Industry Best Seller Features Veteran Freelance Writer's Success

Aug. 5, 2009 - PRLog -- Develop intestines of titanium. Be a person of your word. Working for yourself in anything is no easy path, no matter what you’re doing. This is just a bit of the advice Canandaigua, NY  writer Marci Diehl offers via the latest version of an industry best seller.

Two years ago, author and freelance commercial copywriting guru Peter Bowerman www.thewellfedwriter.com asked Diehl www.marcidiehl.com to be a profile in the 2009 edition of his award-winning, best-selling The Well-Fed Writer book series. With thirteen years experience behind her as a copywriter and consultant in her own freelance business, Bowerman considered Diehl a colleague with valuable advice and an unusual story to tell newer and less tested freelance hopefuls.

Now Diehl is featured in Bowerman’s success stories in the recently published, expanded edition of The Well-Fed Writer: Financial Self-Sufficiency as a Commercial Writer in Six Months or Less.

"Veteran Freelancer Makes Transition from Magazines to Commercial Writing" describes Diehl’s segue from writing for national, regional and local magazines to creating concept, copy writing and development for marketing and communication projects. In addition to the abstract in the book, www.wellfedwriter.com/sidedishes.shtml contains Diehl’s specific challenges, strategy, advice and the qualities she sees necessary to work as a freelance commercial writer.

“Peter sees me as an example of someone who has developed survival skills and expertise in a line of work fraught with challenges, but one that can be incredibly rewarding personally and financially,” says Diehl. “I’m very proud to be included among his peers.” She founded her business DoubleVision Creative www.marcidiehl.com in 1996.

Diehl continues to write for magazines as well as doing commercial writing and currently writes and acts as associate editor for Gannett's Canandaigua Magazine. In 2004, she received Canandaigua’s ATHENA Award www.marcidiehl.com/AboutUs/AthenaAward.html.

Bowerman is a commercial freelancer and columnist in Atlanta, Georgia since 1993. His client list includes Coca-Cola, BellSouth, IBM, UPS, Cingular Wireless, American Express, Mercedes-Benz, Junior Achievement and others. He has published over 250 columns and articles and leads seminars on writing.

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With more than 29 years experience in writing and media relations, along with intensive exposure to and involvement in the brilliant marketing campaigns of the PGA Tour over a period of 15 years, Marci Diehl began creating branding and ad campaigns as an independent creative developer, consultant and copywriter in 1996.

Diehl forms and leads teams of creative professionals for marketing communications and advertising projects for a wide variety of clients. She also act as the concept developer and senior copywriter within other teams headed by art designers. Her career includes working as a freelance writer and editor for local, regional and national magazines. Niches include: golf, business, travel and lifestyle topics. Diehl also acts as a social media strategist and is known as @writerdiehl on Twitter.