Earning respect and trust doesn’t have to take time. There are writers editors like and will happily assign stories to. And there are writers editors love, the ones they’d bet their careers on. In my experience, editors often like to work with a select group of freelance writers or journalists, those who’ve earned their respect […]
Aim High Or Low? When It Comes To Pitching, Here’s What To Do
When it’s best to aim high and pitch top publications, and when to stick with what you know. The idea comes to you in a flash. It’s the perfect story. Not only do you seem to be the only person to have picked up on this trend in your community, but you’ve also got access […]
The Real Reason You Haven’t Cracked The Nationals Yet
If your pitches are consistently bringing back rejections, there are only three reasons why. If you’re not getting enough work as a freelancer or finding it impossibly hard to crack the nationals, it’s for one, two, or all of the following reasons: Let’s talk about that. You’re not pitching enough Inexperienced freelancers will often send […]
How To Break Into Your Dream Publication This Year
Easily actionable tips on how to break into your dream publication from an award-winning journalist. That dream publication? You know, the magazine that arrives in your mail every month? The one whose pages you touch lightly, turning them carefully as you read every line, every paragraph, every advertisement? You know that dream publication that makes […]
30 Tips From 30 Days Of Querying
An award-winning journalist on the lessons she learned from sending a pitch every day for a month. Today, I’m opening up a new session of my course 30 Days, 30 Queries. It’s designed to help you send effective query letters and win top-paying assignments. My students over the years have sold work to publications such […]