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  • The Gospel of Writing According to Marilyn, Chapter 4  By : Marilyn Schwader
    This is part 4 in a series of articles about the writing life, from the perspective of a published author and writing coach.
  • Stress Free Corporate Events  By : Mandy Chagger
    The best way to handle the stress is to find a specialist that knows where in the UK you can host corporate events such as meetings and parties. When you work with a specialist, they can help you fulfil all your needs and even help you add a little something extra to the event.
  • Internet Authors don't need friends  By : Mike Scantlebury
    You want to write a book and see it in print? So who do you think is going to help you? Not your 'friends'. Not the people who like you as you are and don't want to see you change. Not the people who are jealous of your talent and your ambition. Not the people on the same road, the same race track, aiming for the same finishing line. You think they'll help? Think again. You're on your own. Make the most of it.
  • Multiple Streams of Writing Income Part 6: Developing Your Strategies and Tasks  By : Marilyn Schwader
    This is the sixth and final in a series of articles describing how to create a strategic plan to produce revenue and create higher visibility using your writing. For readers who want more information about creating and using Information Products (Knowledge Products).
  • No Screenwriting During Strike  By : Zinn Jeremiah
    The writer's strike emphasizes the importance of screenwriters.
  • Alternatives to story telling  By : Mike Scantlebury
    If the medium changes, so does the message - or so the message went in the 1970s. Does anyone still believe that? More likely, the skills, experiences and ingredients of good story telling have actually stayed the same over the years, even if quill pens have given way to computerised word processors. At least, that's what this author thinks. Agree? Or disagree, it's up to you.
  • Public Speaking - An Effective Way to Illustrate Your Talk  By : Tony Hall
    The use of props to help you to illustrate your talks when speaking in public has long been commonplace and can be a highly effective way of getting across your point. Using slides to reinforce your message is probably the most common way of doing so, but the technology to put slide shows together has not always been there. So read this article to discover the time-proven technique the experts use.
  • Writing an Effective Press Release  By : Diana Ennen
    Tips to writing an effective press release or news release are provided. The key to success in getting media attention is to do it right, we offer tips on how to do that. Get the attention your business deserves with the ideas outlined here.
  • Internet Authors are protest writers  By : Mike Scantlebury
    If several authors are writing books on similar themes does this make a 'trend'? Traditional Publishers don't think so. They've never heard of Protest Novelists or Challenging Writers, but this could be the 'next big thing' in the world of books. To find it, you might have to look on the internet, but that's no bad thing. There's plenty of good stuff out there, just waiting to be read.
  • The 7 Keys To A Success Article Marketing Strategy  By : Stephen Long
    Article marketing is one of the best ways to promote your website or blog. Learn the seven keys to success in article marketing.
  • Corporate Storytelling: Finding Story Resources  By : Bruce Hale
    Looking for a story to kick off a speech or enliven a meeting? Learn these vital sources for stories that will get the job done.
  • The Gospel of Writing According to Marilyn: Chapters 3  By : Marilyn Schwader
    This is the second of a series of articles describing the writing process from the viewpoint of a published author and publisher. This series will help writers see what the writing world is all about.
  • Multiple Streams of Writing Income Part 4: Vision Description and Leveraging Your Writing  By : Marilyn Schwader
    This is the fourth in a series of articles describing how to create a strategic plan to produce revenue and create higher visibility using your writing. For readers who want more information about creating and using Information Products (Knowledge Products).
  • Internet Authors don't need prospectors  By : Mike Scantlebury
    Publishers need authors, (they say). If that's so, why don't they read the stuff that arrives in the post? Because they aren't prospectors, says Mike Scantlebury, Internet Author. Publishers don't actually sieve the dross, looking for nuggets of gold. How could they? They're far too busy doing lunch and attending ceremonies, you know, important stuff, he says.
  • Multiple Streams of Writing Income Part 5: Developing Strategies and Tasks  By : Marilyn Schwader
    This is the fifth in a series of articles describing how to create a strategic plan to produce revenue and create higher visibility using your writing. For readers who want more information about creating and using Information Products (Knowledge Products).
  • Multiple Streams of Writing Income Part 3: Values, Vision, Purpose, Mission Objectives  By : Marilyn Schwader
    This is the third in a series of articles describing how to create a strategic plan to produce revenue and create higher visibility using your writing. For readers who want more information about creating and using Information Products (Knowledge Products).
