John R. Soares

As an author, I’m best known for the hiking guidebooks I’ve written for The Mountaineers Books: 100 Classic Hikes: Northern California, fourth edition, and Day Hiking: Mount Shasta, Lassen & Trinity Alps Regions. I’ve also written over 100 outdoors articles for magazines and newspapers, including VIA and Sunset. I’m currently working on more outdoors books and projects. You can find out more at NorthernCaliforniaHikingTrails.com.

I've been a full-time freelance writer for businesses and nonprofits since 1994 (see JohnWrites.net). I also run the Productive Writers blog (ProductiveWriters.com), where I help freelance writers win high paying assignments and get them done quickly and professionally. I'm the creator of the self-guided course Find Your Freelance Writing Niches: Make More Money for Less Work, and I’m the author of Writing College Textbook Supplements, third edition, which focuses on one of my key niches.