At the end of this Q&A series, I want to mention a few things that really stood out in my mind:

1. Several journalists, I included, have complained that people write in with questions that we take the time to answer and we never hear a peep back. Not a thank you, not a word of gratitude for spending our time giving advice–personally–to people who we don’t know. This has not been my experience here. I have received a thank you from every person who wrote in to ask for advice, and that makes you the best darn readers on the planet. So, thank you!

2. I received several very basic questions that I didn’t think could go up on the blog because I’ve written about them before and it wouldn’t be helpful to the majority of readers, but I do want to point to resources that answer them.

I wrote an entire e-course on Query Letters That Sell, which covers all the basics of freelance writing as I knew it at the time I wrote that. This blog covers a lot of ground in terms of my personal journey in freelance writing so check out the archives, and I even have a few tips and articles on this page for writers.

For marketing, I wrote another e-course titled A Month of Marketing, that lays out pretty much every trick in the book that I know of to get work. There’s nothing secret about any of it; please check it out if you’re wondering how I make my “contacts.”

3. Most readers of this blog are beyond the basics and would really like me to start discussing things that might appeal more to a mid-career journalist than a new one. So I’m going to try and do more of that. I try to be as open as I can, but it’s difficult for me to talk about ongoing assignments, for obvious reasons. However, I’m happy to discuss past work, and as I said, I will pull together questions once in a while and answer them in weekly Q&A sessions.

4. I live on feedback, both positive and negative. So let me know if there’s anything you want to see more (or less) of, and I’ll make it happen.