  • Multiple Streams of Writing Income Part 2: Creating a Clear, Compelling Vision  By : Marilyn Schwader
    This is the second in a series of articles describing how to create a strategic plan to produce revenue and create higher visibility using your writing. For readers who want more information about creating and using Information Products (Knowledge Products).
  • Multiple Streams of Writing Income Part 1: Creating a Strategy for Your Writing  By : Marilyn Schwader
    This is the first in a series of articles describing how to create a strategic plan to produce revenue and create higher visibility using your writing. For readers who want more information about creating and using Information Products (Knowledge Products).
  • Internet Authors don't need needs  By : Mike Scantlebury
    Ever wondered how to give the publisher exactly what they want? Forget it. Even if they knew, by the time they made up their mind, they'd have already moved on. Yes, check out Mike Scantlebury and see what he has to say on the subject of writing, publishing and finding out how to give the readers what they want - a much better idea.
  • The Gospel of Writing According to Marilyn: Chapters 1 - 2  By : Marilyn Schwader
    This is the first of a series of articles describing the writing process from the viewpoint of a published author and publisher. This series will help writers see what the writing world is all about.
  • Learn how to write the articles that journalists really want...  By : Olivia Stefanino
    Why do some people make it as writers while others find themselves consigned to obscurity? One of the easiest ways to achieve "expert status" is to appear in print - but first you must follow the five golden rules that guarantee to showcase you as a professional...
  • Self-Published Authors: A New Market Niche for the Virtual Assistant  By : Gail Richards
    More and more people are publishing their own books as independent publishers rather than waiting and hoping to find a traditional publisher who will appreciate their work. The virtual assistant is becoming a key component in the success of these efforts.
  • Writing a juvenile fiction series  By : Bruce Hale
    Thinking of creating a series for children? Here are some things to consider before attempting to write the next Harry Potter.
  • Public Speaking - Why A Slide Show Is Never Enough  By : Tony Hall
    When making speeches or presentations the use of slides can be very useful in helping you to get your point across. With modern computer programs it is now easier than ever to put together a professional looking slide show with lots of graphics and effects. But just because you can do so doesn't always mean that you should! This article explains why.
  • Public Speaking - How to be Sure You Look and Sound Just Right  By : Tony Hall
    Do you think that if you knew that you looked and sounded just right, that your confidence to get up and make a speech would be boosted? Would your public speaking fears be banished by having the knowledge that the way you present yourself reflects a confident and assured speaker to all those who see you? Well in my experience it most certainly would and in this article you can learn how.
  • Public Speaking - 9 Tips to Ensure That You Are Original  By : Tony Hall
    Making a speech or presentation can seem an incredibly daunting task. Clearly it is of upmost importance to prepare correctly and give the correct structure to your speech. Every good speech must flow beautifully, so that you carry the audience along with you from opening to close and ensure that they each take away something truly meaningful. But in this article you can learn what it takes to be a truly effective public speaker.
  • Need Clients for Your Freelance Writing Business? Here are Six Proven Tips  By : Jo Ann LeQuang
    Writing is an unusual profession and one that many feel will never generate full-time wages. So why do some writers--like myself--support themselves as writers and struggle with more than enough work while other writers don't seem to be able to find jobs? For those willing to attack the problem, there really has never been a better time to be a writer.
  • Write Like Hemingway and Elmore Leonard  By : Jim Driver
    Learn to write a novel, following the example of writers like Ernest Hemingway, George Orwell and Elmore Leonard and learn to write clean, simple prose.
  • Card Writing Made Easy  By : Geraldine Jozefiak
    Writing a greeting card message can stump the best of us but it needn't. Having a few tricks to plan out your words and think about why as much as how, is the answer.
  • How to Hire Ghost Writers and Succeed in Keyword Ranking  By : Darren Dunner
    Recently there has been a major change taking place not only in Google but in all the search engines. The search engines have 2 goals for their users. To filter out junk web sites from natural search results, and to make money on paid advertisements which are also know as sponsored links.
  • Internet Authors don't need fame  By : Mike Scantlebury
    Tough being an author? Even tougher being a publisher! But in the world of Traditional Publishing there's all kinds of self-inflicted pain, most of which is no help to themselves, or their clients. Tune in with Mike Scantlebury and hear why he's an Internet Author, not bothering with the follow-my-leader of the last 250 years, now hopelessly out of date.
  • Marketing Virtual Assistant Services to Authors  By : Gail Richards
    Although objectively I know there are far more authors in need of virtual 'author's assistant' services than there are trained virtual assistants to meet their needs, the first question I hear from someone considering adding to their virtual skills to work with authors is: "How do I know I can find clients if I invest in getting additional training to work with authors?"
