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Freelance writers and e-mail: keep it professional

Blog/news: March 15th, 2006

The speed and convenience of electronic mail provides a major advantage in business correspondence, especially for freelance writers. Some people mistakenly assume, however, that the casual atmosphere in personal e-mail can carry over into one’s business interactions with editors.
Here are a few tips on how to keep your freelance writing business e-mail professional:
Use a meaningful [...]

Writing Collaboration Profile: Cheryl O’Donovan and Tom Wolferman

Blog/news: March 29th, 2006

Help Mimi name her bad children’s book! Please post your suggestions for Bad Children’s Book Titles in the comments area. Try to keep your title suggestions to four words or less (any more might be too unwieldy in a cartoon panel), thanks. I already know about this list of Rejected Children’s Book Titles but I’m [...]

Useful online tools for freelance writers (Part 1)

Blog/news: April 12th, 2006

Thanks to my friend Rand Bellavia for his help with this week’s strip. Rand knows more trivia than anyone else in the universe, so I knew he’d come up with something interesting when I asked him for an unusual hobby that Eliza could write about. There really IS such a thing as chess boxing, by [...]