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I get an email at least once a week from aspiring copywriters seeking advice on how to get a foothold in the industry. It's obviously a popular topic, so I thought I'd put some of the more common questions and answers on paper in the hopes...

If you're a new author that has been requested to send publicist materials, you may feel left in the dark on what to send. Here's a list of the usual items.1. Author BioThis is no place for modesty.

An actual phone conversation I had earlier today....“Hello, is this Ed?”“Uh, yes it is.”“Ed Williams, the writer guy?”“Uh, yeah, Ed Williams the writer guy.”“How are you?

As a writer you may be ready to cash in on the need for web content. There is a lot of money that can be made through content writing if you know what web publishers are looking for in high quality content.

"Build your advertising campaign around a BIG IDEA or it will fail."David Ogilvy, certainly one of the five greatest advertising people who ever lived, constantly preached that advice to his staff.

Ah, the age-old writer's debate--to outline or not to outline? Outlines have proven quite effective for a lot of writers, and many of the famous stories we know and love--such as Star Wars--were outlined before they were fleshed out into a...

This book is about the witchcraft events in Salem. The story takes places in a small town called Puritan village. In the beginningof the book Betty, Daughter of Samuel Parris, gets sick. Betty, his father and his niece Abigail live together.

As a freelance copywriter in New York, your work is never done. What? Do you mean to say that it is hard to find regular freelance writing jobs, even here in New York City?

Over the years, I’ve found that new screenwriters frequently have confusions and misunderstandings on the proper way to write slug lines, also known as master scene headings.

Writing is a muscle that needs exercise to stay in shape. I realized how true that saying is when I took what I called "a well-earned break" after I finished my first novel.