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Dont Give Up On Writing That Novel
by Jill Smolinski.Think it's hard to get a novel published? For most writers, it is - but it's certainly not impossible. I've had two hit the shelves-in 10 countries, and with book club and movie rights picked up. People often ask me how I did it, and the truth is sim...
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Writing an e-Book 101: The Complete Guide
by Dr. Iggler.IntroductionAn eBook is an ELECTRONIC book - a file containing all the information that a hard book would contain. eBooks are downloaded directly from a secure library online to YOUR computer.The most common file format for an eBook is a PDF which ca...
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7 Steps to Turn a Blank Page into a Blank Cheque
by Richard Jebb.Copywriting can be a lucrative business if you’ve got the right skills. And writing of any kind can be a great way to make a living, but how do you get from that intimidating first page, to that very rewarding first pay cheque. Before becoming a fr...
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Spin Your Typing Skills into Cash
by Chris Dunn.If you learned to type in your younger days, youll discover that this is an ability you can now use if youre looking for ways to earn an income working from home. Although much of the world is more keyed into the technological advances of the compute...
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Writing Help
by Deanna Mascle.Many of my students shrug their shoulders at the beginning of the semester when I tell them that time is their best friend. Just like my students, too many writers struggle with their writing because they treat time as a four letter word. However tim...
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Overcome Fear of Public Speaking by Feeling the Love
by Deborah Torres Patel.Are you one of the majorities of people that fear speaking in public? Fear of public speaking has reached extraordinary proportions affecting most people scheduled to stand up in front of people to speak.It can be a daunting task to get up in front o...
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Is This Article For you?
by Arthur Levine.How many times have you said to yourself, I wish I had someone who could write articles for my Website or Blog that tells the reader what I think they will be interested in reading about?Many of you don’t have the time or the desire to write your o...
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7 Signs Of A Newsworthy Article
by Kristina Mills.1. Facts – Editors and Journalists like to write their articles including the latest statistics and test results that are published on a certain subject. If you can get these results, write a press release around these statistics ...
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12 Questions To Ask When Deciding On A Copywriter
by Shane Mills.1. Strategic ability - Do they have some strategic thought behind their creative processes or are they being creative, purely to be creative? 2. Do you find that their work embodies "salesmanship in print" or are they just creative writers? Some...
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Copywriting Checklist To Bulletproof Your Copy
by Shane Mills.Here is a checklist of things that you need to include in your copy. It is a good idea to go through this checklist to see whether you have included all the necessary items.• Have you included the word ‘you’ in your headline, or at least imp...
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The Seven Secrets: From Novice to Novelist
by Steve Manning.Regardless of the novel you want to write, there are seven elements you’ve got to have. Call them personality traits, work habits, tools, it really doesn’t matter. If you’ve got them, your work is going to be that much more rewarding and that m...
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Why Internet Authors Dont Need Critics
by Mike Scantlebury.I love to help people, and I'm always ready to give advice to people who ask.For instance, there's a lot of people out there seeking advice because they've written a book. A lot of people. Almost as many as the number of people who give advice to peo...
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Voice in Narrative and Dialogue
by Michael LaRocca.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 ...
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Promoting Your "How To" Book - Customer Confidence Building
by Michael Mould.Once you have your book completed and out in the marketplace you cannot sit back and hope the sales will be great unless you have no desire or care to see it sell, YOU have to promote it. So, what can you offer that will boost customer confidence and...
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The Wordos Are Coming! The Wordos Are Coming! A Wordo Alert
by Bill Moore aka Prof. Wordo.Actually, the wordos are already here. Probably have been ever since people started using that new-fangled tool – writing – to make something other than inventory lists. Since you won't find wordo in the dictionary, I'll start with a definition a...
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Write A Super Bowl Ad: No Writing Skills Needed?!?
by Kevin Browne.I want to make this point crystal clear: if you write a Super Bowl ad and it gets produced and shown on the big game down in Florida, your life will be in jeapordy.Why?Because the people in the ad business that live and breathe advertising have despe...
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The Worth of the Wicked
by Stephanie D. Tyson.Sometimes writers mistakenly devote most of their attention to developing the main character while leaving the antagonist flat and underutilized. Yet so much of the meat of a story can be found in the doings of a well-written bad guy who experiences ...
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Writing a Memoir: Should You Do It?
by Lisa Silverman.With the tremendous success of such memoirs as Frank McCourt’s "Angela’s Ashes," Mary Karr’s "The Liar’s Club," and Dave Eggers’s "A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius," the 1990s and early 2000s saw an explosion in the genre. The boom...
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Why a Literary Agent is So Important to Your Success
by Steve Manning.Ask any literary agent what they’re interested in and they’ll tell you, without a doubt, literary quality. That’s what they want. They’re looking for high-quality writing. That’s their story and they’re sticking with it.But if you catch t...
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Write Your Perfect Resume
by Steve Dolan.Writing a ResumeNot that long ago, the easiest way to get a job was to visit the company you wanted to work for and ask for one. Today, however, it's not quite that simple. Most companies require you to submit your resume to them before they'll consi...
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Powerful Book Pricing Tips for Authors
by Brent Sampson.First let's provide definitions for the 4 terms covered in this article:Retail margin is the difference between your book’s wholesale price and your book’s retail price. For example, a book with a cover price of $10 and a wholesale price of $5 ha...
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Creative Writing: Tips To Make Your Creative Written Work Sell
by Mario Churchill.Creative writing is one of the most difficult jobs in the world. However, you really don't need a special talent for it. What you need is a paper, a pen and a very good imagination that is worthy of telling your story to other people.With good imagin...
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Why Your Writing Time Is Worth More Than Money
by Ruth Barringham.I used to think that everything in my life was geared around saving money. Even when it came to my writing I would rather waste time doing things the long way rather than spend money that would help speed my career along.Bu then something happened th...
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Learning How To Write
by Michael LaRocca.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 ...
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How To Write Ezine Articles In Clusters
by Elaine Currie.Writing several articles at once might seem pretty much impossible to do if you are just starting to write Ezine articles and find producing them one at a time hard enough. However, writing articles in clusters is not difficult and, once you understa...
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