Marketing and Yahoo'ing

A Lesson in Marketing
by Karna Converse

I had a phone call this week from an editor whose e-mails to me had been repeatedly returned as SPAM. She offered me an assignment ... and I accepted. I'll be writing 15 short devotions for a Lutheran devotional booklet. I share this Yahoo for two reasons:

1. I sent a query letter and writing samples last May. The editor informed me late last summer that she'd already made that quarter's assignements but would keep me in mind for March '08 assignments. I was planning to follow up with her later this month, but didn't have to.
2. The samples I sent were pieces I'd written on a volunteer basis.

I truly believe writing and querying for writing jobs is a process.