Awarded the "Outstanding Book Award" in the service/self-help category for 2013 from the ASJA (The American Society of Journalists and Authors)! There's no shortage of books on crafting book proposals, writing novels, overcoming writer's block, and getting in touch with one's muse. But what about a book for writers who simply want to earn a regular paycheck? Writer for Hire is just the wisdom full- and part-time freelancers need. Author Kelly James-Enger details: • 101 secrets to success, organized into five overarching strategies. You'll be able to implement what you learn immediately. • Invaluable advice on managing deadlines, querying effectively, working with clients, handling taxes, invoices, and more. • Strategies for getting more writing gigs, including networking (in-person and online), establishing yourself as an expert, working more efficiently under tight deadlines, and handling rejection with confidence James-Enger looks at the "whole freelancer," addressing both the craft and business of freelancing.
Offering established and novice freelancers suggestions on specializing, this handbook guides writers towards more successful careers. As this analysis demonstrates, when freelancers concentrate on one type of writing rather than being a general freelancer, they discover a lucrative niche in the writing market. Using the advice supplied in this reference, writers will be able to make more money, focus their careers, and learn a more effective way of freelancing. The book lays out the basics of 10 key markets--including health, parenting, and home and garden--and provides a series of interactive exercises to help discover which is the writer's best fit. Published writers and unpublished hopefuls alike will benefit from this valuable and informed guidebook.
If you want to write and get paid for it, start by reading this book. Kelly James-Enger spells out what you need to do to succeed from from getting ideas to seeing your work in print and online to getting a check in the mail. Great advice served with wisdom and a can-do spirit." --Elfrieda Abbe, former editor and publisher of The Writer magazine Love to write? Why not get paid to do so? Dollars and Deadlines: Make Money Writing Articles for Print and Online Markets shows you how to launch a freelance article writing career from scratch. Whether you want to freelance fulltime or simply want to make extra money from home, you'll learn how to: Come up with article ideas; Identify potential markets for your work; Pitch ideas to print and online markets; Locate, contact, and interview expert and anecdotal sources; Write different types of articles, including shorts, quizzes, profiles, and features; Decipher and negotiate freelance contracts; Operate as a business, not a hobby (and take legitimate tax deductions); Create your own writing templates; Develop regular clients; and Take your writing career to the next level. Dollars and Deadlines takes you through a dozen of the author's published articles, describing how they were originated, researched, and written. You'll find dozens of templates and examples along with real-world advice to take you from an unpublished newbie to a published-and paid-freelance writer. Author Kelly James-Enger has been a fulltime freelancer for more than 16 years; her work has appeared in more than 60 national magazines including Redbook, Self, Runner's World, Fitness, and Parents. She's the author of books including Six-Figure Freelancing: The Writer's Guide to Making More Money, second edition, and Writer For Hire: 101 Secrets to Freelance Success. A contributing editor at The Writer, she blogs about making more money in less time at http: //dollarsanddeadlines.blogspot.com.
Awarded the "Outstanding Book Award" in the service/self-help category for 2013 from the ASJA (The American Society of Journalists and Authors)! There's no shortage of books on crafting book proposals, writing novels, overcoming writer's block, and getting in touch with one's muse. But what about a book for writers who simply want to earn a regular paycheck? Writer for Hire is just the wisdom full- and part-time freelancers need. Author Kelly James-Enger details: • 101 secrets to success, organized into five overarching strategies. You'll be able to implement what you learn immediately. • Invaluable advice on managing deadlines, querying effectively, working with clients, handling taxes, invoices, and more. • Strategies for getting more writing gigs, including networking (in-person and online), establishing yourself as an expert, working more efficiently under tight deadlines, and handling rejection with confidence James-Enger looks at the "whole freelancer," addressing both the craft and business of freelancing.
Offering established and novice freelancers suggestions on specializing, this handbook guides writers towards more successful careers. As this analysis demonstrates, when freelancers concentrate on one type of writing rather than being a general freelancer, they discover a lucrative niche in the writing market. Using the advice supplied in this reference, writers will be able to make more money, focus their careers, and learn a more effective way of freelancing. The book lays out the basics of 10 key markets--including health, parenting, and home and garden--and provides a series of interactive exercises to help discover which is the writer's best fit. Published writers and unpublished hopefuls alike will benefit from this valuable and informed guidebook.
A rollicking romp through the often perilous world of dating follows two best friends in Chicago as they search for the perfect man who gives off "The Vibe." Reprint.
From New York Times bestselling author and host of Food Network’s Healthy Appetite, Ellie Krieger's revised and updated 12-week wellness plan, now with 25 new recipes for nutrition-packed meals and snacks, plus dozens of tips for apps and web sites to help you make the best choices for a healthy body. This is an easy-to-start, simple-to-maintain, scientifically sound, 12-week program of small steps—just three each week—such as starting a food journal, choosing healthy fats and proteins, and replacing refined grains with whole grains. Now with 65 recipes, this revised edition helps you free yourself of junk food cravings and replace additive-laden fake food with healthy, real food for better sleep, more stamina, and a slimmer waist—all while eating delicious food. And you won’t be forbidden to eat a single thing! Krieger also tells you what technology to use for tracking your fitness progress and finding others who share your interests. At the end of twelve weeks, you will be armed with easy recipes (she includes the nutritional breakdown for all of them)—such as Poached Salmon with Mustard-Dill Sauce, Whole-Grain Rotini with Tuscan Kale, Pita Pizzas, and numerous easy, satisfying meals, to get you off the diet rollercoaster and eating healthy, so staying fit will be second nature.
