This is a public-interest archive. Personal data is pseudonymized and retained under GDPR Article 89.

Re: You don't always need a query.

Thanks for the bio Brook.  I missed your first posting of it in the early
days of the listserv.  Yes, you certainly have a broad background.  I
misunderstood your teaching--I thought is was classroom, and your bio
cleared that up.  Thanks for describing your one-on-one e-classes.  Maybe
some on the list can use your help.  What wire service did you work for?
Doreen Howard


----- Original Message -----
From: <BrookBarb@aol.com>
To: <Gardenwriters@topica.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 2:16 PM
Subject: Re: [GWL]: You don't always need a query.


>
> > Brook, you have told us so little about yourself despite many posts.
It's
> > hard to reference what you say, at times.  The obvious questions are
what
> > did you edit and where is your e-course available?
> >
>
> Actually, Doreen, I did provide bio stuff when I first started posting.
>
> I am a fulltime freelance writer and contract editor, with vegetable
> gardening, herbalism, self-sufficiency and related fields among my
> specialties. I've been writing about them about three years. Travel and
> outdoor recreation are other specialties. But, as a fulltimer, I'll write
> about anything somebody is willing to cut a check for.
>
> On the gardening-related end, I've written for Mother Earth News (where,
btw,
> I am masthead listed); Heirloom Farm and Garden magazine, OFA's Gardener's
> Companion; BackWoods Home; Kitchen Garden; and Smoke & Fire News. And,
until
> it ceased publication, I did a monthly column about heirlooms for Le Bep's
> Garden. Anybody interested can see those by going to
> www.lebepsgarden.zipworld.com.au, and then clicking on The Heritage
Garden.
> Starting in 2003 I will be the general editor for a new feature series
Mother
> Earth is starting.
>
> I don't think it's possible to work in this field without being a public
> speaker as well, and I do those sorts of presentations too. Alas, not
enough
> of them; they're fun, and many of them pay well. . I will be one of the
> speakers, for instance, at Baker Creek Seeds' spring festival next month,
and
> will be the keynote speaker at the GSHSS Tomato Tasting Festival next
> September.
>
> I have a journalism degree from Boston University, and was a staff writer
and
> editor for several trade and consumer magazines, along with newspaper and
> wire service experience before going fulltime in 1980, as a writer, PR
> specialist, and publications consultant.
>
> I started the e-course in freelancing about a year or so back. This is set
up
> as a one-on-one tutorial, aimed at the student's specific needs. The
course
> is _not_ designed to be a writing class, but, rather, a marketing class. I
> teach people how to sell their work. However, editing queries and stories
is
> a natural part of that process, so a lot of how-to-write-good stuff creeps
> in.
>
> Gardening is the hardest field for freelancers. My most recent student
only
> wants to write about gardening, however. Yet, using the techniques I
taught
> her, in just a few months she sold stories and photos to several regional
and
> national publications, ranging from Chicagoland Gardening on one hand, to
> Birds & Blooms and OFA's Gardener's Companion on the other.
>
> Anyone interested in the course should contact me directly
> (BrookBarb@aol.com).
>
>
> How's that Doreen? Enough bio material?
>
>
> Brook
>
> ============================================================
> Bring digital video to your work with a free trial of Adobe
> Premiere. Get your free trial of Adobe Premiere and master
> digital video!
> http://click.topica.com/caaaiL1bUrGSSbVazzDf/AdobePremiere
> ============================================================
>
> GWL has searchable archives at:
> http://www.hort.net/lists/gardenwriters/
> If you have photos for GWL, send them to gwlphotos@hort.net and they will
show up at  http://www.hort.net/lists/gwlphotos/
> **************************************************
>
>

============================================================
The creator of this web-based guide earns six figures a
year from his basement. Come read this unique guide for
free right now, and discover exactly how you can make YOUR
living online. (It's easier than you might think.)
http://click.topica.com/caaaiaJbUrGSSbVSZwBf/make-a-living-online
============================================================

GWL has searchable archives at: 
http://www.hort.net/lists/gardenwriters/
If you have photos for GWL, send them to gwlphotos@hort.net and they will show up at  http://www.hort.net/lists/gwlphotos/ 
**************************************************

==^================================================================
This email was sent to: topica.com@spamfodder.com

EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?bUrGSS.bVSZwB
Or send an email to: Gardenwriters-unsubscribe@topica.com

T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail!
http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register
==^================================================================
Other Mailing lists | Author Index | Date Index | Subject Index | Thread Index