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Article #1100American Writers Institute - Dr. John McCollister
From: Jeffrey Osier
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 23:32
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 23:32
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Has anyone heard much about or taken the class given by John McCollister? The ad in Writer's Digest reads: ------------------------------------------------------------------ QUESTION: Why do some freelance writers earn an extra $500 a week, while most get only rejections? ANSWER: Those who earn money not only know how to write, they also know how to SELL what they write. Discover the secrets of those who know how to make money by writing: - How to get published--within 7 days - How to analyze your markets - How to get paid many times for the same article - How to write a query that sells - How to write the kind of book proposal editors want - How to find a New York agent - How to sell your poetry for 5 dollars... a word ------------------------------------------------------------------ and it gives a little bio on John McCollister, who's written 12 books on flying and other topics (including the Christian Book of Why) and has marketed over 500 of his own articles to what appear to be decent publications (Sat Eve Post, Entrepreneur, others). What I want to know is, why does this gentleman's 2-hour seminar go for a measly 20 bucks? Has anyone out there taken it, and, if so, what did you think? (I'm going to the one in Vegas on Jan. 19, by the way.. he's in So. California for most of Jan/Feb/March and will be up in the Bay Area over the summer.) Jeffrey Osier Technical Writer, Cygnus Support
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!sdd.hp.com!sgiblab!pacbell.com!hoptoad!jeffrey From: jeffrey@cygnus.com (Jeffrey Osier) Newsgroups: misc.writing Subject: American Writers Institute - Dr. John McCollister Message-ID: <30266@hoptoad.uucp> Date: 30 Dec 92 23:32:36 GMT Sender: news@hoptoad.uucp Reply-To: jeffrey@cygnus.com Distribution: us Organization: Cygnus Support, Mountain View, CA; +1 415 903 1409 Lines: 35 Nntp-Posting-Host: rtl.cygnus.com