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In a previous article, jeffrey@cygnus.com (Jeffrey Osier) says:

>
>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
>



I went to one of these, and it was about what I expected--some tips on this
and that, plus (the main part) a sales pitch for his tapes and books. 
Since I didn't expect much, and didn't get much, I was satisfied enough.  I
regarded it as an afternoon out, and practice in driving somewhere without
getting lost. 

He's got a pretty good pitch, I guess, because a lot of people were
shelling out a couple of hundred bucks apiece for the tapes, books, etc. 
(Habits of un-wealth protect me from -ever- spending that kind of money on
impulse.)  McCollister makes it sound like the stuff is wonderful, and
claims that this is your only chance for this half-price offer, but
(knowing that he was doing several sessions in the area over a couple of
days), I figured I'd be able to walk into another session and not have my
money rejected if I decided I wanted to buy.  (I didn't, though.)

(The poetry for five dollars a word is greeting card verse.  $25 or $50 for
five or ten words equals five dollars a word.)


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