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1.	Bookmarks: 0	The Blog Factor: Everything you need to know to start blogging - today! Blogs matter because they are interactive and, if you blog on your book’s topic, it will help to further your expert status on a particular issue. And if you can get into a good blog that's seeing a lot of traffic, you can really start to gain some exposure for your book.
2.	Bookmarks: 5	On The Planet Corporate: Survival Through Fiction I found myself sitting in the HR department of one of the most famous companies in America. My ice queen soon to be boss wanted me and I knew it. After all, I had graduated from a pseudo impressive university and I looked really good in my Ann Klein suit. Problem was, I'd never worked a day in Corporate America and I had just turned fifty. Hard to teach an old dog new tricks but the bills were piling up and the only place my freedom loving artistic spirit had gotten me was do...
3.	Bookmarks: 0	Writing Prompts: Who Needs This Writing Help? Writing prompts can offer tremendous writing help for writers at every level of experience and expertise. Who can use writing prompts?Beginners can use writing prompts to help them learn and grow as writers as well as gain valuable experience in the craft. The only sure way to improve your writing is to write regularly and prompts can help you sharpen your skills on a regular basis. Perfection will never be in your writing future, but it is very true that regular practice...
4.	Bookmarks: 4	Writing Past Fear: 10 Ways To Stop Worrying And Start Writing Many people claim that they want to write. Most won’t because of a giant monster called FEAR. It looms over individuals and paralyzes them. “What if I’m no good?” “ What if I’m wasting my time?” “What if…” “What if…” “What if…” Fear creates these never-ending questions, but fortunately the beast can be conquered. It’s conquered every day. Here are ten ways to get over fear and start writing:1) Handwrite. Th...
5.	Bookmarks: 9	Surviving The Day Job: Six Easy Lessons Before I became a full-time writer, I had a job counting envelopes. Not colored envelopes or large manila envelopes, mind you, but white #10 envelopes. I had to count them in series of a hundred. Even now I can see them flashing in my eyes as I flipped through them, blinding myself as though I were looking out at a blanket of snow polished by the sun with dilated pupils. At the end of the day I’d leave the office with spots in my eyes.Why I had to count envelopes for six ...
6.	Bookmarks: 4	Seven Levels Of Rejection: And How To Make Them Work For You Most people in the writing world talk about the three levels of rejection--form, personal, rewrite--but I've discovered seven types (after over 200 rejections before being published and about hundred after, I should know). Learning how to analyze rejection is a helpful skill for any writer because you'll learn what to ignore, what to consider, and what will put you on the right track or, as the case may be, off of it.Here are the seven types of rejections that may find t...
7.	Bookmarks: 8	Querying: One Author’s Feedback On Tactical Issues When I was functioning as that lowest of all life forms, the unpublished author, I benefited from established novelists willing to share their experiences. This article is intended to give something back, especially since my experience had some unexpected turns.I quickly learned to prefer sending queries by snail mail. Yes, it is slower, expensive, and more work, but my perception is that paper queries are taken more seriously and less likely to be ignored. They are also...
8.	Bookmarks: 8	I Quit And Other Sensible Ideas - Or, Five Reasons To Stay A Writer It comes along more frequently than not: The thought that you’re insane and should pursue a career that doesn’t stomp on your pride or demolish your ego. You have the hopes of fame and fortune to comfort you at times, but not often enough to keep doubt from gnawing at your mind. Discouragement is a constant companion. You face rejections. You spend time, money and energy with no guarantee of financial gain (and if you’re published, you face rejections; spend time, money a...
9.	Bookmarks: 0	Home Business Copywriting Ideas When you do any online research about home based businesses, you will likely find thousands of results that tell you that the most successful and easiest business to start from your home is a copywriting business. You can make a great living without ever having to get dressed or leave the privacy of your own home.Out of all the home businesses that give you the option of solely working from home, such as marketing programs and designing companies, copywriting is still tou...
10.	Bookmarks: 4	Eight Surefire Ways To Stay Motivated Do you have trouble finishing your writing projects? Do you sometimes wonder what’s the point? Do rejections make you want to give up all together? You’re not alone. Writing isn’t always fun, especially when your efforts don’t seem to make a difference. But if you want to succeed, you can’t stop. You must keep going even when you don’t feel like it. Here are eight great ways to stay motivated: 1) Read biographies. What you’re feeling or going through isn&#...
11.	Bookmarks: 5	Dealing With The Doubt Demon The only good teachers for you are those friends who love you, who think you are interesting, or very important, or wonderfully funny. ~Brenda UelandThe doubt demon loves artists. This sensitive bunch of individuals falls prey to it so easily, from cartoonist Charles Schulz to writer Virginia Woolf. This little demon reared its ugly head when Stephen King threw the beginnings of Carrie into the wastebasket. We all owe our gratitude to his wife, Tabitha, who picked it out ...
12.	Bookmarks: 0	Creative Writing Ideas - How To Have Them How do you come up with new creative writing ideas? You can start by using a few basic techniques. Here are three simple ones.
13.	Bookmarks: 4	A Secret To Getting Published When Warner Books, one of the world's largest publishing companies, published my first book, The Angry Clam, back in 1998, the most common question I was asked was, "What were you smoking when you wrote this book?" This was quickly followed by the second most common question, "How in the world did a 40-page, hand-written book with bad drawings of a clam get published?"The answer to the first question was easy - pure Turkish Hashish - just kidding. (Actually, I awoke in th...
14.	Bookmarks: 19	The Business of Publishing The truth about publishing is really stranger than fiction and the truth is: getting published is only half the battle. The other half is to keep your reality check in balance so it doesn't bounce.
15.	Bookmarks: 6	Seven Secrets of Writing a Book That Sells Ensuring the success of a book is something even the biggest publishers have never been able to guarantee. Mitigating circumstances, flash trends, and world events will all affect buyer preferences. That said, there are still ways to leverage the sales-factor in your favor and here's how you do it.
16.	Bookmarks: 0	Publicity From Thirty Thousand Feet Sketching out your marketing campaign will also give you a chance to see what’s been leveraging you results and what hasn’t. Keep in mind that some things like bulk sales and national media might take longer than other items so you’ll want to keep putting forth effort toward those long-term goals.
17.	Bookmarks: 0	Get Your Book Done ... Now! A big part of my job as a book marketing specialist is to help people create something they can actually market: a finished book. Many of us have ideas aplenty but not a clue how to get them down on paper.
18.	Bookmarks: 0	Getting Syndicated Getting syndicated is a great idea, albeit a challenging one. If you’ve thought of this no doubt most (if not all) of your competition has too. But don’t let this discourage you; while syndication may take a while, it’s still worth pursuing.