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Cathy C. Hallhttps://cathychall.wordpress.com/I write, write, write. Then I rewrite, rewrite, rewrite. THEN I submit all those polished-up words out into the world and sell 'em. It's a plan that's worked pretty well.

Why Premium Green is a Good Idea

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A few weeks ago, I renewed my membership to Premium Green, the freelance markets guide that’s available from Wow! Women on Writing. I rely on PG for inside scoops on markets, and I’ve snagged more than enough writing gigs to pay for my membership many times over.

That’s not the top reason I renewed membership. What I really rely on is the support and expertise shared by the members on a daily basis. Writing’s a business that requires a tough skin, and I’m glad I’ve got a bunch of writer friends at PG who pick me up when those tough moments come along.

But what I really, really rely on is the expertise of so many talented writing professionals. Because if Annette Fix (she’s the author of The Break-up Diet and senior editor at WOW!) hadn’t noticed that I’d written screen saver instead of screen shot on that last post, I’d have looked like an idiot for…well, probably forever. In fact, Annette’s the PG’er who passed along the idea of making screen shots of your clips.

So, thanks to Annette for catching that. Too bad she can’t fix all those other idiot things I do.

Spring Mingle Right Around the February Corner!

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A  little children’s writing fairy landed on my shoulder this week and whispered, “Hey, YOU! Remember that New Year’s goal about attending a children’s writing conference? Shouldn’t you be looking into that? Now? ”

So, off I flew to the shaw guides site where all things conference related are listed. And lo! There was news about SpringMingle, the SCBWI conference sponsored by Southern Breeze, which just happens to be the SCBWI chapter in my little corner of the world.

So, off I clicked to find out more and whoa! The conference is this month! The last weekend in February, to be exact! And it’s in Atlanta, which just happens to be very, very close to my little corner of the world!

So, I printed that form and filled it out. A bit of a bummer, though, if you wanted to send a manuscript for evaluation-that date has  passed. But you can still send a First Page of your manuscript.

Sounds like a plan to me. If you’re in my little corner of the world, check out all the details for Southern Breeze here. And hey! Say hey if you see me at SpringMingle!