Professional post-coital bliss (or, how to impress an editor)
So from about the day I started at my new job this freelance writer would email me from time to time. Here’s my resume and some clips! Love the magazine! Hey noticed you are doing really well! [err, the magazine is]
Of course when an article came up in one of her areas of expertise, I did think of her. I’ve read her stuff so I figured it would be decent. So I called her up and gave her the assignment. At web rates and sizes, the assignment is not that exciting in some ways. But she took it. Deadine was yesterday.
She delivered exactly right, extra material, all the contact info for fact checking, blah blah blah. I love it when it works.
So summary for freelancers (including self, future):
- connect with editors in a professional way
- remind them that you are out there doing your research. It did in fact impress me that she was keeping up on the industry news, because… that is what I hire for, that kind of thinking
- listen to the editor on the phone; read your assignment letter
- deliver a good article on deadline with all the proper fact-checking info
Not rocket science!
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