Robert BlyRobert Bly has been a professional writer since 1979 and a full-time freelance writer since 1982. He earns more than $600,000 a year from his writing and is a self-made multimillionaire.Bob is the author of more than seventy books, including several opular volumes on writing. These include Careers for Writers (McGraw-Hill/VGM), Secrets of a Freelance Writer (Henry Holt), The Copywriter's Handbook (Henry Holt), The Elements of Technical Writing (Allyn & Bacon), and The Elements of Business Writing (Allyn & Bacon).McGraw-Hill calls Bob Bly America's top copywriter. His copywriting clients include AT&T, IBM, Kiplinger, Boardroom, and Swiss Bank. He has published more than one-hundred articles in Amtrak Express, Cosmopolitan, Writer's Digest, and many other publications.Bob writes monthly columns for DM News, the weekly newspaper of the direct marketing industry, and Early to Rise, a daily e-newsletter on business success. He publishes a monthly e-zine on writing, copywriting, and marketing with more than fifty-thousand subscribers.Bob has given lectures on writing, publishing, and freelancing to numerous groups, including American Writers & Artists Inc., National Speakers Association, Learning Annex, Newsletter Publishers Association, and American Society of Journalists and Authors. Read More Read Less