Image via CrunchBase One of the things I’ve found time-consuming about blogging is finding appropriate images to go along with posts (which is why so many of these posts are image-less…which is faster, but boring!) I’ve just discovered a free Firefox plugin that claims to take the work out of this semi-arduous task. Zemanta does [...]
Well–last night I stumbled onto the last third of a chat taking place via Twitter. This is a relatively new phenomenon. Tweetgrid, a third-party service that makes Twitterchatting much easier, is only a couple months old. I must say I still don’t fully understand the advantage of chatting through Twitter using hashtags. I posted 8 [...]
Well, last week I was too busy pitching to blog, so now I’m back…with a vengeance. Writer’s Guidelines: I search for them so you don’t have to I fired a pitch off to Endless Vacation magazine, which is a travel mag sent to RCI (timeshare) members. But you don’t have to be writing about timeshare [...]
Remember last week when I said I’d fired off a pitch to Virginia Wine Lover? Well, I lied. I had every intention of firing off said pitch right after posting that entry, and then my idea fizzled. Desperate to get something out last week to meet my self-imposed goal of pitching once a week, I [...]
Happy Tuesday, all. I’ve got leads for DC freelance writers, writers who telecommute, food writers, and more this week. The big news last week was that the LA Times killed its Metro section. I wish this was a joke. WTF, LA Times? This could theoretically cause a trickle-down effect of fewer gigs in the D.C. [...]
Hi all! It’s been a quiet week, hasn’t it? Here’s another selection of paying markets, leads, and more information for freelance writers. (Translation: these folks want to give you money!) Mediabistro pointed me to this LAT blog post about a new publishing division at Alloy. If you’ve always wanted to write for teen and tween [...]
Happy Inauguration Day everyone! While the entire District of Columbia grinds to a halt, I’m working from a “secure remote location” 500 miles away. Can’t say I’m missing much but the crowds! Here’s your weekly dose of information. An interesting note: If you live near a metro area, you probably get a magazine in the [...]
This is the first in a weekly list of leads and information that I’ve found during my quest to pitch one new market a week. This week I’m pitching a market that I can’t talk too much about, but in the weeks to come, if I pitch a magazine I think y’all will be interested [...]
We are in a recession. Just received word that yet another magazine (Country Home) has folded, costing up to 40 people their jobs, and that Cobblestone Publishing is having trouble paying their writers who’ve already sold stories. Yikes. The economic climate hasn’t begun to affect me in ways this severe yet, but believe me, here [...]
The two pieces of mine [1], [2] that appeared in the most recent Sunday Source would not be as good as they are if not for the amazing editors and copy editors at the Post.