You can study back issues of magazines and trade journals (like all good freelance writers are told to) but that exercise doesn’t help you craft a query letter to attract an editor’s attention for a future issue of the publication. So how do you figure out what they want? Here’s a quick and easy way to see into the future: Read the rest of this entry

In a previous post, I suggested that you could increase your credibility with potential clients by turning your promotional brochure into an authored book.

A few of you emailed me, saying you liked the idea but that you doubted you have enough content for a 60-page book.

No problem!

Scale back the concept of writing a book to Read the rest of this entry

Much of my income comes from ghostwriting nonfiction books. My typical client is a business owner, independent consultant, or speaker. Why? Because business professionals are now recognizing that authoring a book gives them instant credibility with potential clients and customers that a brochure never will. This credibility attracts more business.

What does that have to do with you?

Everything.

You, too, can increase your credibility—and attract more writing gigs—by replacing your business cards and brochures with Read the rest of this entry

15 Writers Tell How They Get Paying Gigs — and How YOU Can, Too!

Whether you’re an aspiring writer just starting out, or an established writer looking for ideas to attract new or different assignments, there’s something for each of you in Writer Profits: How I Got the Gig.

If I sound biased, it’s because I am. How I Got the Gig is my brainchild. After talking to numerous writing colleagues and listening to countless Monday Muse subscribers, the one thing I kept hearing over and over again was, “How do I find and get writing assignments?” I’m talking real step-by-step instructions, here, not just Read the rest of this entry