Includes bibliographical references and index.

Why do it? -- do you have what it takes? -- Getting started -- Getting comfortable -- Selling your ideas -- Be your own marketing guru -- Finding material -- Writing for newspapers -- Writing for magazines -- Writing non-fiction books -- Writing for the business world -- Travel writing -- Writing for the spoken word -- Writing fiction -- Writing for children -- Ghostwriting -- Writing for film, television and radio -- Writing for the web -- Literary agents - what are they for and how do you get one? -- Subsidiary rights -- The money, the accountant and the taxman -- Helping publishers sell your books -- Self-publishing -- The future for freelancers writers.

Packed with information on how to get started and how to market and sell your work, this comprehensive handbook tells you all you need to know to make a sustainable living doing what you enjoy most. You will discover : how to find ideas, how to get commissioned, how to get published, how modern technology is revolutionising the writing business, and much more.-- Back cover