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Writers often fall in love with their own words and phrases. Cutting them can feel like killing a person.
Continue reading Cut, Cut, Cut, by Audrey Owen.
Now glory be to God, who by his mighty power at work within us is able to do far more than we would ever dare to ask or even dream of--infinitely beyond our highest prayers, desires, thoughts, or hopes. -- Ephesians 3:20, TLB.
Continue reading Writing Rainbows! by Fran Fernandez.
Do you dream of seeing your book in Barnes and Noble? At Borders? Great. But have you considered the thousands of independent bookstores around the country? Independent bookstores are more likely to consider local authors or take a chance on an unknown book. Conveniently, they are organized into a group called Book Sense , an arm of the American Booksellers Association (ABA) Getting your book into these stores requires time and energy, but can help create that crucial groundswell of ardent readers creating a buzz for your book.
Continue reading Marketing to Independent Bookstores.
Can you use free book marketing website promotion? Is that even feasible?
Of course yes! Nowadays, your website can amass increased website traffic in no time thanks to free website promotion. How does this free book marketing website promotion go anyway? What are things to be done?
Continue reading 8 Free Book Marketing Website Promotion Techniques.
Do you have a website that showcases your work? If not, you need to get one. It isn´t that difficult, you can easily have a personal website up and running within an hour or two and the benefits are enormous.
Continue reading Why Every Writer Needs a Website.
At this time facebook became a phenomenon. Almost all the circles knew facebook and felt his benefit.
Continue reading The Benefit of Facebook for the Writer.
It's every writer's dream to be a published author; to sit and write books and have them published and selling all over the world. How great would it be to be able to write as many books as you want to and know that they will all be published?
Continue reading How to Self Publish a Book For Free, by Ruth Barringham.
Writing poetry can be
incredibly difficult
who can say
what is poetry
and
what is not?
Formatting
Language
Creativity
Emotion
It can all be so overwhelming,
That one can forget
The end goal of writing professional poetry:
PUBLISHING IT!
Continue reading How to Get Your Poetry Published, by Stephen Schneider.
As more people begin to realize that blogging for ad dollars and other free content strategies might not be the best way to make money online, I'm getting more and more questions related to creating ebooks.
Continue reading How to Create Ebooks That Sell, by Brian Clark.
Writing a short story is a great way to get your foot in the door of the writing industry; you can experiment with different narrative styles and play with characters, situations and tone. A short story can be as short as a paragraph or as long as 50 pages, so you have tons of freedom.
While assistant editors and interns at literary magazines are regularly drowned in mailbags full of submissions that are commonly referred to as a "slushpile," getting your short story published is easier than you might think.
Continue reading How to Get a Short Story Published, by Stephen Schneider.
The unique selling proposition (USP) is one of the cornerstones of marketing. There has to be a reason people do business with you and not someone else - a winning difference that sets you apart and makes you the only real choice.
Continue reading Take 15 Minutes to Find Your Winning Difference, by Sonia Simone.
By now you've most likely joined Twitter (and if you haven't, you need to, pronto!). Twitter is not only a great place for businesses and marketers, but it's also a great place to spruce up your writing skills.
Yes. You read that correctly.
Twitter can make you a better writer. Here's how.
Continue reading How Twitter Makes You A Better Writer, by Jennifer Blanchard.
I believe there are as many writing styles as there are writers.
Generally, writers fall into two camps, plotters and intuitive writers (sometimes called seat-of-the-pants writers). I am an intuitive writer. Of course there is always some overlapping of methods. I learned the term intuitive writer from author Alton Gansky. When he said that he's an intuitive writer, my ears perked up. Intuitive writer sounds like a more purposeful and intelligent term than seat-of-the-pants writer.
Continue reading Plotting vs. Seat-of-the-Pants Writing, by Megan DiMaria.
Want to write great Christian articles? Would you like some tips on how to do it? Here are some simple techniques to create great, creative Christian articles!
First, know and understand the meaning and definition of the word Christianity. From Encarta's online Dictionary comes: "1. religion that follows Jesus Christ's teachings: the religion based on the life, teachings, and example of Jesus Christ, and 2. holding Christian beliefs: the fact of holding Christian beliefs or being a Christian."
First, know and understand the meaning and definition of the word Christianity. From Encarta's online Dictionary comes: "1. religion that follows Jesus Christ's teachings: the religion based on the life, teachings, and example of Jesus Christ, and 2. holding Christian beliefs: the fact of holding Christian beliefs or being a Christian."
Continue reading How to Write Great Christian Articles, by Toni Star.
This April, the famed collaborative work of two Cornell alumni, William Strunk Jr., grad, 1896, and English professor, and E.B. White '21, The Elements of Style celebrates its 50th anniversary. Known today as a universal guide in stylistic and grammatical writing for students, The Elements of Style's history connects two generations of Cornellians.
Originally written in 1918 by Strunk, this "little book," as White constantly referred to it, laid down the foundation for efficacious writing.
Continue reading Classic Writing Guide, "Elements of Style," Celebrates 50 Years.
- Don't abbrev.
- Check to see if you any words out.
- Be carefully to use adjectives and adverbs correct.
- About sentence fragments.
Continue reading 25 Golden Rules for Writing Well.
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