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Write Where the Money Is:

"How You Can Have The Coolest Job In The World!" 

* Travel Journalist of the Year—2009 Lowell Thomas Award 
* Editor at Large, National Geographic Adventure magazine

• * Freelance writer for dozens of national magazines
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  * Two-time Lowell Thomas Gold Award winner for travel writing
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  * Author of more than 1,000 magazine articles, three books, websites, print ads, taglines, branding slogans....

From the desk of Robert Earle Howells

Hi,

My name is Robert Earle Howells. Call me Bob - my friends do. I’m a freelance writer. A very successful one. I write for great national magazines as well as ad agencies and websites. I know the publishing business inside and out. Print and Web. I get to travel the world and write about it, and get paid very well. I make a great living doing what I love. And I've written a book that tells you how to do the same.

Write Where the Money Is

Will show you how...

• To cash in on immediate instant income using skills you already have.
  
  
• To realize your dream of getting published, seeing your name in print, feeling the satisfaction and HUGE BOOST TO YOUR CAREER that comes with being a published writer.
  
  To achieve a steady income stream that requires no job, no boss, no commute.
  
  
• To set your own hours, work when you want to, earn as much money as you dare.
  
  
• Can you imagine earning a living wherever you are? Even while your toes dangle in the water in some tropical paradise?

Yes, freelance writing is the coolest job in the world.

I don’t have a boss. I set my own schedule. I don’t drive to work. I take time off whenever I want. Magazines pay me to travel all over the world, have cool experiences, meet amazing people, and then write about them.

I’ve been paid to travel to tropical paradises, explore the backroads of America, survive on grubs in the Amazon jungle, cover film festivals and comedy festivals, helicopter to the best fly-fishing in the world, bicycle in France, hike in the Andes, raft above the Arctic Circle in Swedish Samiland, fly with the world’s greatest aerobatics pilot, snorkel with beluga whales in Hudson Bay, kayak in Alaska, ride on the world’s fastest motorcycle, relax in the Four Seasons, huddle in a snow cave...

I mean, how many people do you know who have been doing the same job for more than 30 years and still wake up every morning eager to get to work?

It still astonishes me that people pay me to write. To travel, to learn, to research, to meet people all over the world—and to write about these experiences. Now it's my great pleasure to show you how you too can enjoy the wonderful lifestyle and rewards of freelance writing.

Here's what else you'll learn in WRITE WHERE THE MONEY IS:

• Exactly how to get your first article published.
  
  Why most queries to magazine editors end up in the trash.
  
  How to find the best-paying markets for your writing.
  
  How to convert tasks you perform every day into writing that can bring you instant income. (And income for the rest of your life.)
  
  How to get published even if you’ve never been published before.
  
  How to avoid the pitfalls most writers experience? (Such as, ugh, slow response times, slow payments, and [double-ugh] chintzy fees.)
  
  How to understand writer contracts, what rights to sell, and how to negotiate with editors and clients.
  
  How to make money blogging, ghostwriting, or writing about the things you most love to do.
  
  Do you know how to get editors to pay you to take dream trips?
  
  How much to charge for your writing. And how to ask for more!
  
  How to climb out of the low-paying swamp and into the big-bucks world of glossy national magazines?

To succeed as a freelance writer, you need all that and
a whole lot more...

You need the underground scoop from someone who knows the writing business inside and out.

I’ve been writing for a living for more than 30 years.

Every page of my book is packed with the lessons I’ve learned over a lifetime as a writer and editor. Everything I tell you in WRITE WHERE THE MONEY IS works. I spell out the exact steps to take to start, succeed, and potentially make tons of money as a freelance writer. You can skim the first chapter alone and start making money as a freelance writer.

Put it this way. If...

• You dream of getting published
  
  You want to earn SERIOUS MONEY writing, even if you can only devote a few hours a week to it
  
  You want to boost your career status—no matter what you do for a living—by becoming a published writer
  
  You want to advance your writing career and crack the really high-paying magazines
  
  You want to start a blog, a website, or cash in on some of the myriad ways to make tons of money on the Internet
  
  You want to try your hand at the coolest job in the world. The one I have. Freelance writing...

Okay, I hear you out there. “Hey, Bob—why would a successful writer bother with a how-to book? And aren’t you just encouraging competition?”

