If there’s one lesson I learned over the past few years, it’s that when people offer help, you just take it.
Posts tagged Making a Living
Freelancing, work culture, and all the things nobody tells you about people who make a living writing sentences.
The Step I Missed in the Querying Process
It’s only now, as I’m querying publishers, that I realize I may have missed a crucial step in the process.
My Story, 10,916 Revisions Later – Editing is no Joke
Do you know that moment when you put your iPod on shuffle mode and start questioning your taste in music? Editing your own prose feels like that.
The Freelancer’s Lament – No Work, Freaking Out
It’s like being 16 again and expecting a text or a phone call from a crush—except I’m 34 and I’m waiting for work assignments.
No News (from Querying) Is No News
Who am I to grow impatient with a publisher? Oh yeah, I know why. Because of Quiznos.
Author Seeks Publishers – The scenarios
What happens after you send a query letter? You can either use hard data on hand to figure out if you stand a chance or create several scenarios in your head.