Comments on: I am not an expert http://www.thiswomanswork.com/2007/03/05/i-am-not-an-expert/ dawn friedman's blog Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:43:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Nikki http://www.thiswomanswork.com/2007/03/05/i-am-not-an-expert/comment-page-1/#comment-4474 Nikki Tue, 06 Mar 2007 16:06:57 +0000 http://www.thiswomanswork.com/?p=1191#comment-4474 I did it! Dawn! I followed your suggestions along with a great opening for an article and my query got accepted! I seriously, and I mean, SERIOUSLY follwed what you told me in your reply to me, and I also read up on what you posted here! Has anyone told you that you are FANTABULOUS LATELY? I did it! Dawn! I followed your suggestions along with a great opening for an article and my query got accepted! I seriously, and I mean, SERIOUSLY follwed what you told me in your reply to me, and I also read up on what you posted here!

Has anyone told you that you are FANTABULOUS LATELY?

]]> By: dawn http://www.thiswomanswork.com/2007/03/05/i-am-not-an-expert/comment-page-1/#comment-4473 dawn Tue, 06 Mar 2007 03:11:57 +0000 http://www.thiswomanswork.com/?p=1191#comment-4473 Oh now you guys don't need whole new blogs, necessarily -- not if you have other clips, especially. (Although I use wordpress to power my clips site for easy updating, it's not a blog 'cuz I've disabled comments and all that.) But it's just easier to send a link to clips or an about you page with those links than it is to paste stuff in. Puts the onus on the editor and stuff. I hear tell from other writers that once you have clips to a few good places that a lot of editors will just look at your query to judge your writing and assume the clips mean you've handled yourself beautifully with editors and will do so with them so you just MENTION the clips and they don't always ask to see them. (I don't know about this 'cuz my clips are online so people don't ask for them anyway -- they just click through if they want them.) And Nikki, my hat is off to you for querying -- querying is hard!!! So give yourself lots of applause just for showing up!!!!! Oh now you guys don’t need whole new blogs, necessarily — not if you have other clips, especially. (Although I use wordpress to power my clips site for easy updating, it’s not a blog ‘cuz I’ve disabled comments and all that.) But it’s just easier to send a link to clips or an about you page with those links than it is to paste stuff in. Puts the onus on the editor and stuff.

I hear tell from other writers that once you have clips to a few good places that a lot of editors will just look at your query to judge your writing and assume the clips mean you’ve handled yourself beautifully with editors and will do so with them so you just MENTION the clips and they don’t always ask to see them.

(I don’t know about this ‘cuz my clips are online so people don’t ask for them anyway — they just click through if they want them.)

And Nikki, my hat is off to you for querying — querying is hard!!! So give yourself lots of applause just for showing up!!!!!

]]> By: Nikki http://www.thiswomanswork.com/2007/03/05/i-am-not-an-expert/comment-page-1/#comment-4472 Nikki Tue, 06 Mar 2007 02:45:30 +0000 http://www.thiswomanswork.com/?p=1191#comment-4472 Thank you for clarifying this Dawn! I read your comment on my little ol blog about my website and I understood the basics but you really spelled it out for me on this one. Since your feedback, I have sent out 2 more queries and I definetely feel more confident. However, like Lisa, the idea of another blog makes my pretty little head get all foggy-like and my neck gets stiff, fingers go numb... you get the idea. For now I have stuffed my offline newspaper clips on my website and provided links to everything that is published online. The website is still a work in progress and I hope it will serve me well. Thank you! I am so glad I found your blog! Thank you for clarifying this Dawn! I read your comment on my little ol blog about my website and I understood the basics but you really spelled it out for me on this one. Since your feedback, I have sent out 2 more queries and I definetely feel more confident. However, like Lisa, the idea of another blog makes my pretty little head get all foggy-like and my neck gets stiff, fingers go numb… you get the idea. For now I have stuffed my offline newspaper clips on my website and provided links to everything that is published online. The website is still a work in progress and I hope it will serve me well.
Thank you! I am so glad I found your blog!

]]> By: Queries, anyone? « Pinwheels http://www.thiswomanswork.com/2007/03/05/i-am-not-an-expert/comment-page-1/#comment-4471 Queries, anyone? « Pinwheels Mon, 05 Mar 2007 17:23:26 +0000 http://www.thiswomanswork.com/?p=1191#comment-4471 [...] Dawn at This Woman’s Work has two posts up about queries, which you can read here and here and another one here. [...] [...] Dawn at This Woman’s Work has two posts up about queries, which you can read here and here and another one here. [...]

]]> By: Lisa Gates http://www.thiswomanswork.com/2007/03/05/i-am-not-an-expert/comment-page-1/#comment-4470 Lisa Gates Mon, 05 Mar 2007 17:07:47 +0000 http://www.thiswomanswork.com/?p=1191#comment-4470 And the other thing...starting another blog makes me cross-eyed to think about. I'll find a place on my blog to post a few (old ones). ;D And the other thing…starting another blog makes me cross-eyed to think about. I’ll find a place on my blog to post a few (old ones).

;D

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