Carl breaks down and reveals the human nature and established practices of hooking busy, harassed magazine editors with new, feature-specific, story ideas. Carl also provides a great guide, full of sensible, encouraging, and good humored advice that steps you through pitching and following up with editors, and also offers multiple real examples of winning and losing pitches. -- Allison Yeargin, National Education Association information specialist

Carl was a great instructor! Very engaging and he clearly knew the subject very well. Carl gave lots of practical examples to show how he approaches query writing that de-mystified the process. I really enjoyed the class and will definately recommend it to others." -- Monica Hamrick

"I would highly recommend Carl as a teacher for pitching story ideas to publishers. He is clear and a good role model for his message." -- Albert Karr

"Carl was excellent. He was friendly, approachable and very knowledgeable about his subject matter. He was very honest about the realities of the business while still being encouraging that anyone can do it. I would definitely recommend this course to others." -- Navreet Kallar

"Carl's seminar gave me some new great new tips for writing pitches and getting stories published. I'd definitely recommend the class to any freelancer who wants the inside scoop writing amazing pitches from a pro." -- Zoe Saint-Paul

"Carl was incredibly thorough and insightful. Every minute of the class was loaded with such great advice and wisdom that I walked out of there feeling well enough equipped to really start making something happen." -- Alex Woodhouse