Chatgris Press has just
introduced its new The Professional
Writer—Three-Book Set: Your Complete Guide for Improving Your Writing, Getting Writing
Jobs, and Learning About Publishing, and it has answers to questions like:
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How can I improve my writing to make me more
marketable as a freelancer?
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Where do I find publications to buy my articles?
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How do I handle rights and permissions?
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How do I negotiate my fees?
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How can I learn to write a book?
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What is book publishing all about?
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What home-office equipment do I need to be a
writer and/or publisher?
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How do I handle copyright issues?
The answers you’ll get
to these and many other questions about writing and publishing are full of
specific, step-by-step details. And
all this advice comes straight from one of the best authorities—an author of
nine books and over 140 articles in 37 magazines and trade journals.
The
Professional Writer—Three-Book Set was
developed specifically for
writers who are ready to work independently and want to do it in the right
way—by maximizing efficiency and profits and minimizing stress and mistakes.
Everything
You Need to Build a Successful Writing and Publishing Business
If you faithfully use
the information in The Professional
Writer—Three-Book Set, you will:
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Improve
your writing skills beyond imagination
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Gain
confidence in speaking with editors and publishers
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Learn how and where to find writing jobs
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Expand your contacts allowing
you to pick and choose the work you want
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Learn how to set
appropriate fees as an editor, writer, and publisher
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Always be organized,
motivated, and focused
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Maximize your income by
branching into numerous vocational areas
Chatgris Press is not expecting
you to take this big step on your own. We’ve done 95% of the work for you, and
will be with you every step of the way.
Strong
Writing is Only Part of Your Successful Business
The
Professional Writer—Three-Book Set contains everything
you need to know and do to start and run your own writing, editing, and
publishing business. Putting its strategies to work for you ensures that your
business will be everything you were aiming for while you worked your way
through Chatgris Press’s literature. To succeed, you’re going to have to do
things like:
Concentrate
on improving your writing skills. Improved
writing skills can accelerate the business of even the best writer. Yet, few
beginning writers understand this. The
Professional Writer—Three-Book Set describes how to improve
writing and overall composition skills.
Learn
what magazine editors what, and give it to them.
One reason many writers never see their articles
in print is because they simply don’t know what the editors want. This is just
one of the many things that The
Professional Writer—Three-Book Set does for you: It tells you
how to find out exactly what editors want quickly and efficiently so you can
sell them articles for which they are will to pay top dollar.
Learn
about publishing companies so you can start your own.
Once you’ve perfected your writing and sold your
articles to well-paying magazines, you might decide to work on a book. But
instead of waiting the standard 12 to 18 months from acceptance to publication,
your topic may be timelier. The
Professional Writer—Three-Book Set shows you how to set up a
book publishing company and work with printers to produce quality books in
record time—for you and others as well!
To be successful in
your writing and publishing endeavors you have to learn how other successful
writers work. The Professional
Writer—Three Book Set provides just such information in its
well-written, easy-to-follow books. Once you’ve finished these books, you will
be on your way to:
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Becoming a better
writer
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Getting your articles
published by magazines and professional/trade journals
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Selling your and
others’ books from your own publishing company
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Knowing that your
competition is limited because you’re doing the best job possible
Everything
You Need to Build and Grow Your Own Writing and Publishing Business
Chatgris Press has
packed this invaluable information about writing, editing, and publishing into
only three books collectively called The
Professional Writer—Three-Book Set. Then, we package it and
ship it to you three-day Priority Mail. Here’s what you get:
Book 1, Perfecting Your Prose—A Guide to Improved Writing
Book 1
is as a guide to help
writers expand their linguistic knowledge and to remind them of both common as
well as obscure grammatical rules and conventions, thereby improving the
overall structure and content of their prose. A combination of writing
instruction and grammar handbook, the sections within address a variety of
linguistic and structural constructions and examples helpful for developing
prose as clearly and succinctly as possible.
Part One – The Writing Process highlights the overall writing process to include the difference
between subjects and topics while defining the audience and various types of
writing. Grammar, style, and mechanics are also addressed, as is how to develop
an abstract, summary, or outline in planning a writing project.
1 Subjects and Topics, Audience, and Types of Writing
2 Grammar and Usage, Style, and Mechanics
Part Two – Diction explores linguistic etymology by defining meaning,
figurative language, and atypical words and collocations, i.e., the way words
and other elements are arranged or juxtaposed. Writing with clarity,
simplicity, and concision is explained to help writers prepare text that is
clear and comprehendible.
3 Meaning, Clarity, and Simplicity
4 Concision
5 Figurative Language
6 Atypical Words and Collocations
Part Three – Description, Narration, and Punctuation offers advice on using different types of descriptive
writing while providing several meanings of narrative. Point of view and tone
in narrative are also included. This section also provides valuable information
on punctuation rules and conventions helpful in developing text that is
creative without being confusing.
7 Descriptive Writing and Narrative
8 Punctuation
9 Other Marks of Punctuation
Part Four – The Sentence, delves into types and styles of sentences, and gives writers
specific methods for designing well-written sentences.
10 The Sentence Defined
11 Styles of Sentences
12 The Well-Constructed Sentence
Part Five – The Paragraph goes a step further, detailing paragraph coherence and flow,
ending with particular methods of paragraph development.
13 Paragraphing
14 Developing Effective Paragraphs
Part Six – The Essay guides the writer through the primary components of the
essay, and provides the writer with the necessary tools for drafting, revising,
editing, and knowing when to stop.
