"Lisa Collier Cool’s essay on writing a successful magazine query brims with smart suggestions, as does Richard A. Marini’s contribution on contracts and protecting your rights as a writer. . . . . this advice-filled book successfully provides an enlightening guide to the field." -- Publishers Weekly

The chapters, each written by a successful freelancer, include:

• Planning a Writing Business
• Seven Secrets of a Successful Magazine Query
• Research: Finding the Right Stuff
• Going Full-Time
• Tips from the Pros (learned the hard way)
• Foreword by Samuel G. Freedman, Professor
  and Associate Dean,Columbia University
  Graduate School of Journalism

Edited by Timothy Harper, ASJA member and former Associated Press national writer, who has been freelancing for 20 years. His work has appeared in major publications such as The Atlantic Monthly and Reader's Digest. He is the author of 11 books.