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NaNo 2019 Is Almost Here!

NaNo 2019 Is Almost Here!

The last few hours tick down to NaNo. I’m not a night owl, but it’s the one night of the year when I stay up…Halloween into NaNoWriMo.

“Write like mad, my darling.” Image by Free-Photos, via Pixabay

We have a few traditions that we have each year on this day.

We pop open a bottle of sparkling juice and drink up at midnight (not exactly Intermittent Fasting friendly, but who cares? It’s a…

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Back to Magazines, Step 1: Who to Pitch?

Back to Magazines, Step 1: Who to Pitch?

It’s time. Magazines and e-zines (or whatever they’re called these days–which probably means I need to research that first first) are calling my name. Or at least calling for my byline.

So, the first step I’m taking is finding the kinds of magazines and publications I might want to write for. There are seemingly a million genres and topics out there, and therefore about a billion publications to…

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A Journey to Magazines Once Again

A Journey to Magazines Once Again

I’ve been doing freelance writing off and on for 18 years, since I was nineteen years old and decided I wanted to write about Olympic riders at a local competition. In those days of my journalism adventures, I was pitching left and right. But things slowed down when I realized I wasn’t going to be a cut-throat journalist.

Since then, I’ve mostly written for myself, with some side gigs here or…

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