Three at a Time
I rarely come up with a single idea. I come up with them in multiples of three. That’s because I take the initial spark of an idea and try to transform it into something that would fit into a number of different magazines. So my query on how busy women can keep fit won’t just be sent to a women’s magazine, but a magazine for working women (”The One-Minute Fitness Program for Executives”), a parenting magazine (”Fitness Tips for the Time-Crunched Mommy”) and then maybe a general women’s magazine (”Fitness on a Stopwatch”).
That way, while the basic query letter remains essentially the same, I’ve reslanted it to meet the needs of several non-competing markets. Much better than simultaneously submitting!







September 25th, 2006 at 9:09 pm
Really like your blog
I think I recognize your name from articles you used to write for writing-world.org. Right? I’ll keep coming back. I’m an aspiring writer struggling to be published… Oh well
September 30th, 2006 at 5:28 pm
Hi Mridu,
Great idea. I’m going to try that for the next article I write. Thanks so much for the helpful tips.
Simi