

Thanks to everyone who attended my first teleclass and helped make it successful. I’m working on setting up the November teleclass now. You can get the scoop on where and when it will happen by subscribing to my e-mail list on the Free Teleclasses for Writers web page. [lf]