Author John Clausen shows readers how to turn their love of writing into a moneymaking business. They'll learn that freelancing is about more than just knowing how to string words into sentences and sentences into paragraphs. Clausen shows how a person's life experiences, friends, hobbies, skills - even former employers - all come into play to make a career in freelance writing. Too Lazy to Work, Too Nervous to Steal takes writers through the process of becoming a freelancer one step at a time, from getting organized and getting an attitude to finding and keeping an "anchor client," earning an honest buck, spending it smartly and overcoming unexpected challenges. Clausen shows them how to: develop a realistic business plan, design a system and live with it, find an "anchor client," market their services, and deliver the goods every time. His friendly, funny style - a cross between a pep rally, a workshop, stand-up comedy, and good old-fashioned storytelling - will get readers prepared and keep them inspired, enabling them to live their dream and succeed.
John Clausen is a 30-year veteran editor and freelance writer whose clients have included: The Christian Science Monitor, Hearst Magazines, USA Today, Penthouse magazine, Computerworld, Billboard, The Hollywood Reporter, Adventure Journal, World Press Review, The New York Daily News Sunday Magazine, San Francisco Magazine, Animals Magazine, Harper's Weekly, Mother Earth News, Golfweek, Sport, Nation's Business and several other national and regional publications.
His book "Too Lazy to Work, Too Nervous to Steal: How to have a great life as a freelance writer" was the Writer's Digest Book Club Main Selection and is still available in bookstores and the Internet.
He has worked as a reporter on weekly and daily newspapers in Arizona and Kansas, edited several magazines, owned a California-based advertising agency, taught classes in journalism and advertising and worked as a ghostwriter. He is a regular contributor to Bold Life magazine, as well as to Fine Books & Collections magazine. He holds a degree in Journalism from the University of Arizona, as well as a Masters Degree in Creative Writing from Antioch University in Yellow Springs, Ohio.