Four answers to those two questions:

1. I don’t have a poverty mentality. I know there’s plenty of work to go around. It’s an abundant world.

2. I’ve been a go-to guy for young writers and editors looking for advice for a long time. I like helping writers.

3. I’m a practical guy. I write for money. I wrote WRITE WHERE THE MONEY IS for money. (Duh!) My book isn’t philanthropy. But it will save you a lot of time and grief. AND COULD MAKE YOU A LOT OF MONEY.

4. I’d be happy to refer my friends to really useful books and websites that teach the ins and outs of HOW TO MAKE MONEY AS A FREELANCE WRITER. But I can’t find any.

I’ve tried. I bought books and e-books, signed up for newsletters, surfed the writers’ forums, and visited lots and lots of “how to make money as a freelance writer” websites.

Try it yourself. Google “freelance writing.” Here’s what you’ll find:

Lots of leads for low-paying gigs. A bunch of myths passed down like folklore. HOPELESSLY out-of-date, old-school advice. Promise-the-moon offers, touting stuff like e-books that’ll turn you into a six-figure advertising copywriter within a week. (Should I wince or laugh?) Forums? Hardly the place to go for professional advice. The pros don’t visit forums.

Now Google my name: “Robert Earle Howells.” Page after Google page, you’ll find links to hundreds of my stories. You’ll see that I’m the real deal. I’m a freelance writer. Even if I make millions of dollars selling this e-book, I’ll still be a freelance writer. I love doing what I do. And I practice everything I write about.

I’ve been a freelancer for most of my 30+ years as a writer and editor. But I’ve spent a lot of time behind the editor’s desk too. I’ve purchased hundreds of articles from writers. I know what works and what doesn’t. I also write for ad agencies and have launched my own Web business. That’s how I know the business of writing inside and out. That’s why I know where the money is.

You can’t get this advice anywhere on the Internet. Nor in any printed book on the market. Not the way I’m presenting it. Not from a real pro.

When you order WRITE WHERE THE MONEY IS, you get the benefit of decades of experience, inside-the-biz scoops that you won’t find anywhere else.

Let’s peel back the cover and take a look inside. Here’s some of the chapter-by-chapter gold you’ll find:

Chapter 1
Why I KNOW You Can Succeed as a Freelance Writer

• Guess what? You already have an audience for your writing.
  
• You can write! Even if you don’t think of yourself as a writer. I tell you how.
  
• Why “they never heard of me” is not a problem. You can get published anyway.

Here’s a quote from Chapter 1:

If you can bring real life experience to life on a page, you’re a writer. Fancy turns of phrase, arcane vocabulary, scholarly allusions, I’m-smarter-than-you-are attitudes—these don’t matter a whit. The world wants information and inspiration. Supply plenty of both and you’ll be amazed at your success.

Chapter 2
How to Become an Idea-Generating Machine

Ideas are everything. And in this chapter, I spell out exactly how you can mine your life experience to generate unlimited, sellable ideas. This is powerful stuff that will leapfrog you over other writers—even experienced pros.

Chapter 3
How to Pitch Stories

Did I say ideas are everything? They are. But they’re nothing if you don’t know how to pitch them.

• How do you get editors to open your queries and fire off a “Yes, please write for us!” reply?
  
  16 Secrets of Successful Querying. Hint: Throw out everything you think you know.
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  Plus: 9 Major Query No-No’s.
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  Bonus: A look at some of my own winning pitches that landed me stories in magazines like Smithsonian and National Geographic Traveler.

Chapter 4
Red Tape—Contracts, Rights, and Other Nitty-Gritty Stuff

Believe me, I’m saving you a lot of grief in this chapter. Every writer needs this information. Publishing can be a minefield. You need to know where to step. For example:

• What rights should you sell and which should you retain?
• 
  How do you format and submit a manuscript?
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  An inside look at a writer’s contract—all terms defined (plus a few opinions tossed in)

Chapter 5
Working with Editors

• This one’s full of inside tips that will get you repeat work. Chapter 5 alone will turn you into a pro.
  
  Can you become a successful writer without writing query letters? The answer will surprise you.

Chapter 6
The Money Game—How Much You Can Make and How to Make It

• How much should you charge? How do you negotiate?
  
  Exactly how to calculate whether or not an assignment is worth taking.
  
  How to turn a low-paying assignment into gold.
  
  An overlooked writing niche that can be your own personal writing goldmine.

