The Well-Fed Writer brand was founded by Peter Bowerman, author of The Well-Fed Writer books, The Well-Fed Self-Publisher, multiple e-books, and the creator of The Well-Fed Craft online course. The site features a blog, email newsletter, and other resources to help freelance commercial writers launch their writing businesses and thrive financially.
As of January 2025, WellFedWriter.com is managed by long-time freelance business writer and consultant, Jennifer Mattern. Jenn is the founder of numerous websites and resources for freelance writers, including AllFreelanceWriting.com and FreelanceWritingPros.com.
About the Books
The Well-Fed Writer
The Well-Fed Writer books are how-to “standards” in the lucrative field of commercial freelancing–writing for businesses, large and small, and for hourly rates of $50-125+.
Editions of The Well-Fed Writer:
- The 2000 edition of The Well-Fed Writer (a Book-of-the-Month Club selection)
- The 2005 companion volume, TWFW: Back for Seconds
- The 2010 quadruple-award-winning 2nd edition of The Well-Fed Writer (which combined and heavily updated the content of BOTH original titles), and…
- The 2021 3rd edition of The Well-Fed Writer
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The Well-Fed Self-Publisher
In 1993, after a 15-year career in sales and marketing, Peter turned to freelance commercial writing. With NO industry experience, NO previous paid writing experience, and NO writing background he built a commercial freelancing business in Atlanta, Georgia, from a fantasy to full-time in less than four months.
Peter’s list of past or present corporate clients includes The Coca-Cola Company, BellSouth, IBM, UPS, Holiday Inn, Cingular Wireless, DuPont, American Express, Mercedes-Benz, The Discovery Channel, Junior Achievement, Georgia-Pacific, The Cartoon Network, the CDC, The American Heart Association, and many others.
Together, his six self-published books and related products and services provided him with a full-time living for 10+ years, all the how-to detail of which is chronicled in his double-award-winning 2007 release (and its 2014 updated edition), The Well-Fed Self-Publisher: How to Turn One Book into a Full-Time Living.
The Well-Fed EPUB (Email Newsletter)
The Well-Fed EPUB has delivered consistent monthly email issues since Peter Bowerman launched it in May 2002.
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The Well-Fed Craft (Course)
The Well-Fed Craft: The Fast-Track to Marketing-Writing Mastery is a 12-module course featuring videos with Peter Bowerman guiding writers through various high-paying commercial writing projects.
Learn how to take on lucrative gigs such as writing copy for brochures, direct mail campaigns, case studies, white papers, and more.