{"id":80,"date":"2010-01-22T11:45:47","date_gmt":"2010-01-22T16:45:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.christophergronlund.com\/blog\/tjw\/?p=80"},"modified":"2010-01-22T15:58:59","modified_gmt":"2010-01-22T20:58:59","slug":"queries-that-worked-personal-writing-magazine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.christophergronlund.com\/blog\/tjw\/2010\/01\/22\/queries-that-worked-personal-writing-magazine\/","title":{"rendered":"Queries that Worked: Personal Writing Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"The last query letter of the week is a pitch sent to Writer\u2019s Digest<\/em>.<\/p>\n

I\u2019d read Writer\u2019s Digest<\/a><\/em> on and off since I was in my late teens, and decided to send a query for a sort of travel piece:<\/p>\n

*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *<\/p>\n

[Note: My contact information is flushed right on my query]
\nChristopher Gronlund
\nADDRESS
\nCITY, STATE & ZIP
\nPHONE
\nE-MAIL ADDRESS<\/p>\n

DATE<\/p>\n

NAME
\nPOSITION
\nADDRESS
\nCITY, STATE & ZIP<\/p>\n

Dear [Editor’s Name],<\/p>\n

So many writers juggle a day job with their writing time, and when vacation finally rolls around at work, they\u2019re faced with a dilemma: do they spend the week writing, or do they take a real vacation? What\u2019s a writer to do? Combine the two and take a writing vacation, of course!<\/p>\n

As a featured travel writer for the Dallas Morning News<\/em>, I\u2019ve found that happy balance between my day job and freelance writing. From travel writing to fiction, I\u2019m now doing some of my best writing while affordably getting away from home, and I\u2019ll share what I\u2019ve learned with Writer\u2019s Digest<\/em> readers so they can do the same.<\/p>\n

The proposed article will highlight seven types of writing vacations:<\/p>\n