Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Dan Ramsey has authored more than 100 non-fiction books, hundreds of magazine and online consumer guides, and numerous technical documents explaining complex topics in simple and actionable terms. Clients include McGraw-Hill, Prentice-Hall, Warner Books, Alpha/Penguin, Adams Media, Quirk Books, John Wiley & Sons, Consumer Guide/PIL, F&W Publications, Macmillan, Dearborn/Upstart, Popular Mechanics, Plane & Pilot, General Aviation News, Lowe’s/EDR Media and others. Dan’s latest books include Working Writer Secrets and The Frugal Pilot.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
WORKING WRITER SECRETS: How to Make a Good Living and a Meaningful Life as a Professional Writer (With Practical Tips and Advice for Anyone Who Writes) is my 105th book. It is inspired by the self-question: What would I like to know about writing as I began my career more than half a century ago. Yes, technology and topics have changed. But the structure, marketplace and need for clear writing are timeless. So I wrote WORKING WRITER SECRETS to the 17-year old me who first published.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Not really. I have had a prolific writing career in a wide variety of categories primarily because I understand the concepts of written communication and how to develop it. All writing solves a problem, either for the story protagonist or for the reader’s own life. Looking at writing as solution development has helped my writing career.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
All writers influence me, either teaching me how to communicate — or how not to. I gain insight from everything I read.
What are you working on now?
Actually, I’m retired now. After 55 years as a part-time then full-time freelance writer I am enjoying reading and traveling. WORKING WRITER SECRETS is my 105th and final book.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Offer assistance to other writers whenever I can.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Don’t give up your day job — until you have to. Most of the famous writers you read were or are Working Writers with day jobs that supported their writing habits until they found their voice and fame. WORKING WRITER SECRETS describes dozens of such writers.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Write what you know.
What are you reading now?
Books and articles that make me a better citizen and person.
What’s next for you as a writer?
Enjoying the fruits of my labors.
If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
Three or four notebooks and a pencil.
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