Get the Gig: 10 Secrets to Writing Better Story Pitches for Magazines

If too many of your story pitches are getting rejected by magazine editors, you need to read GET THE GIG: 10 Secrets to Writing Better Story Pitches for Magazines by Diana Burrell, co-author of the popular Renegade Writer series of books.

In GET THE GIG, you'll learn that even good story pitches get rejected by editors through no wrong-doing of the writer. Burrell shares specific tips and advice writers can use to ensure their story proposals are as rejection-proof as they can be.

GET THE GIG is a quick, fluff-free read, broken up into ten easy-to-digest chapters that address everything from curing your pitch letters of boring ledes to overcoming an editor's objections about your qualifications to write the article. By following Burrell's advice, you'll find more assignments in your inbox and fewer rejections.

Don't delay ... GET THE GIG today!

Diana Burrell is a Boston-based freelancer and writing instructor who has written for Parenting, Family Circle, TheAtlantic.com, Cook’s Illustrated, The Boston Globe, Kiwi, Oxygen, Brain/Child, Self, Clean Eating, The Writer, Writer’s Digest, the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, and dozens of other magazines, newspapers, and websites. As well as being co-author of the wildly popular Renegade Writer series of books for freelancers, she runs day-to-day operations of Renegade Writer Press, which publishes books for writers and other smart people.

When she’s not writing or teaching, Diana enjoys biking, knitting, cooking/eating, traveling to exotic locales, and hanging out with her friends and family.

***NOTE: This book was formerly published as Rock-Solid Queries. The title has been changed to better reflect the content within and a few copyediting changes were made during republishing.***