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The Greatest Freelance Writing Tips in the World, a reader writes...

IF you're having a lousy day, a message like this brightens it up, let me tell you...

Yours was the first and best book I bought when I started freelancing last year. A lot of other books seem very "American" and written during a golden age of freelancing...your success is still inspiring me. Irma Heger.

Irma is a Dutch freelance journalist based in the UK. So it's hartelijk dank from me.

More reviews here.

Now that's the type of feedback I like to hear!

JOANNA, who has just started out as a freelance journalist, got in touch with the following feedback on The Greatest Freelance Writing Tips in the World.

She says: "I followed your advice on 'how to pitch' and got a commission from the Guardian from my first approach to them...

"Congratulations on the book - it's one of the most useful freelance resources I've found. I particularly like the straight talking tone and the fact you tell it like it is - no messing about!"

Phew. I like it. Thanks Joanna. You can read what other people have said about the book here or buy a copy here.

Latest feedback on my book, The Greatest Freelance Writing Tips in the World

THANKS again to everyone who has been in touch to tell me about their reaction to my book. It's particularly pleasing when they also say it has helped them find work.

Here's a couple of messages. The first is from Karen Mortimer:

She says: "Having been made redundant from my PR role I decided to take the plunge and go freelance. I wasn't really sure where to start but this book put it all into perspective and allowed me to start up my business in a rational and realistic way. I've not got any huge clients yet, but have already picked up a couple of smaller ones and I've only been going for a week! A great book, thank you."

Health writer Charmaine Yabsley adds:

"I love your freelancing tips book - I recommend it to everybody and I also teach and highly recommend it there too! Thank you for offering your pearls of wisdom."

You can see more writers' views here.

Writing magazine review of The Greatest Freelance Writing Tips in the World

WRITING magazine has included my book, The Greatest Freelance Writing Tips in the World, in its Writers' Bookshelf.

This is what reviewer, Richard Bell, has to say:

The series of Greatest Tips in the World already includes books offering the greatest tips for golf, cookery, yoga, and some twenty other subjects.

Now comes The Greatest Freelance Writing Tips in the World. Linda Jones has been a reporter and a news editor on major regional papers, and is now a widely published freelance writer. She is well qualified to suggest the greatest tips.

Her book is not about writing skills; she assumes that her readers are already competent writers but need more advice on getting published and improving their writing income. She therefore places emphasis on how to come up with ideas for saleable material and how to market it once you have written it.

Researching your markets, finding ideas that meet their needs, and selling those ideas (‘ideas are currency,’ as Linda Jones puts it); these are what The Greatest Tips is all about.

The author has tips not just on magazine and newspaper markets, but also on Internet and commercial opportunities, and even has advice on the gentle art of getting paid. She says that her book aims to ‘offer realistic advice to those at the start of a freelance writing career’. It certainly does that.

Write This Moment recommends The Greatest Freelance Writing Tips in the World

I'VE recently logged back in to Writethismoment.net and was thrilled to see this recommendation for my book on the members' notices page:

Linda Jones has recently published The Greatest Freelance Writing Tips in the World ... and the book certainly lives up to its name! Whether you've just started out as a writer or are firmly established into literary life, you'll find some really useful suggestions and insights that can make your freelance writing career easier and successful. Linda draws upon valuable experience and packs alot of sound advice into this little book, which is well worth the small investment of 6.99! Congratulations, Linda on writing such a useful publication!

'A wonderful resource' Another five star review for The Greatest Freelance Writing Tips in the World

GREAT to see another very positive review on Amazon for The Greatest Freelance Writing Tips in the World.
Here's an extract:

Linda Jones does not promise you that you'll make loads of money or make you think it will be easy to break into and then maintain a career in freelance writing.

However, reading this book is like having a chat over a cup of coffee with a trusted friend. She shares successes and failures.

Look here or here for more news of what readers have said about the book.

"If you only buy one book about writing..." Latest five star Amazon Review for The Greatest Freelance Writing Tips in the World

HERE's the latest review for The Greatest Freelance Writing Tips in the World.

Just a snippet follows:

An excellent book about starting out in the world of freelance writing for newspapers, magazines and the internet as well as lots of great tips for commercial writing - catalogues, press releases etc....It will either increase your enthusiasm or convince you that this type of work is not for you.

So a big thank you to the reviewer for going to the trouble of posting that. I'm really chuffed.

Latest feedback on The Greatest Freelance Writing Tips in the World

IT'S a while since I've collected together reviews and so on for The Greatest Freelance Writing Tips in the World so here I go.

Catherine Goddard writes here about what she reckons while Elaine Everest has posted an Amazon review.

As you can imagine, I am delighted to see that Catherine puts me in the same breath as those kick-ass Renegade ladies and that Elaine recommends my book as a teaching aid.

Book review: The ABC Checklist for New Writers, by Lorraine Mace and Maureen Vincent-Northam

THE ABC Checklist for New Writers, Lorraine Mace & Maureen Vincent-Northam, Oriana Publishing £10.99

"A useful guide"...Review by Jackie Cosh

The ABC Checklist for New Writers: How to Open Doors and Get Noticed the First Time Around sounds like a book every new writer should have. It is set out as the title suggests – an A to Z guide of advice. Some of the advice, such as that on kill fees will be welcome advice to the novice.

Today's feedback on The Greatest Freelance Writing Tips in the World

COMMENTS about my book are like buses of course - or other things that I won't dwell on. You don't get or see any for a while and then bam! Two at once...

Lesley Smith sent me a link to her review, which made me smile, a lot. Then Kerry Bailey sent me an email.

She says:

I just wanted to drop you a quick line to say a big thank you for writing The Greatest Freelance Writing Tips. It’s brilliant and I must say, I feel so much more confident about freelancing since I’ve read the book. It's fab to have your book on my desk to look to for no-nonsense advice and tips.