THIS is a book written by Linda Jones ex journalist, freelance writer, blogger at You've got your hands full, Judith's Room member and all round fabulous lady who has helped me out a lot with starting freelance writing.
Her book arrived today and I have been racing through it. Verdict? It's flippin' brilliant. You know all those questions you have about how to write a pitch, should you write the article first or not, how do you find out how to email it to, should you call them afterwards, how soon etc etc? She answers them all and so much more.
I was feeling down today, not at all motivated, lacking self confidence about this whole writing thing, and then Linda's book arrived in the mail and changed all that. I sat down and read it for an hour and then leapt up back into action making phone calls, chasing things up, thinking up new ideas, all that stuff.
It is motivating, informative, honest, funny, inspiring, warm and real. She has real experience and isn't coy in sharing it with us in this wonderful book.
Thoroughly recommended. Thank you Linda, I feel as though I have just spent the afternoon sitting down with you picking your brains. How did you know exactly what I wanted to know?
And she didn't even have to pay me to say any of this, that's how good it is :)
* This book is no longer available on Amazon and used copies are selling at £30. If you would like a copy, for much less and would like to support a worthy cause at the same time, please contact Linda via her blog at www.gotyourhandsfull.com.
* A version of this review was posted by Heather on Judith's Room.
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