Freelance Writing
After quite a long hiatus, I am back attempting to blog every day. Today I want to vent about my attempts at freelance journalism.
I spent a long time writing, rewriting, editing etc my 600 word article about kangaroos for Hopscotch magazine. They had an open theme for 2007 about Australia. I even mastered my fear of asking for interviews and found an interesting and willing interviewee on the web with the Kangaroo Conservatory in Georgia. My writing teacher loved the piece, so I sent it off to Hopscotch following all the rules and guidelines.
My article was returned within less than a month. The editor, Janet, wrote a note on the rejection slip that there was no open space for that theme.
Now, after reading several articles about freelance rejection, and after having received a few simple checked rejection slips, I have decided that the fact that it was rejected so quickly and with a hand written signed note, means that I have made some progress.
I just wish I knew what kind of progress I have made.
I want to simply send it out again, but how on earth do I figure out to which children's mag I should send it? The market has been cornered by Carus Publishing. They are not accepting any unsolicited manuscripts at this time.
Should I just stick it in an envelope and mail it haphazardly, or put it in my file with everything else?
I spent a long time writing, rewriting, editing etc my 600 word article about kangaroos for Hopscotch magazine. They had an open theme for 2007 about Australia. I even mastered my fear of asking for interviews and found an interesting and willing interviewee on the web with the Kangaroo Conservatory in Georgia. My writing teacher loved the piece, so I sent it off to Hopscotch following all the rules and guidelines.
My article was returned within less than a month. The editor, Janet, wrote a note on the rejection slip that there was no open space for that theme.
Now, after reading several articles about freelance rejection, and after having received a few simple checked rejection slips, I have decided that the fact that it was rejected so quickly and with a hand written signed note, means that I have made some progress.
I just wish I knew what kind of progress I have made.
I want to simply send it out again, but how on earth do I figure out to which children's mag I should send it? The market has been cornered by Carus Publishing. They are not accepting any unsolicited manuscripts at this time.
Should I just stick it in an envelope and mail it haphazardly, or put it in my file with everything else?
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