The ASJA guide to freelance writing :  a professional guide to the business, for nonfiction writers of all experience levels / 
 American Society of Journalists and Authors guide to freelance writing 
edited by Timothy Harper ; foreword by Samuel G. Freedman. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - New York :  St. Martin's Griffin,  2003. 
 - xix, 314 p. ;  21 cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes index. 
<br/><br/>Foreword / Samuel G. Freedman --<br/>About this book / Timothy Harper --<br/>Freelance writing today--and tomorrow / Jim Morrison --<br/>Planning a writing business / Erik Sherman --<br/>The writer's office and tools / Samuel Greengard --<br/>The mystery of ideas / Jack El-Hai --<br/>Seven secrets of a successful magazine query / Lisa Collier Cool --<br/>How to sell a book / Sherry Suib Cohen --<br/>Writing for the web / Lisa Iannucci --<br/>Why literary agents need you more than ever--and how to get the agent you need / Michael Larsen, AAR --<br/>Research; finding the right stuff / Minda Zetlin and Steve Weinberg --<br/>How to find experts / Estelle Sobell --<br/>Writer-editor relations / Megan McMorris --<br/>Collaborations; the pleasures and perils of shared bylines / Sarah Wernick --<br/>The serendipity of specialization / Claire Walter. Self-publishing; alternatives for getting books into print / Marilyn and Tom Ross --<br/>Networking / Sandra E. Lamb --<br/>This pen for hire' leveraging your skills / Anita Bartholomew --<br/>Op-eds and essays; leveraging your knowledge / Larry Atkins --<br/>Reprints, re-slants, and other ways to resell your work / Kelly James-Enger --<br/>Making pictures / Barbara DeMarco-Barrett --<br/>Employing a writing assistant / Lester A. Picker --<br/>Contracts; protecting writer's rights / Richard A. Marini --<br/>Creating brand you; promoting yourself and your work / Jennifer Pirtle --<br/>Writers and the law / Sallie Randolph and Timothy Perrin --<br/>Taxes and deductions / Julian Block --<br/>Forays into fiction / Kathryn Lance --<br/>Moving to full/time freelancing; it's not a leap / Robert Bittner. 
<br/><br/> A practical handbook for freelance writers offers helpful advice, techniques, and tips on how to plan a writing business, the art of research, the secrets of a successful magazine query, and other topics. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0312318529 (pbk.) 9780312318529 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Authorship.<br/>Authorship--Vocational guidance.<br/>Arte de escribir.<br/>Autoría
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PN 145  / A512 2003 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>808/.02/023