Achieving Financial Independence as a Freelance Writer

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Summary: How to market what you write so you can make a living at it
Review: Achieving Financial Independence As A Freelance Writer takes up where most creative writing classes leave off. How to market what you write so that you can make a living at it. Raymond Dreyfack has authored more than twenty books, and enjoyed a profitable career as a freelance writer of articles, speeches, booklets, newsletters and corporate assignments. He draws upon his considerable experience and expertise to provide the aspiring writer a complete game plan for creating a sustainable career as a professional freelance writer. All aspects are covered including the essential considerations and prerequisites, specialization, marketing and selling what you write, self-promotion, the role of the computer, whether or not to write a book, and a great deal more. Achieving Financial Independence As A Freelance Writer is very highly recommended reading for anyone aspiring to a professional and profitable career as a freelance writer.

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Summary: If you are a serious writer- you need this book
Review: Even if you are just thinking of getting into the business of writing....go out and get this book today. I work with writers every day and I wish they read this book BEFORE they came to me for publicity. This is THE book on the business of writing- Get it! ...

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Summary: Amateurish from start to finish
Review: It's amazing that this book was actually published in its present form. We're talking Grade-A amateurism here, from numerous misspellings, to the same anecdotes over and over and over again, to no specific directions about how to get started in the business.

I've been reading books since I was six years old, and I can honestly say that I've never come across a more poorly produced literary work. The whole thing looks like it was written over a weekend and edited over a coffee break. A complete waste of money.

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Summary: Very highly recommended
Review: Ray Dreyfack targets writers who don't have many notches on their literary belt in ACHIEVING FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE AS A FREELANCE WRITER, although seasoned authors will also benefit greatly from this fact filled book. With the flair and savvy of a freelancer of over thirty years, Dreyflack provides clear information that will have any writer who dreams of chucking their day job well on their way to fulfilling the dream.

ACHIEVING FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE AS A FREELANCE WRITER presents solid, time tested information in ten chapters, including getting started, how to move into freelancing as a career without starving, and how to support yourself during the transition and afterward. He also addresses corporate writing, benefits of networking, and choosing specialties.

As an English major who has always made a living from my writing, I have devoured a number of books in this genre, from books put out by Writers Digest to the type I mailed ten bucks for. This is quite honestly the best resource I have seen on the topic of freelance writing, providing tips I've never found elsewhere in addition to reminding me of things I knew but had forgotten. Most books of this type are filled with white space and fluff, but ACHIEVING FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE AS A FREELANCE WRITER doesn't waste the reader's time; instead, it provides practical, timely information. I very highly recommend it.

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Summary: Ray Dreyfack shares his adventures as an author
Review: This book is for new freelance writers, or writers who want to leave their boring day job and work into a freelance writing profession. Grab your cup of coffee and sit down in a relaxing chair. Indulge yourself as you hear the ins and outs of the writing business from a pro who spent thirty years behind the typewriter, and now a keyboard. Ray will spin his story that invites you into his world of freelance writing. Some chapters are slow, some material is repeated, but the love of writing freelance shines out clearly. If you freelance, or want to get into the profession this is the `best buy' of new books that shares a successful writer's enthusiasm and joy in the writing trade.