Making All the Write Moves: Connecting Great Work with Great Profits
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You’ve got a story to tell and you are super excited to get it out to the masses. You want to write books, magazine articles, blogs, and newspaper features. But there is one problem: You don’t know how! There are so many books out there about how to get published and get rich quick writing a ton of books everyday, to be sure. So, why would you need another one? I am so glad you asked.
“Making All the Write Moves: Connecting Great Work with Great Profits” was written with you in mind. Your passion has driven you to seek the best publishing options. There is little that would interrupt this process more than producing subpar work. With so many books and other materials out there, how will you distinguish yourself? How will you create something that will please those who have spent their hard earned cash to receive, and increase the chances they will recommend your work to others? We will examine what it takes to publish quality materials you can feel confident will satisfy your readers while increasing your profits. Everyone wants to make money, but not everyone is patient enough to perfect their craft and produce the best product possible. This book is not only for new authors. Even seasoned professionals can benefit by honing their skills further and continuing to provide great content. Editors will find this to be a great resource to recommend to writers as well as those they may be considering for future publication.
Take the plunge! Be exceptional! But please invest the time to connect great work with great profits and you will not be sorry.
L. David Harris
L. David Harris is a commissioning editor, public speaker, voiceover artist, freelance writer, cartoon mash-up/infographic artist, and author with almost 20 years of professional experience. His passion is to use words and technology responsibly as effective agents of change, the world over. As such, he considers any contribution he makes in these ways, a privilege.
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Making All the Write Moves - L. David Harris
Copyright © 2014 by L. David Harris
Making All the Write Moves: Connecting Great Work with Great Profits
by L. David Harris
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without written permission by the author.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1 - Extra! Extra! How to Write for Your Local Newspaper
Chapter 2 - Coming This Month: Your Story?
Chapter 3 - Wind up, and the Pitch!
Chapter 4 - The Pitch Aftermath: Why You Might Not Get a Response
Chapter 5 - Anatomy of the Perfect Pitch
Chapter 6 - Blog, Blog, Blog: Making Your Internet Domain Matter
Chapter 7 - Library of the Future: Venturing into Self-Publishing eBooks
Chapter 8 - Back to the Roots: Traditional Print Publishing
Chapter 9 - Go Forth and Write!
Bibliography
Acknowledgements
Big shout to my literary alter ego, Adam,
who helps me to get some of my secular ideas into print while I continue to work hard on my spiritual books. He makes DavidWritesALot.com a more efficient machine.
Find out more about this mystery character in my book titled, ADAM: My Literary Alter Ego.
Preface
As I mentioned in my brief acknowledgement, I have been writing for many years, 19 of which I have been a professional freelancer and published author. Over the years, I have come to appreciate quality writing craft. While I love and revel in the freedom we now have to publish independently (I have done it many times), it is a bit troubling to experience some of the horribly written content that has flooded the marketplace.
Thus, I thought to make my contribution to the conversation. Somehow we writers, whether we are seasoned professionals with big publishing houses or new fledgling writers with a burning story we’d like to share, need to demand quality in literature over quantity. We must not add to the overwhelming amount of rubbish being sold through our favorite distribution channels, so people without a love and commitment for our craft can turn a quick buck. While everybody has a story, everybody is not an author.
Making All the Write Moves: Connecting Great Work with Great Profits should be viewed as a tiny, relevant force in a larger movement to