Archive for July, 2006

Simultaneous Submissions = Simultaneous Frustration?

Thursday, July 20th, 2006

The first time I heard a successful writer say that simultaneous queries weren’t going to come back to haunt you, I was relieved. The next time, I felt like heading across the oceans and strangling her.

My worst fears came true when after sending out a query to a national magazine and not receiving a response, […]

Interviewed!

Wednesday, July 19th, 2006

Aneeta Sundararaj, the author of How to Tell a Great Story interviewed me recently for her column, “Blow Your Own Trumpet.” Here’s an excerpt from the interview:
Aneeta: How did you get into writing and in particular, freelance writing and why?
Mridu: I’d always been interested in writing, but had never really considered it as a career […]