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A week of journalism: Seven ways to get an agent's attention

Posted to: Journalism
April 22nd, 2007
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This list is from my agent, Susan Rabiner.
I love Susan because she just sold my second book proposal to the same editor who bought Barack Obama's book. Susan also represents the author who just won the Pulitzer Prize for biography. So you can be certain that following Susan's advice is a good idea if you want [...]

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A week of journalism: How to move between print and online

Posted to: Finding a career |  How to blog |  Journalism
April 17th, 2007
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One of the biggest issues for writers today is how to move between print and online. The issue is really authority. For print people, moving online is difficult because their established offline authority has relatively little meaning online. Conversely people who are mostly online understand that there is a much more structured way to earn [...]

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A week of journalism: How to be a freelancer without starving

April 16th, 2007
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Here's how I became a writer. I started writing when I was six and wrote nonstop, about things no one cared about.
Nineteen years later I thought, I like to write, I should get paid for this.
So I went to graduate school for writing, and the first day, the teacher said, "If any of you can [...]

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This week, a series for journalists

Posted to: How to blog |  Journalism
April 16th, 2007
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I am speaking at the American Society of Journalists and Authors in New York this Sunday. So I thought that in addition to regular posts, I'd do a little series this week on tips for writers.
I have never done a series, but I've seen them done on other blogs, so I thought I'd try it. When other bloggers [...]

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