  • Training For Screenwriters  By : Zinn Jeremiah
    Considering training for screenwriters.
  • Ghost Writers: I Swear I Wrote This One  By : Darren Dunner
    At some point in time, every business has a need for professionally written articles, whether they are to be used for website content or for other business purposes. There are services available to meet these needs, and the professionals who specialize in this area are known as ghostwriters.
  • The 4 Biggest Reasons Every Author Should Count on an Author's Assistant  By : Gail Richards
    Every big-time author has an author's assistant - someone the author can call on to do the amazing number of tasks that surround the successful completion, publishing and marketing of a book. But first-time authors are lucky - they can have author's assistants, too - virtually.
  • Article Writing and Making Money Online  By : Ronald Vyhmeister
    There are common people, students, moms, etc, who earn easy money by writing articles. This article explains how.
  • The 7 Biggest Opportunities for the Virtual Assistant as an Author's Assistant  By : Gail Richards
    The occupation of the author's assistant has been around for at least two hundred years, but it has taken on new meaning and relevance over the past few years with the increasing number of authors who are self publishing as a virtual process.
  • How to tune in to your audience  By : Vincent Stevenson
    Winning over your audience is a key skill for any speaker, and you do not have long to make that winning impact. Your audience is your major concern. Without an audience, who needs a speaker? This article gives some tips and advice on how to grab them from your opening statement.
  • Attain the required result by speaking persuasively  By : Vincent Stevenson
    Speaking persuasively is every speaker's aim. We must look to first change people's thought processes before any real physical changes in behaviour can be affected. So what must we do to get inside of people's heads?
  • Do You Have What It Takes to Start Your Own Freelance Writing Business?  By : Dana Blozis
    If you are considering starting your own freelance writing business, then read this article to see if you have what it takes to succeed in this competitive industry.
  • How to handle Q&A sessions  By : Vincent Stevenson
    Handling Q&A sessions is a key skill to master for all presenters. A great presentation can easily be ruined by the way you interact with your audience. This article gives specific assistance in how to tread through the mine field of question and answer sessions.
  • Seven Simple Steps to Flawless Marketing copy  By : Dana Blozis
    Freelance writer and editor Dana Blozis explains how businesses can create flawless marketing copy for their marketing materials (brochures, websites, etc.) in just seven simple steps.
  • Delivering a vote of thanks  By : Vincent Stevenson
    We are oftem called upon at short notice to deliver a vote of thanks. This can be a little frightening for the uninitiated and there are a few rules and conventions which when known, can ease the fear and even make somebody confident to get it right first time.
  • Presentation Handouts: Three Ways They Can Kill Your Presentation  By : Helen Wilkie
    Conventional wisdom says you hand out materials at the beginning of your presentation, or even have them distributed before the audience arrives. There are, however, three inherent problems with this method. This article explains the drawbacks and offers a better alternative.
  • The Top Ten Things a Good Public Speaker Must Never Do  By : Tony Hall
    There is lots of advice you can gain about how to become a confident and successful public speaker. You can learn all about preparation, style, and content and how to get the audience on your side. These are all vital aspects of becoming a great speech maker. But there are equally some important things you simply must never do. This article will help you to discover just what they are.
  • Internet Authors don't need nonsense  By : Mike Scantlebury
    Okay, so you've written a book and you're looking for advice. It would be nice to hear from an 'expert'. Unfortunately, most people turn to publishers instead. What hopes have you got of learning anything? Mike Scantlebury, Internet Author, isn't impressed with the standards of feedback available. Hear his story.
  • Living by Book, Blog and Pen  By : Kate Loving Shenk
    The story of a blog-a-holic
  • Internet Authors don't need cut-offs  By : Mike Scantlebury
    Close the doors. Don't let anyone else in. That seems to be the message from bureaucrats and rule makers the world over. Why? Is there really a question of Health and Safety? Or is it just that a man with a pen and a penchant for control has decided to make up a few rules, draw some boundaries and decide some outcomes. Is it necessary? Does it help? Let Mike Scantlebury take you through the arguments.
  • Got to think of a good title, but damned if I can think of one.  By : Christine Jones
    Don't think of one, especially before writing the book. I let the story reveal it to me. Somewhere a character will say something or the atmosphere created will reveal it. I see titles as the last thing on the to do list when writing.
  • The Art of Writing a Good Article  By : Ronald Vyhmeister
    Article explaining the art of writing a good article and how this skill could be developed.
