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Topic: Need someone to take a look at your pitch?
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| LLCoaching | Posted – 6/13/2008 12:14:49 AM | show profile Hey Mediabistro users, If you have writing that needs polishing or want help taking the next step with your publishing career, we're here to help you. LL Literary Coaching is a New York-based writing coaching service started by two young writers and editors with a shared goal of helping their peers bypass paying their dues and start succeeding now. We can help you with editing your article pitches, editing unsolicited op-eds and short stories, making the leap to writing novels or writing non-fiction books, writing query letters and getting an agent, and editing resumes and cover letters. Check out literarycoaching.blogspot.com or e-mail literarycoaching@gmail.com! We have very low, negotiable rates, because our first and foremost goal is getting new voices into the media. -L and L |
| HisGirlFriday | Posted – 6/13/2008 10:13:51 AM | show profile Is it too snarky of me to get a little giggle from the part about how you want to help people avoid that pesky "paying their dues," thing? Maybe I just need another cup of tea .... |
| DQ102 | Posted – 6/13/2008 10:29:55 AM | show profile I just checked out their Web site and found it odd that they go on and on about their experience but don't identify themselves. Why wouldn't they tell us who they are? If I was going to even entertain hiring them (and I am not), I would want to know who I was dealing with upfront so I could determine whether I thought they had the background and experience to really help me. |
| Village Gal | Posted – 6/13/2008 11:20:33 AM | show profile take out a paid ad Uh, if you are offering a service, I think you should take out a PAID ad. Gee, I do this sort of work too and MB offer courses in this. It seems tacky (and cheap) to be trolling here for clients. Also to urge people to bypass paying their dues by using your service is ridiculous. You want clients? Hype your credits in a paid ad. |
| snappiness | Posted – 6/13/2008 12:18:19 PM | show profile Yeah, the funny thing is that the "dues paying" bit is where you earn your clips. No matter how much "polishing" you get from a service on your pitch, you're not going to land the big feature until you've got the clips - uh - paid your dues first. Sounds like the foremost goal here is for some underworked writer and editor to earn some billable hours. |
| dribbledrive1 | Posted – 6/13/2008 1:33:53 PM | show profile The reason is pretty obvious to me: They're experience is unimpressive. It wouldn't surprise me if they are people who did a couple of internships and have a year's experience as editorial assistants as a trade pub, and they're trying to pretend they know more than they do. --I just checked out their Web site and found it odd that they go on and on about their experience but don't identify themselves. Why wouldn't they tell us who they are?-- |
| HisGirlFriday | Posted – 6/13/2008 1:44:56 PM | show profile Ha, ha, oh ... ok, ok I just couldn't help myself ... I checked out the site: "We know our stuff. We have a combined eight years in the industry as interns, freelancers, writers, and editors." Eight whole years? Wow. Sign me up I know it's mean but I can't help myself .... *wiping little tears from laughing so hard* |
| BruisePristine | Posted – 6/13/2008 1:57:54 PM | show profile I know someone who tried to start a fake company with himself, his relatives, and some people from another company. In the ad, he said that the place had 100 years combined experience. Yeah, if you add together the experience of everyone in the company! I'm always suspicious of those kinds of ads, esp. when names aren't mentioned. |
