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The Beginning Writer: Query Basics

Your Query: Five Mistakes That Scream-Amateur!

by Catherine L. Tully & Joe Wallace

Getting started in non-fiction freelance writing is not a simple task. Once you have gotten a few articles published, you begin to get a feel for what to say and how to submit query letters.  In the beginning however, it is easy to make simple mistakes that can brand you as an amateur in an editor’s eyes. You don’t want to get a bad reputation before you even get an assignment! Here are five things that would let an editor know immediately that you have little or no experience in the writing field: Continue reading The Beginning Writer: Query Basics