  • Writers block, what's that?  By : Christine Jones
    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?
  • You Don't Need to be Perfect, But Your Writing Does  By : Dana Blozis
    Learn how to edit, proofread and fact-check your own work.
  • Five Ways to Shine as a Professional Writer  By : Dana Blozis
    Learn how to make your work as a professional writer stand out.
  • Characters, who, what and where in the hell did you come from?  By : Christine Jones
    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?  By : Christine Jones
    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?  By : Christine Jones
    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'.
  • Reach Best Seller Reading Levels by Taking the Road Less Traveled  By : Donald Mitchell
    Many writers think that only the quality of their writing matters in creating a best seller. But applying the 2,000 percent solution process can exponentially expand their readership beyond what writing alone can accomplish. This article describes how anyone can become a business book writer who achieves the same reading levels as those with best sellers.
  • Getting the Media Attention Your Book Deserves  By : Gail Richards
    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.
  • Legacy Writing - 19 Questions to Help You Put Your Life on Paper  By : Corey Blake
    There are few things in life as important as telling your story so that your future loved ones and family members can intimately know you. Legacy writing is a life transforming experience, and one that a family can cherish for generations to come. Put your life in writing. Write your legacy. Write your memoir. Here's how!
  • So You've Decided to Write a Book - The Good News and the Bad News About Sharing the News  By : Gail Richards
    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
  • Benefits of Writing Articles as a Freelancer  By : Ronald Vyhmeister
    Article discussing the benefits and possible downsides of writing articles as a freelancer or ghost writer.
  • Self Publish or Perish: The New Age of Book Writing  By : Corey Blake
    There are few ways to label yourself an expert that are as exceptional as writing your own book. But in today's lightening fast world, you don't have to wait for the laborious process of commercial publishing. This article discusses using self publishing on your way to commercial publishing and how effective self publishing can be in helping you get your message out there to immediately improve your business!
  • The Five Key Marketing Elements Critical to Publisher Interest in a Nonfiction Book  By : Gail Richards
    The author's platform is her established audience following and the way to reach readers through a large database, syndicated radio show, national television show, magazine column, large and well-known company—in other words, name recognition on a large scale.
  • Internet Authors don't need Club Class  By : Mike Scantlebury
    What have 'bacon bits' got to do with new novels and Internet Publishing? See what Mike Scantlebury has to say about the obsession of Traditional Publishers for the supposed First Class of novel writing, and check out what other options might be available for the aspiring author and would-be writer.
  • Increase the Value of your Written Report with an Executive Summary  By : Helen Wilkie
    The executive summary is an excellent report writing tool that is underused and often misused. This article explains the three essential components of an executive summary and how to write them.
  • Ghost Writers Making Your Site Read Professionally  By : Darren Dunner
    Weaving words together to not only make sense but create an impact is possible only by the few who have the talent and have acquired the required skills.
  • Pricing Your Nonfiction Book  By : Gail Richards
    If your book is published by a mainstream publisher, the publisher will have the responsibility to set a price for the book. But if you self-publish, that task is yours. To price a book correctly to maximize sales, you need to know how other similar types of books are priced, as well as the costs of the book, in order to maximize your profits.
  • Content Writers - Setting Up Your Expectation  By : Darren Dunner
    When we click on a URL, we expect to see a website that provides us information about the company or person and some more related details.
  • Book Expo America for the Author or Aspiring Author  By : Gail Richards
    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  By : Gail Richards
    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.
  • Hiring a GHOST WRITER: 10 Questions You MUST Ask Before Hiring a Wordsmith!  By : Corey Blake
    You’ve spent a long time developing your idea, and deserve the perfect writer to breathe life into it. So how do you go about selecting the perfect ghost writer to string together the words that will attract your customers, speak your mind, communicate your knowledge, tighten a relationship, or spark a romance? Here is a list of 10 questions that should be asked and answered when interviewing ghost writer candidates.
  • Screenwriting A Popular Form  By : Zinn Jeremiah
    Considering the appeal of screenwriting.
  • Write Nonfiction in November  By : Nina Amir
    This article challenges writers to focus on starting and finishing a work of nonfiction during the month of November. The author encourages them to focus on simply writing, not editing, leaving this stage to December.
  • Touch Your Prospect’s Soul With Empathetic Copywriting  By : Dan Lok
    It has often been said that copywriting is science and art. And the best copywriters will be the first to tell you it’s an endeavor with a life-long education. You can set your copy apart, be unique, and find your own personal style by going within. Forget books for a while.

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