Writer for Hire, 101 Secrets to Freelance Success
10 best books like Writer for Hire, 101 Secrets to Freelance Success (Kelly James-Enger): Elmore Leonard's 10 Rules of Writing, Characters, Emotion & Viewpoint: Techniques and Exercises for Crafting Dynamic Characters and Effective Viewpoints, Michelle Obama: In Her Own Words, Together, Alone: A Memoir of Marriage and Place, Get a Freelance Life: mediabistro.com's Insider Guide to Freelance Writing, Piracy: The Intellectual Property Wars from Gutenberg to Gates, Secrets of a Freelance Writer: How to Make $100,000 a Year or More, Writer Mama: How to Raise a Writing Career Alongside Your Kids, Writer's Digest Handbook of Magazine Article Writing, I'm Not Hanging Noodles on Your Ears and Other Intriguing Idioms From Around the World
Elmore Leonard's 10 Rules of Writing
Author | Elmore Leonard |
ISBN | 0061451460 |
"These are the rules I've picked up along the way to help me remain invisible when I'm writing a book, to help me show rather than tell what's taking place in the story."—Elmore Leonard
For aspiring writers and lovers of the written word, this concise guide breaks down the writing process with...
Characters, Emotion & Viewpoint: Techniques and Exercises for Crafting Dynamic Characters and Effective Viewpoints
Author | Nancy Kress |
ISBN | 1582973164 |
Create Complex Characters
How do you create a main character readers won't forget? How do you write a book in multiple-third-person point of view without confusing your readers (or yourself)? How do you plant essential information about a character's past into a story?
Write Great...
Michelle Obama: In Her Own Words
Author | Michelle Obama |
ISBN | 1440470960 |
I chose to read this book because I’m quite interested in biographies because it reveals the true life-style well-known people live, rather than what reality TV shows show us. Also this book caught my eye because everything that’s written in this book is quoted from Michelle Obama herself.
This...
Author | Susan Wittig Albert |
ISBN | 0292719701 |
What does it mean to belong to a place, to be truly rooted and grounded in the place you call home? How do you commit to a marriage, to a full partnership with another person, and still maintain your own separate identity? These questions have been central to Susan Wittig Albert's life, and in this beautifully...
Author | Margit Feury Ragland |
ISBN | 0307238032 |
Write Your Own Check
Considering a career in freelance writing? Already a freelancer but seeking practical, solid advice on the basics of the business? Get a Freelance Life is the complete guide to all aspects of a freelance writing career, straight from the creators of mediabistro.com—the...
Piracy: The Intellectual Property Wars from Gutenberg to Gates
Author | Adrian Johns |
ISBN | 0226401189 |
Since the rise of Napster and other file-sharing services in its wake, most of us have assumed that intellectual piracy is a product of the digital age and that it threatens creative expression as never before. The Motion Picture Association of America, for instance, claimed that in 2005 the film industry...
The definitive guide to becoming a successful freelance writer, now in an updated and expanded third edition
Secrets of a Freelance Writer has long been the authoritative guide to making big money as a commercial freelance writer. In this new edition, you-ll find out how to make $100,000 a year-or...
Author | Christina Katz |
ISBN | 1582974411 |
As a write-at-home mom, Christina Katz's book practically jumped off the shelf at me. "Writer Mama: How to Raise a Writing career Alongside Your Kids"? That's exactly what I was trying to do. Flipping through it, I felt it might provide some useful info, so I purchased it, making sure to save the receipt...
Writer's Digest Handbook of Magazine Article Writing
Author | Michelle Ruberg |
ISBN | 1582973342 |
THE Guide to Writing and Selling Magazine Articles!
This comprehensive, practical, how-to guide answers all of your questions about writing for magazines. In this all-new second edition of a best-selling classic, today's most successful freelance writers, including Robert Bly, Linda...
Author | Jag Bhalla |
ISBN | 1426204582 |
"I’m not hanging noodles on your ears." In Moscow, this curious, engagingly colorful assertion is common parlance, but unless you’re Russian your reaction is probably "Say what?" The same idea in English is equally odd: "I’m not pulling your leg." Both mean: Believe me.
As author Jag...
Author | Carol Fisher Saller |
ISBN | 0226734250 |
Each year writers and editors submit over three thousand grammar and style questions to the Q&A page at The Chicago Manual of Style Online. Some are arcane, some simply hilarious—and one editor, Carol Fisher Saller, reads every single one of them. All too often she notes a classic author-editor...
