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I don't know the meaning of writer's block and why, because I'm not writing for the world, but for me and my passion for storytelling. What I write, I want to loan to the world to read, but when it comes down to it, why do we write?
Characters, Who, What And Where In The Hell Did You Come From?
Who are these people we are writing about? Fred, Bill, Joe, what to call my hero? What does he look like? I suppose tall, dark and handsome. No, more the bad boy, no perhaps a romantic... STOP!!!!
I Write Like Author Joe Blogs, Is That Good?
What is all this talk about style of writing? Hey, it's your baby, your creation. Are you an individual or a sheep disguised as a human? If we all had the same style of writing, everything classed as literature would be boring.
I Want To Write, But Where The Heck Do You Start?
A story can be fictitious or fact, in some cases both. I believe everyone on this planet has a story to tell in some form or another. So many times people say to me, 'I could write a book about my life'. I reply, 'why don't you'. They usually come back with, 'wouldn't know where to start', followed by, 'I don't have the time'.
Getting The Media Attention Your Book Deserves
You should always be listening for news that might make your book an important resource to anyone suddenly concerned with an issue. Always have your media kit ready so that if the opportunity presents itself, you will be ready.
So You've Decided To Write A Book - The Good News And The Bad News About Sharing The News
The decision to write a book is: • Exciting and exhilarating • Overwhelming • Stress-inducing • One of those life experiences that kind of find you going from euphoria to total depression in three seconds flat
Book Expo America For The Author Or Aspiring Author
Book Expo America is the book industry’s largest annual U. S. event where publishers exhibit their next season books to retail book buyers. The event rotates around Chicago, New York, Washington, D.C, and Los Angeles, and occasionally to other major cities. It is held in late May or early June, and attendance is usually more than 30,000 with over 2,000 exhibitors.
Bestsellers And Book Sales Expectations
Most new authors have no idea how book sales happen or what numbers to expect. A typical successful book from a major publisher sells between 20,000 and 40,000 copies. Healthy book sales from a smaller publisher may number at least 5,000 copies, whereas a self-published book may be considered promising if it sells as few as 1,000 copies to a wide audience.
Sherlock Holmes And Detective Fiction
The role of Sherlock Holmes in early detective fiction.
What To Do When You Feel Like Pitching YOUR BUSINESS OUT THE WINDOW!
Sooner or later, I can guarantee there will come a day when getting out of bed and facing another day of Prospect calling, talking and checking downline, you decide the results aren't shaping up fast enough, or soon enough, and the only thing you can think of is QUIT NOW!
Is Self Publishing The Right Choice For You And Your Book?
Self-publishing, although not a new phenomenon, is now a legitimate acceptable route to a published book for an author. In the self-publishing model, the author keeps the rights to his or her book but pays all the costs for producing, printing, and marketing the book and other ancillary products.
Women’s Writing: Ten Ways To Increase Your Power Through Language
It’s the thing we don’t talk about. We want to write successful books, but we’re not 110% sure of our ideas, or we’re afraid they will be judged. The bad news: That message is coming through loud and clear in your writing. Your readers can sense that insecurity reading between the lines. The good news: There are ten things women can do to increase the power of their writing and their influence.
Non-Fiction Book Marketing – And Art And A Science To Success
How you market your book depends on the subject matter, your ability to speak well on the message, your ability to attract attention for the book, current trends in the world market, and a variety of other factors. Regardless of how you specifically market your book, do not underestimate the time, energy, and tenacity it takes to do it well.
The Top Seven Reasons Publishers Reject Nonfiction Book Proposals
Publishers are deluged with manuscripts and book proposals, and must review thousands each year in hopes of finding the few that will become high-quality, best selling books. What authors don’t know is that publishers reject most of these after spending less than one minute reviewing them.
Ten Things Rookie Authors Do To Mess Up Their Non-Fiction Book Success
First time authors just don’t know what they don’t know. Learn and be better prepared to maximize your potential for book sales and publishing success. Here are the top ten things we find that are most likely to sabotage that first book effort:
Return On Investment Of A Non-Fiction Book To The Author
A soft cover book, perhaps 6” x 9” or other industry standard size for a trade paperback would be priced retail anywhere from $12 to $30 for consumer distribution, up to $50 for a professional book, and even higher for a textbook. An add-on CD might be $20, and a book plus CD package might sell for $40 minimum.
The Essential Media Kit For The Nonfiction Author
One of the most vital items an author must have in hardcopy and online is a media kit. Keep it in PDF format, and you will have everything you need in one place.
Driving Customers To Your Website: Article Marketing For The Non-Writer
If you are not article marketing, you are missing out on one of the best ways to drive targeted traffic to your website. Even if you are not a writer, there are still ways that you can reap the benefits that writing articles bring.
Internet Authors Free The Genie
What if? What if? The perennial call of the dreamer, the visionary, and the Internet Author. Such creative writers have seen the future, and it's not as we know it. It includes the end of the domination of Traditional Publishers and the rise in importance of The Reader, the ultimate customer of all writers. People may now make their livings on the net. What next? Mike Scantlebury has a prediction.
Well. Since everyday that you wake up it is the first day of the rest of your life, you start a New Year right then. Thus any day is a good day to start to re-examine the course of their lives.