Forget About "Talent"! (Mon Dec 26th, 2005 11:57:57 AM, by Steven Barnes) How is a writer to access her deepest and most powerful wells of
creativity? How do we tap into our talent, our genius, our
greatest potential for success? Writing classes often tell us
how to plot, or structure, or build characters, or create poetic
...
Seven Tips to Successfully Write Web Articles (Thu Dec 8th, 2005 11:28:40 PM, by Earma Brown) Seven Tips to Successfully Write Web Articles!
Online readers love free information. They scour the internet
daily looking for the specific information to solve their
problems, help them be successful, live longer or get healthy.
You should join the...
8 Ways to Make Your Articles Go the Extra Mile (Thu Dec 8th, 2005 11:28:40 PM, by Earma Brown) Your audience is hungry for information. But they want it in the
right format. The format must be easy to read, easy to digest
and easy to apply. If you deliver your articles the way your
audience likes it, they will reward you by reading every article...
Invoices and estimates in PDF format (Thu Dec 8th, 2005 11:28:40 PM, by Marian Marcinkowski) Creating invoices and estimates may be a consuming task for
freelancers. These tasks are part of their every day work. What
kinds of solutions are available today to make these common
tasks easier and more efficient?
One and probably the most common...
From Lances to Light Sabers (Thu Dec 8th, 2005 11:28:40 PM, by David R.) Why do we write? Well, that's a highly personal question for
which each person needs to look inside him or herself to find
the answer, but I would guess that, in many cases, it is a way
to set aside "everyday" life for a while and retreat into a
setti...
How To Think Through Writer's Block (Thu Dec 8th, 2005 11:28:40 PM, by Sophfronia Scott) In his book, On Writing, Stephen King says, "We are talking
about tools and carpentry, about words and style...but as we
move along, you'd do well to remember that we are also talking
about magic." When something is really well-written we tend to
thin...
Using "Tipping Point" Concepts To Market Your Book (Thu Dec 8th, 2005 11:28:40 PM, by Sophfronia Scott) Ever wonder how trends get started? As much as we'd like to
think that all trends are Madison Avenue creations propagated by
the media, many times a movement is sparked by the action of a
few. Then word of mouth makes it spread. Author Malcolm Gladwell...
The Three "Questions" Of Science Fiction (Thu Dec 8th, 2005 11:28:40 PM, by Steven Barnes) There is a great deal of misunderstanding about what that
particular branch of literature called "Science Fiction"
actually consists of. Is it space-ships and monsters? Time
machines? Galactic empires? Well, its all of those things, and
often none of ...
Getting A Publisher & Getting What You Want (Thu Dec 8th, 2005 11:28:40 PM, by Sophfronia Scott) In the basic scenario of book publishing, a writer finishes a
book and then finds an agent who helps sell the book to a
publisher. When someone asks, "How do I find a publisher?"
they're often looking for the details of this scenario. But
let's backtr...
Website Content | How to Get It And Keep It Useful (Thu Dec 8th, 2005 11:28:40 PM, by Elizabeth McGee) Content is King. No doubt you've heard this before.
There's just no getting around the fact that in order to attract
visitors you must offer useful, fresh, quality information that
people, and don't forget the search engines, crave.
One of the be...