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Would you like to set your own hours, work at home, and write about fascinating topics and interesting people, all while getting well paid for your efforts? Selling articles to magazines, newspapers, and websites--or even writing your own book--can be a very attractive career option, especially in tough economic times, if you like to write and have a little initiative. Author Tom Williams has been a freelance writer for twenty-five years and he knows what the aspiring freelancer needs to be successful. He has written for magazines ranging from Esquire, to Home Office Computing, to Writer's Digest. He has edited and published his own magazines and newspapers, for which he has bought thousands of freelance articles and read many more queries. He has also written and published 13 successful books, both with major presses and by self-publishing.
Would you like to set your own hours, work at home, and write about fascinating topics and interesting people, all while getting well paid for your efforts? Selling articles to magazines, newspapers, and websites--or even writing your own book--can be a very attractive career option, especially in tough economic times, if you like to write and have a little initiative. Author Tom Williams has been a freelance writer for twenty-five years and he knows what the aspiring freelancer needs to be successful. He has written for magazines ranging from Esquire, to Home Office Computing, to Writer's Digest. He has edited and published his own magazines and newspapers, for which he has bought thousands of freelance articles and read many more queries. He has also written and published 13 successful books, both with major presses and by self-publishing.
In Get Paid to Write! Williams shares the trade secrets for divining the style and editorial slant of the publications you want to write for, crafting the all-important query letter, finding good ideas for articles, structuring an article, selling information on the internet, and much, much more. He also covers many topics of interest for those who want to write books. He answers questions such as:
How can I get a literary agent? How much money will I make and when will I make it? Will they steal my idea? What about the new Print On Demand publishers like IUniverse and 1st Books. How do they work? Should I use them? How can I know what editors are really looking for? How can I write query letters that regularly get results? What is the article type that is both easiest to write and easiest to sell?
Using the information in this book, aspiring freelancers won't have to keep sending out query after query without knowing where and how to send them, without knowing who's buying what, without knowing how much editors are paying, without protecting their literary property, and without the agent they need.
Get Paid to Write! is loaded with detailed, highly-practical, step-by-step instructions on topics not often found in other books on this subject, such as how to use the stylistic elements that editors are looking for, how to protect your ideas, or what to do when your book or article gets published. This is the book to buy if you want to be a successful freelance writer!
About the Author
Experienced on both sides of the editorial desk,Tom Williams has written for magazines ranging from Esquire to Writer's Digest, and is the author of 14 books. He has also started, edited, and published city and regional magazines and is editor-in-chief of Venture Press, a home-based book publishing company specializing in historical reprints, civic picture-histories, folklore, and oral history.
In 1979, he bought the Mecklenburg Gazette, a weekly newspaper in North Carolina. In three years, he increased circulation 400% and revenues by 1000%, and sold out to a newspaper chain for 50 times the purchase price. Subsequently, he founded Venture Press.
He started and published many magazines, including Tar Heel: The Magazine of North Carolina (state-wide), the New East Magazine, NCEast Magazine, and Washington Magazine. He published association directories and chambers of commerce "quality of life" magazines, newcomer guides, and tourism guides.
Williams is a student of hard knocks. He learned how to position his publications for success on his own and shares his knowledge with us in his books.
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THE FREELANCE WRITING BUSINESS is nothing if not flexible. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
secondary profit centers, strong query, first serial rights, kill fee, electronic rights, reading fee, article idea, media kit, regional magazines Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Tom Williams, John Doe, North Carolina, The Savvy Senior, Mecklenburg Gazette, Starbound Books, Bill Ryan, Eight Success Secrets of the Masters, Lori Taylor, Miami Herald, Poet Power, Ron Gallo, South Florida, Wall Street Journal, Will They Steal My Idea New!
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- Your Erroneous Zones by Wayne W. Dyer on page 68, and page 161
- Search Engine Visibility (Voices That Matter) by Shari Thurow on page 139, and page 144
- Tales of the Tobacco Country by Thomas A. Williams in Front Matter, and page 168
- Poet Power: The Complete Guide to Getting Your Poetry Published (Culture Tools) by Thomas A. Williams in Front Matter, and page 168
- The Invisible Man and The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells on page 122
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