Get Paid to be Published in 2007
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I meant to post this before Christmas, but was “held hostage” on the phone for hours on end and and lost 10 hours or more. (The case involved a networki router, Internet access, bridged lines, and tech people from India who are only allowed to read from their flow charts. When I finally got to “second-tier tech support” with my ISP, the problem was solved in less than 10 minutes.)
So here’s a belated Christmas gift that nevertheless comes in time for the new year.
If you have ever contemplated getting paid to publish your book or article, you will want to check out this gift right away.
It’s a recording of a class that Suzanne Lieurance and I did on writing queries and book proposals, for the University of Masters online university.
If you want to get paid for your writing, you need to convince an editor that your article or book idea is worthy of being published in their magazine or by publishing company.
How do you do that? By writing a knock-out query (for magazines) or book proposal.
Writing for pay is not the only way to go, but it’s the best way. Not only for the obvious reason (you get paid!).
Getting published anywhere helps establish your credibility, but getting published in a magazine that pays its writers catapaults you up the ladder of expertise.
Likewise, having a published book lends you a lot of credibility. But being published by a traditional publisher, as opposed to self-publishing, opens many more doors. The media are much more likely to go with someone published by a publisher who took all the risk.
Believe me, the media can tell the difference at a glance.
Writing a killer query or book proposal is an art, but it’s one that can be learned if you have the right guide.
Suzanne Lieurance is widely known as “the working writer’s coach.” A successful author herself, she specializes in helping people make the transition to full-time freelance writer (who of course, gets paid!).
As you know, I help individuals and companies become the leading experts in their fields through publishing books and other information products.
In this recording of the class Suzanne and I did, you will learn exactly how to write powerful queries and book proposals that will get you published. You will learn the proprietary book proposal outline I used to sell every book I ever proposed (11 in
all, plus a book I resold despite three agents telling me “nobody’s buying reprints.” I got two publisher offers for that book–Abundant Gifts).
Clcik here to access this recording.
It’s my gift to you, with the heartfelt wish that your holidays, and the year ahead, will be full of many abundant blessings.
And may one of them be a contract for your upcoming book!