Michael is an American who's lived in Asia since 1999. He currently teaches English at Shaoxing University in Zhejiang Province, China. He telecommutes to Hong Kong as a legal transcriptionist, edits for Books Unbound, and he published four novels in 2002.His website will show you how to improve your writing, find the right publisher, and promote your book after the sale. It explains why you should never pay to be published. It has won two Sime~Gen Readers Choice Awards and was listed in Writers Digest's The Best 101 Websites For Writers in 2001 and 2002. http://freereads.topcities.com michaellarocca@yawweb.org
Why Do We Publish? A major "character" in Mark Salzman's first autobiography is his father. Sometimes his father paints. But his father hates painting. He likes it when his painting is done. He likes having painted. Bu...... Similar Editorial : Self Publish or Perish by Corey Blake. | Source : How to Write
The One-Plot Wonder Back in the mid to late 1980s I was a security guard. The pay was lousy, but it gave me many hours in seclusion to write short stories and novels. However, I usually worked over 80 hours a week. No o...... Source : Improve Writing Skills
Common Writing Mistakes Most books aren't rejected because the stories are "bad." They're rejected because they're not "ready to read." In short, minor stuff like typos, grammar, spelling, etc. I don't mean places where we...... Similar Editorial : Common Credit Mistakes by Mike Clover. | Source : Improve Writing Skills
About Writing In this free email course, I'll tell you everything I know about improving your writing, publishing it electronically and in print, and promoting it after the sale. Two questions you should ask: (1) ...... Similar Editorial : Writing for Writing by Thanaseelan Vengadasalam. | Source : Article Writing
Voice In Narrative And Dialogue One of the nice things about being an author is that we can break any rule we want. (I just did.) It's part of our job description. Language changes through usage -- definitions, spelling, grammar -- and authors can help it do this. But on the other hand, we have to have some sort of agreemen... Similar Editorial : Dialogue Tags by Jennifer Turner. | Source : Research Report Writing
Learning How To Write As a student of Spanish, my goal was to think in Spanish. Skip the word-by-word translation so I'd have the necessary speed to speak and listen. I know words in Spanish that I'd be hard pressed to translate. Usually profanity, I confess. Chingow!For years my students here in Chin... Similar Editorial : How To Write E by Ewen Chia. | Source : Travel Writing
Find Some Readers! The Internet will not replace traditional promotional efforts, but it can enhance them. Before I go into the Internet, I want to talk about the old-fashioned marketing methods, because they're still your best source of readers.=====BOOKSTORESMap out all boo... Similar Editorial : Memory Card Readers by Christine Peppler. | Source : Travel Writing
Print-On-Demand Publishing - A Definition And A Comparison Print On DemandA Definition and a ComparisonCopyright 2004, Michael LaRoccaThe purpose of this article is to consider Print-On-Demandpublishing as an alternative for the aspiring author. It has itsstrengths and its weaknesses. You may wonder as you begin readingthis, but in the end I'm going to say some good things about it.To a large extent, the title explains the technology. The waythat...... Similar Editorial : The House Of Print by Tony Dean. | Source : How To Bind A Book
You';re Published! Now How Do You Tell The Readers? The first thing you must do is quit thinking like a writer andstart thinking like a reader. That shouldn't be a problem,because you are one. If you don't enjoy reading, you can't writesomething that someone else enjoys reading. So, when you read,how do you choose what to read?My wife can walk into a bookstore, look at the cover blurb of abook, conclude "I'll like this," and buy it. Then she'll...... Similar Editorial : Getting a Book Published by Dee Power. | Source : Find Isbn Book
Why Do We Publish? WHY DO WE DO THIS?Copyright 2004, Michael LaRoccaA major "character" in Mark Salzman's first autobiography is hisfather. Sometimes his father paints. But his father hatespainting. He likes it when his painting is done. He likes havingpainted. But the act of painting itself is, in his opinion, abig pain in the backside.Nobody reading this approaches writing like that, do they? I knowI don't. Of all...... Source : Find Isbn Book
How Not To Get Published HOW NOT TO GET PUBLISHED Copyright 2001 Michael LaRoccaIf someone had told me in 2000 that I'd publish four books in2001, I'd have called him an eejit.The last time I'd been published was 1989, and that doesn'tcount because I paid someone to do it. I'd long since given upon getting published again. In fact, I doubted I'd ever writeagain.By now you may wonder how I made it from Point A to Point B....... Similar Editorial : Getting Published by Simone Mary. | Source : Online Periodicals