15 The Beginning, Middle, and Closing
16 Drafting, Revising, Editing, and Proofing
This book ends with lists of resources such as other writing references, dictionaries, thesauri, and online grammar sources.
Book 2
provides valuable
information on entering the industry of writing for periodical publications.
Designed for both the novice wanting to break into the field as well as
veterans wanting to explore new venues, Writing for Magazines and Trade
Journals guides writers through the myriad steps involved in writing
articles for publication. Whether you’re new to the field of writing
articles for publication or have many articles to your credit in numerous
periodicals, Writing for Magazines and Trade Journals provides much insight
on everything from finding venues for publication to writing results-oriented
query letters. Inexperienced writers will learn effective research skills,
writing techniques, and rights and permissions acquisition and negotiation
while those already working in the industry will gain more experience in
working effectively with editors, expanding their publications repertoire, and
most importantly, getting paid.
Part One – Time, Topics, and Resources presents options for
preparing yourself and your space for your craft. The writer is given
suggestions for finding topics as well as for locating venues appropriate to
their articles. Various resources for writing also are addressed.
1 A Writer’s Time, Place, and Tools
2 Finding Topics and Venues for Publication
3 Journals, the Internet, and Surveys As Resources
Part Two – Getting the Job and Doing It discusses the purpose and
types of writing, teaches writers about the various vocations available, and addresses
the issue of communicating with a publication’s editors.
4 Purpose and Types of Writing
5 Writing Vocations
6 Communicating With the Publication’s Editors
Part Three – Writing, Submitting, and Revising leads the writer through the
writing, editing, and proofreading stages while detailing specifics involved
with submissions and manuscript tracking. This part also guides writers through
reviews and revisions of their articles.
7 Writing, Editing, and Proofreading
8 Submissions and Manuscript Tracking
9 Reviews, Revisions, and Decisions
Part Four – Legalities, Compensation, and Help in
Organizing discusses the importance of rights, permissions, and reprints, and
advises the writer on payment and fee issues.
10 Contracts, Rights, Permissions, and Reprints
11 Payment and Fees
12 Help in Organizing
Finally, the writer is given suggestions on getting and staying
organized, and a list of resources is provided.
Book 3, Publishing for Small Press Runs—How to Print and
Market from 20 to 200 Copies of Your Book
Book
3 provides valuable and current information on publishing and
printing books in short press runs using digital methods for both book covers
(digital offset press) and text (digital photoreproduction), print on demand
with point-of-purchase book manufacturing machines, and electronic or “virtual”
publishing and distribution. Publishing for Small Press Runs teaches
writers about the importance of appropriate cover design, as well as how to use
publishing industry standards for registering and copyrighting their work.
Authors learn how to promote books using creative and effective marketing
methods to locate the appropriate markets to sell their books directly through
bookstores or through online booksellers. With 22 figures and 9 tables, Publishing
for Small Press Runs has sold internationally and currently is used as the
course text/reference guide at five universities and for various seminars on
writing and publishing.
Part One – Today’s Industry addresses
the growth of independent publishing as a cost-effective and efficient means
for disseminating an author’s works. It also provides insight into the pitfalls
and drawbacks of private publishing.
1 The Popularity of Self-Publishing
2 Good Reasons to Self-Publish
3 Drawbacks
Part Two – Getting Started gives
advice on developing an imprint and maintaining a sense of professionalism.
This section also provides guidance on generating ideas and deciding what to
publish, and offers suggestions on building a work environment that offers the
most productivity and least distraction for both writing and publishing.
4 Imprints, Logos, and Business Entities
5 Developing a Unique Idea
6 Deciding What to Publish
7 Creating Your Writing Environment
Part Three – Preproduction Tasks provides
valuable information on properly registering publications with agencies such as
R.R. Bowker and the Library of Congress Copyright Office. This section also helps
readers identify markets for their books while being aware of funding sources.
8 Cataloging
9 Identifying Potential Markets
Part Four – Writing and Production Work helps the
author-publisher with issues such as writing and revising a book and deciding
on the necessity of artwork. Technologies and a variety of processes and
procedures are offered with regard to printing and binding production work.
10 Writing Your Book
11 Developing Artwork
12 Producing Your Book
13 Printing On Demand
Part Five – Marketing and Distribution gives the
author-publisher insight into the inner workings of marketing. Traditional as
well as more creative marketing methods are covered, as is an abundance of
information on inexpensive methods for distributing books. Detailed procedures
for efficiently filling orders and keeping track of financial accounts are
provided, and information on how to get books into readers’ hands is included.
14 Developing Marketing Materials
15 Developing Alternative Marketing Strategies
16 Selling via Mail Order
17 Filling Orders
18 Distributing Your Book
19 Virtual Publishing
A
Lot for a Little
Now for the best part.
If you were to take the courses and buy the books individually, you’d have to
pay $324.35. But with this special packaging offer you can have the three
volumes included in The Professional
Writer—Three-Book Set sent to you for only $99 plus shipping.
Bonus!
What’s more, you’ll also be given free copies of the two CDs for books 2 and 3
containing all handouts for the college courses. And these handouts are only
available to students in the class; they are not sold to the general public.
The
Professional Writer—Three-Book Set is a natural extension
of Chatgris Press’s goal of creating high quality writers, editors, and publishers
turning out only the best books and articles on a variety of subjects. Read all
three books and you’re on your way to doing what you enjoy most: Writing for a
living!
Gary Michael Smith
Writer, Editor,
Publisher