Freelance Writer's Crossword Challenge - Win a Free Ebook!
UPDATE: Congrats to Mridu for being the first to complete the crossword and win the ebook giveaway! Please scroll to the bottom of this if you're looking for answers. No guest post today. Instead, I've created a little challenge for all you wordsmiths (hint: the answers also relate to writing, freelancing, publishing, and/or blogging). First person to correctly complete this crossword puzzle (scan it or just type out the answers) and email me wins a free copy of my newly updated ebook, The Urban Muse Guide to Online Writing Markets. As a consolation prize, I'll also send a discount code to anyone who emails me with the correct answers by midnight EST on Sunday, February 20. Then on Monday, I'll post the winner's name and the correct answers!
ACROSS
3. Last name of an infamous Village Voice writer who was recently accused of fabrication 5. Another name for a writer who is not on staff 7. Term for when a publication takes back previously published statements 9. List containing names of editors and their job titles 11. Process by which online articles are tweaked for search engines 12. Another word for subheadline 14. Letter that writers send to editors they haven't worked with before 16. Shows the writer how his or her article or book will appear (usually in print) 17. Blog made up of content stolen from other sources 18. Process by which a writer creates two unique articles on related topics, usually for different markets 19. New breed of online news sources with a specific geographic focus
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DOWN
1. Section of a magazine that typically contains short, newsy items 2. Never work without one! 4. Place where the writer's name appears 6. Writers used to enclose these via snail mail 8. Message containing story ideas tailored to a publication's needs 10. Last name of AOL's newest content queen 13. Date by which an article must be filed 15. Describes online videos or articles that spread quickly via social media
Answers (with a few links thrown in for the sake of explanation): ACROSS
3. Sgobbo 5. Contributor 7. Retraction 9. Masthead 11. SEO 12. Dek (hed also fits that space) 14. LOI, which stands for letter of introduction 16. Galley 17. Splog 18. Reslant 19. Hyperlocal
DOWN
1. FOB, which stands for front of book 2. Contract 4. Byline 6. SASE, which stands for self-address, stamped envelope 8. Query 10. Huffington 13. Deadline 15. Viral
