Joanne Jacobs is a hot item

Joanne writes:

I've been trying to sell more freelance commentaries and articles, partly to make money and partly to help persuade book publishers that I'm a hot item and therefore my book is marketable. Fortune and fame. I want it all. I'm hearing from a lot of editors who claim they have no freelance budget till January or till the economy revives or till hell freezes over. Or they have no space. Or they'll get back to me in four weeks.

If any of you who work for publications can help with contacts or freelance information, I'd appreciate it.

If any of my readers happen to be editors: Joanne Jacobs writes good stuff. Not only is she a damn good blogger, she's also one of the sharpest and most readable education writers you'll find.

A special hint to my readers from the Seattle Times and the P-I: Joanne Jacobs is more interesting and makes far more sense than those superannuated national columnists you give space to, e.g. Molly Ivins, Ellen Goodman, Alexander Cockburn, Helen Thomas, etc.

Posted by Stefan Sharkansky at October 31, 2003 02:55 PM