I wrote this query letter to my local paper in January 2009, to get free publicity for my origami sales. They responded back in 2 days, and they wanted to come interview me the very next day.

Follow these simple steps and responsibilities as editors to keep the forums as stress-free as possible.

Each year before the holidays, we host a fun Secret Santa present exchange between editors. Editors sign up, agreeing to buy/make a gift for someone chosen at random by the gift exchange organizer.

BellaOnline´s article guidelines are that a single article not be over 1200 words in length. This is an industry wide standard. Writing articles of this length is a critical skill for you to learn as a writer!

Just why is it critical for BellaOnline editors to have an editor photo posted with their site? The answer has to do with our goal of building your skills and reputation as a world class journalist - and how your visitors perceive your humanity.

When you´re doing a phone interview you have to be able to think on your feet, react to what they say and get a sense of what they want to talk about. Your aim is to draw informative, unique quotes and descriptions from them.

Mused is the BellaOnline Literary Review magazine. It is published online in HTML and PDF format, and comes out quarterly on each equinox and solstice. We have received great praise for our high quality issues!

Twitter is an awesome social networking tool for many reasons. It´s incredibly easy to set up. It´s very easy to use. It takes almost no time commitment. It can bring you a ton of traffic!

When you take on a site at BellaOnline, it will have content in it from the previous editor or editors. Each week this content should be replaced with your own fresh ideas and point of view.

While MySpace began as a place for bands, and FaceBook began as a place for college students, LinkedIn is explicitly a site to help recommend valuable business contacts. If you have a plumber you really enjoy, you post that information on LinkedIn. That way when your friends and family want to find