Archive for May, 2008

On Vacation

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

I’m on vacation again for the next two weeks. I know, a girl could get used to this!
I’ll have limited e-mail, no phone, and very little motivation. I totally intend to sleep fifteen hours a day, take three hours to eat breakfast, and have long philosophical conversations until my brain cells explode. Oh, and […]

AMOM: Day 21: Follow-up on Your Correspondence

Friday, May 30th, 2008

I’ve posted about this before. But it bears repeating. E-mails get lost in cyberspace, editors forget, things get busy, and your submission may be deleted without being looked at. It happens. Follow-up. Follow-up on queries. Follow-up on Letters of Introduction. Follow-up on any correspondence that needed a response and didn’t get one.
I usually follow-up […]

AMOM: Day 20: Get Linked In

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

Are you Linked In yet? Linked In (www.linkedin.com) is a professional networking website, and it helps you get in touch with old colleagues, current clients, and even other writers and journalists.
I haven’t had much luck with the website so far, though it has helped me connect with some colleagues, but if you’re active, you can […]