When she catches her boyfriend with another woman, Trina Elders, arming herself with the self-confidence she never knew she had, transforms herself into an adventurous, irresistible woman with a penchant for thongs, push-up bras, and the wild life. Original. 35,000 first printing.
Live It Up! is the perfect book for anyone who wants to get the most out of life. Filled with 50 things you always wanted to do (but never had the nerve to try), this book gives you step-by-step methods for how to accomplish your goals. Everything from starting your own business to joining the Peace Corps to pitching your own TV show is made easy with this informative and interesting guide.
THE HONESTY INDEX is a sweet, engaging read about two women who test the limits of friendship as their lives grow, change, part, and finally cross paths again with renewed love and deeper understanding of what it means to be a best friend. An entertaining and moving story about true friendship." --Kelly L. Stone, author of GRAVE SECRET and TIME TO WRITE: No Excuses, No Distractions, No More Blank Pages. Renee and Colleen have been friends-best friends-since they were college roommates their freshman year. But a lot happens between college and your early 30s. Renee stayed in St. Louis, where the two moved after college, and left her nonprofit job to work in catering for her boyfriend's family. Colleen got married, moved to the Chicago suburbs, and started having kids. But when Renee's life is suddenly uprooted, she shows up on Colleen's doorstep with little more than a broken heart and an overnight bag. She envies Colleen, who has it all-a loving husband, three adorable kids, and the ability to stay home to take care of them. She has no idea that Colleen is facing her own struggles. As a SAHM (Stay-at-Home Mom), she's always aware that she has the most important job in the world, even if it offers no sick days, no vacation time, and no pay. So why does she feel so isolated and alone, even when she's surrounded by fellow SAHMs who all seem to be perfectly happy? When Renee and Colleen were in college, they made a pact. No matter what happened, they would always be honest with each other, even if the truth hurt. But it's all but impossible to be honest with anyone all of the time-even, or especially, with yourself. In Kelly James-Enger's latest novel, The Honesty Index, these two friends try to navigate the waters of their 30-something lives-and learn that regardless of what kind of life you have, it's up to you to make yourself happy.
Live It Up! is the perfect book for anyone who wants to get the most out of life. Filled with 50 things you always wanted to do (but never had the nerve to try), this book gives you step-by-step methods for how to accomplish your goals. Everything from starting your own business to joining the Peace Corps to pitching your own TV show is made easy with this informative and interesting guide.
An easy-to-start, simple-to-maintain, scientifically sound, and eminently usable twelve-week program of small steps on the road to better health Small Changes, Big Results is not about cutting all the carbohydrates out of your diet. Or replacing every single gram of sugar with omega-3 fatty acids. It’s not about doing one hundred sit-ups a day, or getting on the treadmill whenever you have a free second. In fact, it’s not about any of the total lifestyle-replacement gimmicks—whether diet, exercise, or pop psychology—that have swept our culture in recent years, putting untold millions of Americans on the risky roller coaster of success and failure that defines fad diets and programs. Not here. Small Changes, Big Results is about reality—the reality of what you can do, the reality of what you want to do, and the reality of what works. It’s about introducing a series of small changes each week for three months in the three core areas of diet and nutrition; exercise and fitness; and emotional wellness. For each of the twelve weeks, nutritionist Ellie Krieger introduces a very finite, completely practical action plan for the week—and not only are these tasks incredibly doable, they’re in fact so accessible that it’s tough not to be inspired. For example, in Week 1 the nutrition task is merely to go shopping, buy some healthful pantry items, and start keeping track of what you eat; the exercise consists of taking three twenty-minute walks; and the wellness aspect is to do a five-minute breathing exercise. That’s it. And it doesn’t really get any harder. But these small changes do in fact lead to big results. At the end of twelve weeks, a totally unhealthy diet has been overhauled: armed with easy, delicious recipes and tips, you’ve removed unhelpful munchies and replaced them with healthful snacking, you’ve cut down on lethal trans fats while adding beneficial fat choices, you’ve replaced refined grains with whole grains, you’re eating more fish and less red meat, and so forth. Yet you’ve never been forbidden to eat a single thing: instead of prohibiting entire food groups, Ellie categorizes foods as Usually, Sometimes, and Rarely—and now you should be eating more from the Usually choices, less from the Rarely category. Furthermore, you’ve integrated physical activity into your life, and you’ve developed a set of tools to help you deal with stress—you’re not only eating better, but you’re also exercising better and feeling better. The beauty of this program is that none of these action steps is remotely intimidating, because they’re not a full immersion into a totally new lifestyle. Instead, it’s a series of incremental changes—removing bad habits one by one, while at the same time adding good ones. There’s nothing to scare you off—on the contrary, here’s a whole book full of small changes that produce big results.
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