An update for the blog as I have neglected it for far too long. Thankfully the writing motivation has come back after the malaise of the pandemic.

I had an idea that I wished to pitch to an Editor. I worked up an idea and a pitch letter and sent it off to a well-known magazine. Two days later, I received a very positive reply.

I’ve been very excited about this as all being well; it will be my first paying gig as a writer. The job of editing the piece down from 1200 words to 650-700 word main body and two 120 word information boxes is proving more challenging than coming up with the idea of the piece in the first place! I’m also going to have to have a trip out to take some good photographs as well.

I have a copy date later in June to work toward, however, I have already started, and I would like to get it to the editor in good time.

This all came about from an article I had to write for an assignment for my course. It reminded me how to construct an outline and pitch letter, and the positive feedback from my tutor gave me the confidence to pitch to the editor.

My next assignment is to do a restaurant review. I’ve booked a place out in the next couple of weeks, and hopefully, I will be able to get that into a publication.

I also have ideas for a couple of blogs. For one, I have quite a bit of information already to work on, and my assignments have suggested another one. It is finding the time to sit quietly to start them off, which is the problem, but a nice problem to have.

My course is also encouraging me to pitch a lot more ideas to editors, as the more you can get out there, the better chance you have of getting one picked up. I have quite a few articles that I can revisit and send out outlines.