Chapter 7
Markets for Your Writing

Online, print, and everything in between: Here’s all you need to know about where to pitch your stuff, how to crack the high-paying magazine market, how to make money blogging, writing for article sites, writing e-books, how affiliate marketing and Google AdSense can turn a modest blog into a moneymaking machine.

• 8 profitable ways to write for the Web
  
  Surprise! Print is NOT dead. It’s still the hottest market for high-paying writing. Here’s how to get in on the action.

Chapter 8
Plying the Trade (Part 1)—Skills Critical to Successful Freelancing

• 11 skills that will set you apart from the herd and get the best-paying jobs out there.
  
  Why time management is a myth. You can’t manage time. But I’ll tell you what you CAN manage. This can rocket-launch your writing career.
  
  Bonus: My researching secrets. They’ll save you tons of work and give you a huge edge.

Chapter 9
Plying the Trade (Part 2)—Work Habits and Tools of Successful Freelancers

• A peek inside my brain and office, including the work habits I’ve developed that make me fast, efficient, and relaxed.
  
  The hardware and software that make my writing life a whole lot easier.

Chapter 10
We’ve All Been There—Successful Writers and Editors Weigh in on the Challenges Every Freelancer Faces

I number among my friend s some of the country’s most successful freelance writers and editors, and here you get the benefit of their generous insights. They share trade secrets—any one of which is worth the price of this book. They inspire, share the best advice they received when they were starting out, tell you how to deal with rejection (it could happen!), and offer some brilliant insights on how to pitch stories.

• Bonus: Most of my writer friends have also been editors. You get deep inside the industry from both sides of the desk.
  
  Another bonus: These people are great writers! It’s a darn entertaining chapter.

Chapter 11
A Writing Biz Glossary

• What’s the difference between the BOB and the FOB? And the TOC, for that matter?
  
  Know how to SEO your blog?
• 
  Why you should avoid WMFH like the plague.
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  “Hed TK.” “Nut graf needs work.” “OK on spec.” Do you speak the lingo?

Chapter 12
Key Resources

• How to find leads to writing jobs
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  The few truly useful websites for writers
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  A directory of writers’ organizations
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  The books that should be on every writer’s desk

PLUS: Step-by-step action plans for every chapter. Each chapter is a road map to freelance success.

WRITE WHERE THE MONEY IS contains 150+ pages jam-packed with the best information you’ll ever find about becoming a freelance writer.

“But wait a second, Bob. Isn’t writing a notoriously low-paying job?”

Absolutely. If you focus on low-paying markets and accept the pathetic fees that many publishers and clients get away with paying. If you shoot only for long-shot, maybe-someday-I’ll-win-the-lottery work like books, novels, and screenplays.

I WRITE WHERE THE MONEY IS and I spell out how you can do the same. And start earning money NOW.

This is practical, from-the-ground-up, useful, actionable info that you can start applying tomorrow and begin to realize the dream of making money as a freelance writer.

Speaking of dreams...isn’t it time to stop dreaming?

Quick little story. Many years ago, I was making a pittance as a magazine editor, editing the copy turned in by writers who were out having a whole lot more fun than I was in my 8–6 gig. The freelance side of the world looked pretty cool. But I was stuck. I mentioned my dream to one of those freelancers. He gave me the most practical advice I ever got:

“Go for it. Hang out your shingle and declare yourself a freelance writer.”

I gulped. But I did it. And I’ve never looked back for a second.

You don’t have to gulp. You have me to help you. Whether you want to write for a few extra bucks a month or as a lucrative, full-time career, WRITE WHERE THE MONEY IS is your road map to a tremendously satisfying new way of life.

You can spend the rest of your life pondering, wondering, preparing—while you go on living the same old way. Or you can click on the button below and discover a new universe of possibilities.

They’re yours for the amazing price of just $47, but only until midnight, ..You should make at least 10 times that on your first sale. And that first sale is right around the bend!

For all the wealth of information this book contains, $47 is a steal. Especially as I will be doubling this price at midnight tonight. Spending a mere $47 now could launch you on a new career, an exciting new way of life—or at least bring in a lot more money within days.

But I’m going to make it even easier for you. I’m going to guarantee that you will find this the most useful book you’ve ever read about freelance writing. If you don’t agree, just let me know. Any time. You get your money back, immediately. No questions asked.

Hang out that shingle! Declare yourself to be a freelance writer.

Here’s to shared success,

Bob

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