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Publishing Your Own Book

Asking a book publishing editor or potential agent to look at product posted on a website is much easier than engaging in the formal process.Almost absolutely, any hopeful fiction writer at any given time was working on a novel they dreamed of getting pub... Read >
Author: Steve Knowles

Retirement Ain't for Old Folks, Anymore!

The word retirement conjures images of rocking chairs, sunsets and shuffleboard - and the big night out every week is a bus ride to the bingo hall. For young people and even those who are approaching the top of that hill, these ideas are about as attracti... Read >
Author: Robert Palmer

Self Publishing for Creative and Fiction Writers

Let's face it. If you're a fiction writer or involved in some other creative writing, you're facing a lot of competition - it's tough to get a career started. True, there is an insatiable demand for fresh stories, but at the same time, there are a lot... Read >
Author: KA Finch

Ghostwriters and Their Role to Society

A ghostwriter is a person who writes something for or with somebody else but does not take credit in the finished work. Ghostwriters are hired to write articles, books, eBooks, reports, testimonials, stories, reviews, chronicles, versions and a lot mor... Read >
Author: Lambert Klein

Ghostwriter's World

For sure, a lot of people have heard of ghostwriters. But what do you really know about them other than the fact that they don't take credit for most of their works? This article will help you understand the roles played themr and how important it is for... Read >
Author: Lambert Klein

Why Clear Writing Means Aiming for the Lowest Common Denominator - and then Some

by Philip Yaffe Some people have experiences early in life that seem to have nothing to do with their intended careers but later turn out to be crucial. I am one of those lucky people. I graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles (... Read >
Author: Philip Yaffe

The Gospel of Writing According to Marilyn, Chapters 7-8

The Gospel of Writing According to Marilyn, Chapter 7: Ninety-five percent of Writing is Just Showing Up If I were to ask each of you why you haven't written a book, I'm guessing the most common answer would be that there doesn't seem to be enough time... Read >
Author: Marilyn Schwader, Writing Coach

The Late Great Sherlock Holmes

When people think of detectives, the most commonly thought of is Sherlock Holmes. He is one character of classic detective fiction that has remained popular throughout the years despite the fact that he has not been changed in well over the past one hundr... Read >
Author: Chris Haycock

7 Laws of Attraction – How to Attract What You Want

Whatever thought or feeling you project into the universe, it will be brought back to you. This is the essence of the law of attraction. Breakdown of this law into the 7 Laws of Attraction make understanding and application easier. With these 7 Laws of A... Read >
Author: Michael Lee

Creative Fiction Writing Workshop: Creating Your World for Your Historical Fiction Story

So you want to write an exceptional historical fiction novel? Of course, you will need to dedicate a significant amount of time to the process of crafting the story and developing both endearing and dislikeable characters. But that's not enough. Even... Read >
Author: Kat Jaske

A Short History of the Credit Card

Common enough today, a model of the credit card in its modern form was first invented by a fiction writer in 1887. Edward Bellamy, author of Looking Backward, mentions the "credit card" in the context of a utopian and socialist American society of the fut... Read >
Author: Beth Hendrickson

Marketing Your Business With White Papers

There are many different ways to market your business. One of the most effective is to use White Papers. What is a white paper? A white paper is a story which educates your customer and shows how your product can solve their problems. To be effect... Read >
Author: Rick Parrott, MCP

Why Story Editing Improves the Quality of Fiction

Copyright 2006 Black Butterfly Press Have you ever read a story, be it a novel or short short, that you loved so much that you have read it over and over? After each new reading, you even noticed something different and took away another message. Do yo... Read >
Author: Maxine Thompson

After School Activities That Make Dismissal Time Worth Waiting For

School is all about stress, whether we'd like to admit it or not. It's all about slaving over the latest math problem, sweating bullets just trying to balance the next chemical reaction, and getting headaches over explaining how Tolkien's Middle Earth is ... Read >
Author: Khieng Chho

Seven Secrets of Writing a Book That Sells

It's one thing to write a book, it's an entirely different thing to write one that's a saleable, viable, marketable product. Ensuring the success of a book is something even the biggest publishers have never been able to guarantee. Mitigating circumstance... Read >
Author: Penny C. Sansevieri

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