The Renegade Writer's Query Letters That Rock: The Freelance Writer's Guide to Selling More Work Faster

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Overview

This convention-defying follow-up to The Renegade Writer ensures that freelance journalists get the assignments they want more quickly and for better pay with the right query letter. Successful freelancers and the editors that buy their work share their advice on pitching the perfect story with real examples that earned great assignments from major magazines. Fresh, spunky, and fun to read, this handbook favors a proven renegade approach that gets freelancers more work for more money in less time and with less stress.

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Overview

This convention-defying follow-up to The Renegade Writer ensures that freelance journalists get the assignments they want more quickly and for better pay with the right query letter. Successful freelancers and the editors that buy their work share their advice on pitching the perfect story with real examples that earned great assignments from major magazines. Fresh, spunky, and fun to read, this handbook favors a proven renegade approach that gets freelancers more work for more money in less time and with less stress.

What People Are Saying

Christie Guelph
This book is a must for anyone who struggles with the frustrations of pitching. Not only will you see a wide range of successful approaches, all your burning query-letter questions will get answered in just under 200 lively pages. (Charmian Christie Guelph, Professional Writers Association of Canada (PWAC))

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781933338095
  • Publisher: Marion Street Press, LLC
  • Publication date: 11/1/2006
  • Edition description: New Edition
  • Pages: 202
  • Series: The Renegade Writer's Freelance Writing Series
  • Product dimensions: 6.00 (w) x 9.00 (h) x 0.51 (d)

Meet the Author

Diana Burrell is the coauthor of The Renegade Writer and the author of The Secrets of Successful Weight Loss. She regularly writes for Family Circle, Parenting, and The Writer. She lives in Chelmsford, Massachusetts. Linda Formichelli is the coauthor of The Renegade Writer and the author of Becoming a Personal Trainer for Dummies, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Starting and Running a Coffee Bar, and Tools of Timekeeping. She regularly writes for Family Circle, Fitness, USA Weekend, and Writer's Digest. She lives in Concord, New Hampshire.

Table of Contents


Introduction     11
Writer Biographies     200
Acknowledgments     205
Index     207
Query Letter Q&A
Should I mail my query or e-mail it?     15
What should I put in the subject line of my e-mailed query?     16
Do I need professionally printed stationery?     17
What if the guidelines say to snail mail my query?     19
What if the guidelines say to e-mail my query to a general editorial mailbox?     20
What if the writers' guidelines say "send clips," but I don't have any?     21
Can I use assigned yet unpublished stories as clips?     23
Should I send a self-addressed stamped envelope?     24
How much should I research before sending a query letter?     25
Do I need to pre-interview for my query?     27
How can I find expert sources to quote in my query letter?     28
How do I find good anecdotes or quotes from real people to use in my query letter?     31
I'm pitching a story about bedwetters, and my anecdote comes from my sister. Should I mention the relationship in my query letter?     33
What's the difference between a "pitch," a "query," and a "proposal"?     34
How long should my query letter be?     36
Is it okay to dash off a quick note to an editorabout a potential story idea before I invest the time in a full-blown proposal?     37
How do I pick the right editor to send my query letter to? How do I find out who edits the section I want to write for?     38
Should I err on the side of formality with my salutation ("Dear Ms. Smith") or be informal ("Dear Joe")?     40
What's the best day to send a query?     41
How do I find an editor's e-mail address if it's not published?     42
How can I find if an editor is a guy or girl?     44
Can I send the same query out to different publications?     45
Why can't I skip the query and just write the article for the magazine?     47
Forget writing query letters - can I get an assignment by sending a letter of introduction, clips, and a resume to an editor?     48
I have some really great credentials for the article I'm pitching; should I list them first or put them at the end of my query?     50
Can I submit a killed article to a new magazine?     51
Should I mention in my query letter that this story was killed by a competing publication?     51
When should I follow up on a query letter?     52
How should I follow up on a query letter - phone or e-mail?     53
What if, despite my followups, an editor doesn't respond to my query? When should I move on?     55
I requested a return receipt on my e-mailed query. It has been two weeks and I don't think she has opened my e-mail. What should I do?     56
My editor liked my query letter, but she wants me to "flesh it out." Should I ask for money?     57
My editor asked me to develop a story based on her idea. Should I ask for money?     58
What do I do if the editor offers me an "idea fee" for my story instead of an assignment?     60
My query got rejected. How do I follow up with the editor?     61
What do I do if the editor rejected my idea but she asked me to send her more ideas - and I don't have any?     62
Is it okay to pitch a story over the phone?     64
Do I have to send in a query for an essay?     65
Do I have to write a query for a short department piece?     66
Is it okay to pitch a business magazine a story about my best friend's new Internet venture?     67
If I want to pitch travel stories, should I go on my trip first, or pitch before I depart?     68
Should I mention in my query letter that I got this story through a press trip or that my hotel expenses were comped by a tourism board?     69
Will I always have to write query letters?     70
How many query letters should I have circulating? How many should I get out per week?     71
Should I buy some query writing software to give me an edge?     73
How can I prevent an editor from stealing my idea?     75
Ooops. I just found a mistake in my query letter. What should I do?     78
Query Letters That Rock!
Women's Health     82
AARP: The Magazine     86
American Baby     91
Better Nutrition     96
Writer's Digest     101
5280: Denver's Mile High Magazine     105
Wines & Vines     110
E Magazine     116
Fitness     121
Entrepreneur     125
Smithsonian     131
Graduating Engineer & Computer Careers     139
mental_floss     143
Midwest Airlines     147
Oxygen     150
USA Weekend     155
Parenting     159
West (Los Angeles Times Magazine)     165
American Profile     169
Inc     173
El Restaurante Mexicano     178
NWA WorldTraveler     184
ATA World     189
West (Los Angeles Times Magazine)     193

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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 7, 2006

    Diana and Linda did it again! They Rock!

    The first half of this book provides valuable information about breaking into magazine markets. Although the tips are professional and ethical, Diana and Linda are quite funny while talking to us -- and that's the tone of this book. The authors are talking to their readers, not at their readers. I literally laughed out loud several times while reading. The second half of the book consists of samples of successful query letters and comments from the editors who gave the assignments to the writers. This information alone is worth the cost of the book a hundred times over.

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