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May 6, 2008 | Posted in How To Write A Novel | Read More »
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How to Make Good Money Writing & Ghostwriting Books and Ebooks
The only thing lame about this book is the title. This is a great book for anyone who wants to make money as a writer. The good thing, is that it is written by a ghostwriter, for people who are just getting started.
This book doesn’t tell you how to write the book, it just tells [...]
February 14, 2008 | Posted in How To Write A Novel | Read More »
Sell Novels by Keeping the Genre’s Promises
This month we will study ‘the fiction novel’s promises,’ and how we use them to write and sell fiction.
There are rules that govern fiction writing. Most are soft rules that can be broken when the story needs a twist or to jar the reader emotionally. Experienced writers can break the rules and still sell [...]
February 9, 2008 | Posted in How To Write A Novel | Read More »
A Guide to Find Freelance Proofreading Jobs
Freelance proofreading is a most sought after career, which many people would like to get into. But they also lack the knowledge of getting into such a career. To succeed in any career the person getting into a career should know more details than others as any career path is not as simple as it seems to [...]
January 24, 2008 | Posted in How To Write A Novel | Read More »
Avid Readers Make the Best Writers
One comment I’ve heard from countless authors is, ‘I have no time to read anymore.’ This is a sad state, because the moment a writer stops reading they stop learning how to write.
Many of today’s writers believe they do not need a basic understanding of the classics to become published. It is so hard to [...]
January 9, 2008 | Posted in How To Write A Novel | Read More »
Hiring Book Editors
We are hiring book editors this week, a frustrating task. It isn’t that we lack applications. It is just that there are people out there who think they are qualified, who have no idea what they are doing.
We had one applicant say that they average about 300 hours per manuscript? If each session was [...]
January 9, 2008 | Posted in How To Write A Novel | Read More »
How To Pick a Publisher
One of the biggest tradgeties in the writing world is the number of writers who play ‘roulette’ with their manuscript. Most new writers receive dozens of rejection letters, not because the novel is not well written, but because the author sent their manuscript to the wrong publisher.
The trick to reducing rejection letters is to understand [...]
January 9, 2008 | Posted in How To Write A Novel | Read More »
12 Steps To Becoming A Best-Selling Author
Dan Poynter, author of The Self-Publishing Manual, defines a bestseller is an author who has successfully sold 35,000 copies of their book. However, it is also possible, that if your book becomes a Top-20 book in any given week (maybe only 5,000 to 8,000) then you can become a New York Times, Wall Street Journal [...]
January 9, 2008 | Posted in How To Write A Novel | Read More »
How to Keep Your Written Work from Being Copied and Plagiarized
It’s happened to most of us that write and if it hasn’t happened to you yet it will. It’s only a factor of time and exposure.
Someone has stolen your labor intensive work and put their name on it. Or, taken your work and rearranged the paragraphs and put their name on it. Or, taken all [...]
January 9, 2008 | Posted in How To Write A Novel | Read More »
Your Love Affair With Your Muse
How’s your love affair with your Muse?
That’s right, your Muse. Your creative source. Your inspiration for all the kooky, creative things you do. The voice that whispers, "Hey, why don’t you try encaustic painting? That looks like fun!"
Or maybe your voice has a more, well, cranky tone. Maybe your Muse’s voice gets snarky when she [...]
January 9, 2008 | Posted in How To Write A Novel | Read More »
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