Your Freelance Brain

If you’re starting out as a freelance writer, you might feel the need to invest in—among other things—some kind of fancy software that tracks your pitches to magazines. You’ve got to wait six to eight weeks for a response from editors, Writer’s Market says, and know when to follow up via e-mail and when by phone. This is a lot to keep track of, to be sure, so it’s best to buy or download some submission tracking software to keep tabs on all this.

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