Writing Articles

Writing | By Earma Brown @ Friday, 29th February 2008 @ 12:55 AM

Have you started your book yet? No. Don't think about it any longer. You know the words; now say it with me. Just do it! With the right focus and information, you can successfully begin, complete and even publish YOUR book within a few months this year. More and more people are successfully completing their books in less time. Even your competitors are getting it done. Why not join them. Here's seven tips to kick start writing your book: 1. Make your mark in the world wi... more...

Writing | By Victor Epand @ Wednesday, 27th February 2008 @ 2:29 AM

As the magazine industry is so widespread and growing, writing for magazines can be a rewarding and profitable venture. Moreover, with the growth of Internet technology, magazines find it preferable to use freelancers over the internet, rather than full time employees in an office. Office employees require various benefits and workspace, so unless it is absolutely necessary, freelancers can be a savings. Freelancers can be selected according to topics of interest and variety of writing styles. W... more...

Writing | By Victor Epand @ Tuesday, 26th February 2008 @ 4:36 PM

Categorizing your book is one of the biggest challenges you may face when you try to get your book published. Whether you place your book with an agent or publisher or you publish the book yourself, to ensure its success it is essential that you are able to correctly categorize it. While categorizing, you will find what you have written fitting into any one of the following nine categories: trade, professional, scholarly and university press book, college text book, elementary high school... more...

Writing | By Victor Epand @ Monday, 25th February 2008 @ 12:00 PM

A professionally published book has the obvious advantage of its outward appearance at the first impression. On the other hand, a self-published book, perhaps lacking the professional touch, makes a poor impression. As a result, the self-published book kills its own chances of commercial success. The following list of suggestions will help ensure your success by avoiding common mistakes. 1. Find a subject with a wide appeal, rather than limited, niche subjects. 2. For an eBook, en... more...

Writing | By Victor Epand @ Monday, 25th February 2008 @ 11:59 AM

Setting the right price for your book is crucial to its success. If you do not set the right price, you may do more harm than good to your sales. When pricing your book, you need to take into consideration many factors. There are generally two methods that you can use to arrive at the price tag of your book. The first is the traditional or the bottom up method. It is called bottom up because you start your calculations from the bottom and gradually go upward to get the best price for the ... more...

Writing | By Victor Epand @ Monday, 25th February 2008 @ 11:59 AM

Mainstream Publishing Some mainstream publishers are reluctant about accepting work from young writers who cannot sign a contract. What matters really, is that the quality or standard of writing should be high in order to compete with adult writers. To do this, the important thing is to thoroughly edit your work and follow the submission guidelines set by the publishers. Some publishers prefer that you send in a one page query letter first describing the project. A brief that appe... more...

Writing | By Victor Epand @ Sunday, 24th February 2008 @ 9:26 PM

Are you about to write a book? Don't you want it to be read, discussed and bought by many readers? You definitely want to compel more readers to buy and refer to your books. Some of you have inherent writing skills. You can mesmerize readers with your writing. However, those of you who want to improve your skill, can do so with a few of these guidelines. These guidelines will help make your books articulate and compelling to read. This is the difference which could mean total success... more...

Writing | By Victor Epand @ Sunday, 24th February 2008 @ 9:22 PM

A writing source provides not only inspiration, but also a place from where you can derive knowledge about the topic you are writing about. So, if you are writing about carpentry, it is essential that you learn some basic technical terms associated with carpentry such as hammer, chisel, etc, and their uses. It would definitely help if you have done carpentry work yourself, because that experience will give you a much deeper, personal understanding of your subject. You might fall short on... more...

Writing | By Court Tuttle @ Monday, 11th February 2008 @ 12:57 AM

It's true, you can lower your taxable income, you just have to know how to do it the most effective way. You might be thinking that you will simply work less house next year, but there are easy ways to keep your income the same and lower your taxable income. The answer is through itemized deductions. Now, if you are not big into taxes and how they work, you are probably saying, "through what?" and that's okay. Everything will be explained, even for the least tax-savvy pe... more...

Writing | By Jimmy Cox @ Wednesday, 23rd January 2008 @ 9:27 PM

To write well you must learn to use language tricks that can add to your writing the color, style, and appeal you want it to have. The five suggestions that follow have been called tricks because they work like magic to lift your composition out of the dull and the routine. I. MAKE YOUR PARAGRAPHS AND SENTENCES READ SMOOTHLY! A good piece of writing moves along like a well-oiled machine. There are no sudden stops and starts, no sputtering, no unevenness. Each paragraph flows from t... more...

