Published on February 11, 2015
Over the last two months I’ve sent out close to fifty emails to different magazines, pitching ideas for articles and features and, to date, only three have responded. One declined my idea. Another said they would consider it late. A third said they already had something similar planned for their own in-house staff to write.
I’m a good writer. I know my ideas have merit and are entertaining, topical and newsworthy. Yet, I feel like a complete non-entity when magazines can’t even be bothered to reply to me. As heart breaking as it can be to be met with a ‘no,’ at least saying ‘no’ means that someone at least took the time to read your email and reply.
Complete silence time after time after time is just soul destroying. Is there a way to address such problems?
Published on February 11, 2015
When a chance to blog regularly for a respected education site fell into my lap, I realized how nice it is to have a steady income stream instead of having to hustle for every piece. I took it for granted for two lovely years but made the mistake of not realizing that all good things must come to an end. When the gig ended, I was left with experience, confidence, lots of clips, and no long term backup client. Yikes…
Published on February 4, 2015
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Published on February 4, 2015
Well, it took a couple of years of living at this house in Florida, but we have finally met enough neighbors, and done enough socializing, to truly feel at home, and also feel like our neighbors are family.
Of course, once you REALLY get to know someone, they might let you look in their closet…and see some scandalous skeletons…
Published on February 4, 2015
Hey, Angela!
I’m excited to let you know that A God for All Seasons just won the Feathered Quill Book Awards Program Bronze Medal for Best Inspirational! The judging criteria includes Layout and Design and Production Quality. Once again, I have BookLocker.com, Inc. to thank for producing a first-rate, quality book for me!
Thank you!!!
Patti Tingen
A GOD FOR ALL SEASONS: Inspiration and Reflection for All Times
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Published on February 4, 2015
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Comment marketing. That’s right. You see this “dream client” materialized as a result of a simple, thoughtful comment I placed a while back at another blogger’s site. Impressed and intrigued, he followed my link and the rest is history…
Published on February 4, 2015
I attempted to get an agent for (my novel) but they were only accepting things not previously published. Is that normal?
Published on February 4, 2015
As a freelance writer, I often feel like a contestant on my favorite reality show: Survivor. With the publishing industry changing at warp speed, creative flexibility is essential for long-term survival. Utilizing the Survivor mindset – “outwit, outplay, outlast” – I’ve accrued more than 200 published credits, and kept those paychecks coming…
Published on January 28, 2015
Our new neighbor had spine surgery late last week, and hasn’t been doing well. Since he only has a girlfriend in the area, and no relatives, we, of course, pitched in to help. Late Tuesday, he was in such agony that we all decided it was time to go to the emergency room. The problem was…we couldn’t move him.
Published on January 28, 2015
Hi Angela,
I read your articles about dead beat editors and, while that is upsetting, it is more upsetting to find your article with someone else’s name as the writer.
Not getting paid for your work is bad enough but, when you see your work with someone else’s name on it, you just know that person crawled out from under some garbage. And, I can’t do anything about it. when my old computer died, it took a lot of my work, and the information of who I sent it to, and when. I backed up most of my work, but I didn’t get it all, I have the hard copy but that’s it!
I am a trusting person believing nobody in this business would put their name to another person’s work. I mean really, who would do something like that? The sad part is I don’t have the information about who I sent it to, or when. New writers. go figure.
Anyway I thought I’d share my tale of woe and call it a learning experience.
Stay well,
Angela D.
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