Get a Freelance Life: mediabistro.com's Insider Guide to Freelance Writing

by Margit Feury Ragland

Book Overview

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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0307238032
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: Crown
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.2" x 0.7" x 5.5"

Customer Reviews

Get a Freelance Life: mediabistro.com's Insider Guide to Freelance Writing

The back of the book states "Write Your Own Check" well I am still waiting on my first article to be published so I continue to pay bills will I write my next novel in my trilogy. The first book The Vampire Next Door: The Outerworld. There is a great section on contracts and a lingo section that can teach you a thing or two, but the meat of this book is Part IV Write section. It will show you how to turn one idea into several and where to submit it. You will learn more about the publishing world that will carry over to other areas of writing. It is a must for my bookshelf.

Perfect guide for beginners

"Get a freelance life" is a functional and useful guide to anyone who wants to become a writer or journalist. From the first questions one should ask him/herself to how to pitch media and a easy explanation about journalism genres. Simplemente IMPRESCINDIBLE!!!!

Invaluable Resource for any aspiring freelancer!

I can't say enough good things about this book and am so grateful to the author for writing it. It answered all of my questions (and I had MANY) about how to break into freelance magazine writing. This book leads you through every step of developing and pitching a story. It also offers so many useful strategies for how to get your first break being published. There is also a lot of good reference suggestions and it is written in such an upbeat, encouraging tone. This was the best use of fourteen dollars, ever!

Good

Short and sweet. Nice for those new to the idea of freelance writing and are contemplating this career.

More than I needed, but glad to have the extra

I just started "pitching" articles to magazines earlier this year. I just never really saw the benefit before. So I went looking for a resource last week and came across this book. It has more than I needed, but I've gotten a few new tips for editing my work as well. The coverage of how to approach and gain the interest of editors was very useful in addition to the reality check on pricing your work. But the surprise, the extra information on editing, was very useful as well. All around - good book. Tom Carpenter, Author: Wireless# Certification Official Study Guide, CWSP Certification Official Study Guide, Foundations of Effectiveness