88 Money-Making Writing Jobs, Copywriting

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8
8
Money-Making
Writing Jobs
Each of the 88 entries contains:
An overview of the work and what it entails
A breakdown of what it typically pays
The nuts and bolts of what you’ll write
What it takes to work in the field
How to get started
Resources for finding the work
Robert Bly
88
Money-Making
Writing Jobs
Robert Bly
Copyright © 2009 by Robert Bly
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Bly, Robert.
88 money-making writing jobs / Robert Bly.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Authorship—Vocational guidance. I. Title.
PN153.B59 2009
808'.02023—dc22
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Dedication
For the Gelmans—David, Jacob, Jeff, and Lisa
A man who cannot phrase his thoughts cleanly on paper probably has no thoughts
worth notice. The style is the man. If the prose is heavy-footed and sluggish, so
too, in all likelihood, is the mind of its author.
—Robert Silverberg,
A Time of Changes
Pen and paper. That’s what I loved. You make little marks on paper, and if you
make enough of them, you have a story, and isn’t that pure magic? The small
voice told me that’s what I was put on Earth for, and that is what I should do. The
other little voice said,“Yeah, but that won’t buy bread.”
—Frank McCourt,
Parade,
March 9, 2008
Some poor fools had to waste their lives writing in order for us to have suf cient
reading material.
—John Irving,
A Prayer for Owen Meany
I have never quite been able to imagine what might induce a person to become a
professional writer. The public has no idea that writing is a disease, and that the
writer who publishes is like a beggar who exhibits his sores.
—Michael Kruger,
The Executor
Acknowledgments
I’d like to thank my agent, Bob Diforio, for nding a home for this book,
and my editor, Peter Lynch, for making it much better than it was when
the manuscript rst crossed his desk—and his extraordinary patience in
waiting for it to get there.
Special thanks to the folks at the American Writers & Artists
Inc., American Medical Writers Association, Specialized Information
Publishers Association, Business Marketing Association, and other asso-
ciations and professional societies that helped me ll in the blanks about
many of the writing opportunities they recommend.
Thanks also to Andrew Frothingham, Andy Helfer, Andy Neff, Linda
Ketchum, Charles Flowers, David Kohn, Barry Sheinkopf, Craig Wolff, Dr.
Andrew Linick, Gary Blake, Terry Whalin, Michael Masterson, John Forde,
Clayton Makepeace, Steve Slaunwhite, Dianna Huff, Peter Bowerman,
and many others too numerous to mention here who shared stories, tips,
and expertise about their writing specialties with me over the years.
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