While pitching a query letter on something a friend and I are doing together, I needed to write up 100-word bios for each of us. Here are some statistics: Time taken to research and write the query letter: 2 hours 45 minutes.Time taken to write his bio: 15 minutes.Time taken to write my bio: 4 hours 20 […]
Three Times Lucky Or Three Times Stupid?
I’m officially declaring that I will no longer work with start-ups. Here’s why: Magazine No. 1: The editor loved not only my work, but me as well. So much so that she paid me in advance, offered me a regular column at three times their usual rates and sent a copy of the issue as […]
Should You Reply To Fan Mail?
I wrote to three people recently, to tell them I loved their work. Didn’t get a single reply. So I began wondering, am I the only one who actually replies to fan mail (and makes some pretty cool friends that way)? I asked a couple of writers in order to find out. Almost all of […]
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