As a copywriter, content writer, UX writer, and overall content creator, my portfolio is expansive. I’ve worked for some amazing companies, like NPR, Boy Scouts of America, Goodwill Industries, and dozens of nonprofits making a difference for people in my community. My time at each of those institutions allowed me to write entire marketing campaigns,…
Tag: publishing
#publishpath – This week’s submissions (07/11/2020)
No more delays. I have a list of places to submit to this week. I have a basic cover letter. I know my manuscript is formatted correctly. All I have to do is go on Submitable and pay a couple of bucks to submit my work. This is going to be easy! Let’s do the…
#PublishPath – Step Eight: Actually send it OUT. Maybe.
So I wrote a cover letter. I wrote a cover letter for my first choice publication. Then I copied that draft into an email, put the publisher’s email address in the ‘to’ box, and attached a copy of my story to it. I was ready to intentionally, and with malice aforethought, actually hit send. When I…
#PublishPath – Step Seven: Inevitably mess something up.
Well, writer’s block can hit you at any time, and it ran me over like a MAC truck this week. This #publishpath entry should have been about reviewing my written cover letter and the problems most people have when sending their short fiction out for the first time. But between a family emergency and dealing…