Posted in Business, Resources, Writing, tagged red flags, scam, spam on August 12, 2008 | No Comments »
Yesterday morning, I received an e-mail with the subject line (in caps): “THE PULITZER PRIZE 2009 NOMINATION LETTER.” Well, isn’t that exciting. After all, I am a nationally published writer and all.
Here is the e-mail, cut and pasted, warts and all:
REF:PULITZER PRIZE
ATTN:
I write to acknowledge the above attachment to us [...]
Posted in Business, tagged networking on May 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »
When I was in writer school, we had to take several courses in professional development along with the regular diet of writing, editing, research and design courses. One thing that our instructors and guest speakers said, over and over, was that you have to get out and meet people. Not just that, but try to [...]
Posted in Business, tagged anxiety, freelancing, sickness on April 28, 2008 | No Comments »
Today I am feeling pretty gross, but since I am freelancing, I feel like the show must go on even if I would rather not be sitting upright, typing, or reading. And when you’re sitting around all nauseous and dizzy, the last thing you want to be doing is contacting potential clients, employers or markets [...]
Posted in Business, Publishing, tagged literary magazines, Canada, SASE on March 22, 2008 | No Comments »
Just as every client seems to have a specific invoice they want you to use, every magazine and book publisher has their own highly particular set of submission guidelines to follow. Some welcome electronic submissions; some still specify 8 1/2 x 11 paper, double spaced type, to be packaged in an envelope marked just so, [...]