Author | Fred White |
ISBN | 1599635305 |
Discover the Journal From Initial Idea to Completed Story
A wardrobe that leads to a fantasy world...a rendition of Hamlet told by Rosencrantz and Guildenstern...the life and times of the Wicked Witch of the West.... Just where do successful writers get their ideas? Author Fred White demystifies...
In Fashion: From Runway to Retail, Everything You Need to Know to Break Into the Fashion Industry
Author | Annemarie Iverson |
ISBN | 0307463834 |
If you've ever dreamed of working at Vogue, photographing supermodels, or outfitting celebrities, In Fashion will equip you with everything you need to know to get an “in” into fashion. Former beauty and fashion news director of Harper's Bazaar and editor in chief of Seventeen, Annemarie Iverson—the...
My So-Called Freelance Life: How to Survive and Thrive as a Creative Professional for Hire
Author | Michelle Goodman |
ISBN | 1580052592 |
Tired of clocking in and losing out? Want to pursue creative, fulfilling work on your own time and also make a living in the process? My So-Called Freelance Life is a how-to guidebook for women who want to avoid the daily grind and turn their freelance dreams into reality. Michelle Goodman, author of The...
How to Write & Publish a Scientific Paper
Author | Robert A. Day |
ISBN | 1573561657 |
This witty and practical guide to organizing, writing, and submitting scientific research for publication in a scholarly scientific journal is designed to help good scientists become good writers. Each edition of this popular work has quickly become an Oryx bestseller, and the new fifth edition...
The Renegade Writer: A Totally Unconventional Guide to Freelance Writing Success
Author | Linda Formichelli |
ISBN | 1933338008 |
Written by two freelancers who broke the rules to win the game, this handbook contains a wealth of information for writers who are frustrated by the seemingly limited ways to operate in the freelance market. It explains that freelancers can negotiate for more money and better terms without risking...
How to Make a Living As a Writer
It's the best time on Earth to be a writer
More writers are making money today than at any other time in history. For centuries few have been able to support themselves from the quill or the keyboard alone.
Not anymore. With the rise of ebooks and indie publishing there are now more opportunities...
The Business of Being a Writer
Writers talk about their work in many ways: as an art, as a calling, as a lifestyle. Too often missing from these conversations is the fact that writing is also a business. The reality is, those who want to make a full- or part-time job out of writing are going to have a more positive and productive career...
Google+ for Business: How Google's Social Network Changes Everything
Author | Chris Brogan |
ISBN | 0789749149 |
During the first few chapters I was dead set on giving this book a three star rating, because most of it pertained to stuff I already knew. This obviously would not be a problem for anyone who might be unfamiliar with the young and potentially super successful social media platform, or for those who have...
Author | Stephen M. Pollan |
ISBN | 0060583932 |
Fire Your Boss
And Hire Yourself.
Impossible? Not according to nationally bestselling author Stephen M. Pollan. As he says in this new and empowering book, "You don't have to accept your current work situation. You can be in control of your job and your stream of income, so you're never...
Broken Gods: Hope, Healing, and the Seven Longings of the Human Heart
Author | Gregory K. Popcak |
ISBN | 0804141150 |
"You are gods."
Blasphemy? No, those mysterious words, spoken by Jesus in the Gospel of John and alluded to in Psalm 82, point to a holy longing deep in our hearts that tells each of us that we were created for more.
“Imagine that you were to wake up tomorrow to discover that,...
The Definitive Guide To Screenwriting
Author | Syd Field |
ISBN | 0091890276 |
Published for the first time in the UK, Syd Field, acclaimed writer and director, tells you step-by-step how to identify and fix common screenwriting problems, providing the professional secrets that make films brilliant - secrets that can make your screenplay a success. He provides easily understood...
Social Media Marketing for Dummies
Author | Shiv Singh |
ISBN | 0470289341 |
Learn how easy it is for your market to get your message Nowadays, if you're not tweeting, Facebooking, or blogging, what are you doing? Everyone has a Twitter account, a Facebook page, or a blog--even celebrities! With the popularity of social networking comes the need to learn about social media marketing....
Doctor Who: Trading Futures
Author | Lance Parkin |
ISBN | 0563538481 |
'Welcome to the future.'
The early decades of the twenty-first century. All the wars have been won. There are no rogue states. The secret services of the world keep the planet electronically monitored, safe from all threat. There is no one left for United States and the Eurozone...