I get a lot of questions on how to become a published writer. I also get a lot of submissions to Organically Inclined from writers. In my many lives so far here on Earth, I have been the editor of a number of publications – and I’ve also been the one at the mailbox, waiting for the rejection letters to roll in.
Here are, then, my top five ways to make sure an editor never reads anything your write!
1. Spell the editor’s name wrong – also use the wrong address, bad punctuation and lowercase letters only in your email.
Want to be impressive? Utilize your initial email like a business letter. Put your address in the header; put the date in the upper right hand corner; address the person you are emailing with “Dear ….”
2. Don’t state your purpose right away. Open your letter with a lot of information about yourself that isn’t relevant and then load up the letter with lots of links to articles you’ve written that aren’t at all relevant to the topic you are proposing.
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