Double Trouble

by C. Hope Clark (@hopeclark)

Freelancing is very enjoyable for me. I became quite good at keeping as many as twenty pitches outstanding in the earlier years of my career, before the novels took over my life. I knew my niches and expertise, and with my trusty Writer’s Market under my arm, I could sling queries with the best of them. I understood the basic rules of submitting articles, when to send simultaneous submissions and when to pitch which magazine and how.

But in my zeal in 2004, I pitch...