Did you know that you don't have to work for a particular publication in order to review for them? Jenna Glatzer at Absolute Write speaks with Cole Smithey, who has reviewed more than a thousand films since 1997 and interviewed such directors as John Singleton, Woody Allen, and Steven Spielberg, and such actors as George Clooney, Adrien Brody, and Terrence Howard.

How did you begin self-syndicating?

With lots of embarrassing phone calls to editors and many rejected query letters.

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