Friday Tips
Sometimes small thing accumulate and there are small tips to pass along. Here are a couple.
Read the editor’s letter CAREFULLY:
Because I’m in between novels and not-yet-committed to the new one, I’ve been doing some freelance projects to fill the time, earn a bit, and look for new opportunities. I’ve had one editor interested in a piece, but wanted revisions. The editor is in charge of three publications and I had originally queried her about one, but she was interested in a piece for the sister publication. But I didn’t GET that at first. I was still thinking Publication A. When the article was off target and she asked for a revision, I re-read all her letter and was shocked to see that I had missed the switch to Publication B. Well, now I understood why she wanted that revision, I was thinking the wrong target audience.
Dear_Editor.com
My editor for Searching for Oliver K. Woodman retired to raise triplets. She’s always stayed in the business with two of her own novels published, Honk if You Hate Me and Big Mouth. When her husband was offered a year as an exchange teacher in England, they loaded up the trips and took off for a romp around Europe. She’s also done freelance editing and if you need that, she’d be a great option to consider. Take a look at her new site, ask questions and get to know her.
MailChimp.com
This year, I switched my “RSS by Email” service to MailChiimp.com, instead of using Feedburner’s service. If you signed up last year, you’re still on Feedburner’s service, though, I’ll probably switch people over soon — I’ll let you know when I do that.
I love MailChimp’s flexibility, its interface, its stats and its over-all friendliness. I looked at Constant Connect and tried it out a couple days, but found it less intuitive. I also tried AWeber and found it even less intuitive. Feedburner automatically had a nice look to its mailings. It was easy to duplicate that (almost) in MailChimp. AWeber and Constant Connect were HARD.
Disclosure: If you click on the MailChimp links (either here on at the bottom of the email post) AND you sign up for a paid account (I only have a free account), I will receive a $30 credit for mailings. Since I’m on a free account anyway, and you’ll likely just do a free account, it probably won’t make any difference; but I needed to tell you that.
By the way, you HAVE signed up for the RSS by Email feature, haven’t you? If not, why not? It make it easy to stay connected. Hey, follow me on Twitter, too: @FictionNotes
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