Comments on: How to Start a Home-Based Writing Business, 5th

By: Bookworm2

Bookworm2 — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 03:50:34 +0000

My writing has become more focused since reading Ms. Parker’s book. It is a detailed work on writing a business plan and planning a business. It guides the reader into his/her specialty and since my writing lacked focused, this book is on point.
Rating: 4 / 5

By: Midwest Book Review

Midwest Book Review — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 02:08:15 +0000

A previous edition of Lucy V. Parker’s “How To Start A Home-Based Writing Business” was recommended by the staff of Midwest Book Review to anyone aspiring to earn a living through their writing as being “A superbly presented, complete-in-one-volume manual. An invaluable user-friendly, highly recommended ‘how to’ guide specifically for freelance writers.” Now in a newly updated and expanded seventh edition, that original assessment has been further strengthened and justified. Featuring a jargon-free, eminently practical, informed and informative text of instruction, advice, and commentary, “How To Start A Home-Based Writing Business” is enhanced with the inclusion of Business-Success Worksheets, Prospect Information Forms, Estimate Forms, Job-Log and Job-Control Forms, a Checklist of Key Client Types, Profiles of Success Stories, Guidelines for Software Selection, Business Resources, and a Source Directory making it a completely up-to-date instructional reference that will prove enduringly valuable to anyone seeking to establish a career writing be it with fiction, non-fiction, or any combination of the two
Rating: 5 / 5

By: Janice King

Janice King — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 00:29:12 +0000

This wouldn’t be the first book that I would recommend for reading by a beginning freelancer. The author presents all potential writing opportunities (e.g., magazine and corporate writing) with equal emphasis, and the result is an overwhelming set of ideas and worksheets that are more likely to confuse newbies than to help them. Particularly baffling to me was the author’s choice of a model business plan, which is much more suitable for a large company than a one-person freelance business. I was also very surprised that the author did not discuss web sites as a critical part of a freelance writer’s promotional efforts. Although commercial web sites may not have been important when the first edition of this book was published, they are essential today — along with blogs and other forms of online marketing that also aren’t covered in this book. And although some of the author’s recommended resources are a bit dated, the book does contain topics, profiles, worksheets, and resource lists that aren’t covered in other freelancing guides and that will be useful to writers who have some experience in working on their own.
Rating: 3 / 5

By: Debra Cornelius

Debra Cornelius — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 22:19:24 +0000

Easy to read and packed full of informative information. This is a good basic start to doing business online.
Rating: 4 / 5

By: Richard H Frishman

Richard H Frishman — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 20:20:17 +0000

I love this book! If you ar are writer it will teach you hundreds of great tips. I highly recommend this book-Rick Frishman- Pres. Planned TV Arts (NYC) Co- author GUERRILLA PUBLICITY and GUERRILLA MARKTING FOR WRITERS.
Rating: 5 / 5