1,001 Tips for Writers is a quotation book about writing and getting published in today's marketplace. The quotes were culled from a wide variety of books, magazine and newspaper articles, speeches, trade journals, speeches, and articles on the Internet. Some of the major sections are "Advice on How to Get Traditionally Published," "Self-Publishing," "Journalism and Newswriting," "(Writing) Novels," "Overcoming Writers Block," "Perseverance," "Success and Failure," and "Writers on Writing." The author, who has written or edited four other books, writes: "This is a book I wish someone had given me when I began my career as a full-time author and publisher."