Two ideas, one assignment. Niiiiiiice…..
Two queries out, one assignment in.
I sent the initial query for the writing article and got the assignment the next day. The editor liked the second idea (there’s why you send two at a time after you get to know the editor), so that’ll be a fun summer project, out in October.
The first idea from that query letter is something she felt the magazine had done to death, but I like my spin on it, so I’m going to dust it off and send it to another writing magazine I think it fits well with. I’ll do that tonight or tomorrow.
Reading one of my many market ezines yesterday, I found a new market I liked a lot (after visiting their web page) and had (I’m not lying here!) seven instant ideas for their niche. I went with the one that seemed most fun and unique. Scribbled out a query over lunch, sent it when I got home. Don’t expect to hear back until next week sometime, but I am trying a new “thing” when I get rejections that I read from a prolific freelancer: after the editor sends a rejection, I’m going to have another idea/query to zip off to him. I didn’t initially send two ideas in this first query letter because the magazine is a major one, and I’ve researched enough to know they like detailed queries..which is what I sent.
In reading the Saturday paper, I also found four more new story idea possibilities for trade magazines. Maybe I’ll work on that tomorrow. Today is the day I get this office space settled once and for all….
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