Comments on: How not to get commissioned http://www.kerraway.com/2008/01/22/how-not-to-get-commissioned/ ...in which an editor escapes from his day job Mon, 30 Aug 2010 23:52:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Michael Kerr http://www.kerraway.com/2008/01/22/how-not-to-get-commissioned/comment-page-1/#comment-9776 Michael Kerr Thu, 14 Feb 2008 17:00:55 +0000 http://www.kerraway.com/2008/01/22/how-not-to-get-commissioned/#comment-9776 Jeremy, for a start, introducing yourself as Captain Blag-a-Holiday is unlikely to endear you to commissioning editors. But have a look at my earlier posting on pitches that work: http://www.kerraway.com/2007/01/29/how-to-sell-a-travel-story/ Jeremy, for a start, introducing yourself as Captain Blag-a-Holiday is unlikely to endear you to commissioning editors. But have a look at my earlier posting on pitches that work: http://www.kerraway.com/2007/01/29/how-to-sell-a-travel-story/

]]> By: Jeremy Head http://www.kerraway.com/2008/01/22/how-not-to-get-commissioned/comment-page-1/#comment-9525 Jeremy Head Mon, 04 Feb 2008 15:29:49 +0000 http://www.kerraway.com/2008/01/22/how-not-to-get-commissioned/#comment-9525 So... seeing as I'm someone you've just turned down... with a fairly standard kind of response ("Sorry we have lots on file at the moment.) What are your top suggestions for getting a commission? (Apart from get lucky and pitch when the pile of previously commissioned stuff is low... If it ever is?) Jeremy Head jeremyhead.typepad.com So… seeing as I’m someone you’ve just turned down… with a fairly standard kind of response (“Sorry we have lots on file at the moment.)

What are your top suggestions for getting a commission? (Apart from get lucky and pitch when the pile of previously commissioned stuff is low… If it ever is?)

Jeremy Head
jeremyhead.typepad.com

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