Writing | By Jimmy Cox @ Tuesday, 22nd January 2008 @ 1:30 PM

One of the handiest bits of "equipment" to the idea searcher may be an inquisitive child. The best place for him may prove to be, not the quiet spot on a mountain top he dreams of, away from people, but in a battle of wits with his children. The number of questions a child can ask is astonishing. Why are handkerchiefs square? Why is soap slippery? Why is a clock called a clock? A list of questions has been devised to keep you moving on a straight track instead of foggily in a cir... more...

Writing | By Earma Brown @ Wednesday, 16th January 2008 @ 8:31 PM

Are you planning to write just one book? Wait! Before you decide, at least let me show you how easy it is to make your single book into a series of books. By the way, publishers love book series and readers become fanatical over a serial of books. Begin to change your thinking. Don't look at your book as a one time thing or a one title event. Begin to look at it as the beginning of your successful author journey. If you are looking for an easier journey, more rewards and more profit... more...

Writing | By Donald Mitchell @ Wednesday, 16th January 2008 @ 2:55 PM

Many people dream of writing a best-selling business book. Surely, the world is waiting for their unique wisdom . . . or so they think. The reality is far different. The average business book offered by a major publisher sells about 5,000 copies. Even if everyone who gets a copy reads it, that's not a lot of influence. By comparison, a best selling business book typically sells 50,000 to 100,000 copies. Of those copies, about 10 percent will ever be opened . . . and less than 5 pe... more...

Writing | By Jane Saeman @ Thursday, 10th January 2008 @ 10:05 PM

A writer will use a number of different techniques when using their words to grab a reader's attention. They know that some people respond to some ways of writing better than others. There are also styles of writing that are more fitting when used in specific circumstances. When writing some form of communication it's useful to be able to identify what these different techniques are, and to be able to use the most appropriate for the writing you are going to undertake. However it s... more...

Writing | By Joseph Jordan @ Monday, 7th January 2008 @ 3:13 PM

So, you have decided to write childrens books. Many people think that this is a very easy market, since young childrens literature tends to be so simple, but that is far from the truth. Rather, you must select each word very carefully because there are so few! Here are more tips on writing books for children. Read as many childrens books as you can get your hands on. This is vital if you want to writer your own quality stories that children will enjoy. Take note of how other authors use w... more...

Writing | By Jimmy Cox @ Thursday, 3rd January 2008 @ 10:46 PM

Almost everybody starts out with some interest in penmanship and a desire for a legible handwriting. But somehow there seems to appear a vague notion that handwriting and personality are so closely connected as to be too sacred to touch. "The illegible, sloppy handwriting portrays a complex character, so it is best not to try to change either." Nothing could be further from the truth. The home and the school working together can make immeasurable strides in both how to write and w... more...

Writing | By Jack Deal @ Monday, 24th December 2007 @ 9:26 PM

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 your good ideas and reshuffled the words and put their name on it. Or any combination of the above. If you publish and distribute on the web you may have hundreds of articles ... more...

Writing | By Earma Brown @ Saturday, 22nd December 2007 @ 7:45 AM

Have you read a self published book and noticed misspelled words, a wall of text and grammatical errors? Did it inspire you to read on? Or did it cause you to lose a tiny bit of confidence in the author? The truth is poor proofreading hurts the self published author and the industry itself. You see, every ounce of confidence lost in one self published author reflects poorly on all independent publishers. Professionalism inspires confidence. Whether you are writing a short ebook or... more...

Writing | By Jimmy Cox @ Wednesday, 12th December 2007 @ 2:35 AM

One of the handiest bits of "equipment" to the idea searcher may be an inquisitive child. The best place for him may prove to be, not the quiet spot on a mountain top he dreams of, away from people, but in a battle of wits with his children. The number of questions a child can ask is astonishing. Why are handkerchiefs square? Why is soap slippery? Why is a clock called a clock? A list of questions has been devised to keep you moving on a straight track instead of foggily in a cir... more...

Writing | By Stephen Campbell @ Tuesday, 11th December 2007 @ 1:02 AM

Developing a persuasive speech is one that many individuals fear because it is really difficult to convince someone to agree on your point of view. When you are to speak before the people and have the goal to make them believe on what you are saying, you find it difficult most of the time because you have to modify or change what other people think. So, how to make an effective speech - a persuasive speech? When it comes to speaking before the public, you need a thing of passion. However,... more...