The Renegade Writer Blog

Last week, I posted that one of my former e-course students landed a feature story assignment from Spirituality & Health with the query she developed in my class. Now it’s your turn! A new session of my two e-courses starts on Monday, March 15 (that’s three days from now!).
In Write for Magazines, you’ll go through [...]

The Care and Feeding of an Editor: Building Relationships That Will Help You Succeed as a Writer is tomorrow, Tuesday, March 9 2010 at 8:30-9:30 pm ET (Note that this is East Coast time; please check for the correct time in your time zone.) This class will take place via teleconference.
To be a successful [...]

There’s one more space for a gold- or premium-level student in Monica Bhide’s extremely popular food writing course, which starts on April 1, 2010. If you’ve been thinking about signing up, now’s the time to do so. Her next course will begin July 5 — an awful long time from now!

I’ve just scheduled my next free teleclass for writers!
The Care and Feeding of an Editor
Date: Tuesday, March 9, 2010 at 8:30-9:30 pm ET (Note that this is East Coast time; please check for the correct time in your time zone.)
Topic: The Care and Feeding of an Editor: Building Relationships That Will Help You Succeed as [...]

On Monday Damon Brown begins his popular Renegade Writer e-course, “Tech Journalism 2.0: Making Money With Your Inner Geek.” The Tech Chair of the 2010 American Society of Journalists and Authors conference, Damon is the author of nine books and regularly contributes to Playboy, New York Post, Family Circle and AARP: The Magazine. You can [...]

I’ve had several requests from writers who missed the start date of my current e-course session, so I’ve decided to start the next session fairly soon after this one ends: March 15, 2010. The courses I’ll be offering are:
Write for Magazines: This course takes you through eight steps to generating a salable idea, writing a [...]

I want to give a big thanks to everyone who submitted entries in the ‘Strangest Trade Magazine’ title contest. It was a tough, tough decision to pick a winner. Some of the titles were playful, such as Spudman for people working in the potato industry, and Sheep! for sheep farmers. Miniature Donkey Talk was right [...]

Pat Curry, who teaches our e-course Writing for Trade Magazines, is running a fun contest right here: Post in the Comments section below with the name of the strangest-sounding trade magazine you can find. Pat will pick the best one, and the winner will get free entry into the Premium version of her course that [...]

My free teleclass Secrets to Essays That Sell with Amy Paturel was a great success! We had close to 50 writers on the line, and Amy shared the scoop on everything from using universal themes to following up with editors. I especially liked the question and answer portion of the teleclass, but that may be [...]

If you’ll be attending Amy Paturel’s free teleclass Secrets to Essays That Sell on December 15, please download and read the class handout on the Free Teleclasses for Writers page. You can also get more info on this teleclass and how to RSVP on this page. Thanks! [lf]