Business of Writing

What's the best way to pitch to a podcast host? How can writers use BookTok to sell books? How can writers break into travel writing? What's the best way to take card payments at author events? What do writers need to consider when drawing up their last will and testament? And how do we go about selling our books direct to readers? All these, and many more questions, are answered in this fifth collection of the Business of Writing Articles that first appeared in Writing Magazine between 2023 and 2025.Contributors include:Nicola Chester, Matty Dalrymple, Benedict Brown, Julia Goodfellow-Smith, Glenda Young, AP Beswick, Annabelle McCormick, Steve Newman, Amy McPherson, Richard Franks, Deborah E Wilson, PR Ellis, Antony Johnston, Mel Wardle Woodend, Gary Carr, Emilie Lauren Jones, Alison May, Mark Leslie Lefebvre, Morgana Best, Belinda Kroll, Jeff Adams, Michele Lucchini, Raychelle Ayala, Christina Patterson, Dene Bebbington, Steve Roberts, Brian Price, Vicki Beeby, Sarah Webb, Darcy Pattison, Caroline Brannigan, Charlotte Peacock, Kathryn Holme, Shannon Hamilton, Michaela Burns, and Alfons Winklemann.