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Chapter 3: No-Fear Querying

“A fresh, and dare I say exciting, view of how to run a successful freelance writing business, by writers who know. Recommended reading for every writer who wants to increase sales, get published, and make more money.”

— Robert Bly, Author of Secrets of a Freelance Writer

"Break the rules and get rich is the message of this smart, witty, and well-researched road map to success. Whether you’re a freelancer who is trying to break into print, crack bigger and better markets, or take your writing to the next level, The Renegade Writer has the advice you need, in a lively, reader-friendly format that will keep you turning the pages for more.”

— Lisa Collier Cool, National Magazine Award Winner and Author of How to Write Irresistible Query Letters

The Renegade Writer
A Totally Unconventional Guide to Freelance Writing Success

ISBN: 0-9665176-8-7, paper, 206 pages, $14.95

For decades freelance writers have been told to follow the “rules” of the business or risk poverty. Keep your query letters to one page! Don’t call an editor! Accept every assignment you’re given!

Now the truth comes out: Many highly successful freelance writers ignore those basic rules and many others, and even flaunt them to their own advantage.

Authors Linda Formichelli and Diana Burrell have published articles in Redbook, Woman’s Day, Men’s Health, Writer’s Digest and scores of other consumer and trade magazines. When they began freelancing they read all the freelance writing books, followed all the silly rules and struggled to get by. Eventually, they realized that certain “rules” didn’t really benefit them. One by one those rules dissolved and were replaced with clever ways to get assignments, get paid more for them, and finish them more effectively

Formichelli and Burrell share their insights in The Renegade Writer: A Totally Unconventional Guide to Freelance Writing Success. This book teaches freelance writers how to break into previously unattainable markets by eschewing the old way of doing things. It explains that freelancers can negotiate for more money and better terms, without risking their careers. It teaches that editors are not the writer-gobbling monsters many freelancers fear, and explains how to establish and foster relationships with these important gatekeepers. In short, The Renegade Writer helps freelancers become renegades and succeed!