Category: Writing, page 17
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Discover How to Turn your Boring, Dead Articles Into a Video Masterpiece
It is no secret that article marketing is one of the most effective ways to get hungry customers flocking to your site like seagulls. But in case you're not aware of this hard fact. Ezine Articles - Alexa Rank 563 , GoArticles - Alexa Rank 4,804, Article City - Alexa Rank 15,454 . Not too shabby — But as good as article directories are...they don't hold a candle to video content sites. Take a look at these numbers. YouTube - Alexa Rank 4 , Yahoo Video - Alexa Rank 1, MySpace Video - Alex Rank 6 . You're probably wondering what videos have to do with articles. Article Marketing 2.0 Is Born!
How Much Money Is Enough: Thoughts From Conduct In Question, The First In The Osgoode Trilogy
Ever had your moral convictions put to the test? Most of us think we know what we'd do in any given situation. But do we really? Maybe another unknown part of us surfaces and takes over-leaving us in a confusion of questions. But the deed is done and we cannot...
Small Wonders: The Power Of Independent Publishers And Invertebrate Creatures
Over the course of the past decade, authors and readers alike have been heard to utter a collective groan of dismay as the once elite publishing industry continues to resemble the multiplex tripe factory of Hollywood, churning out one cookie cutter product after another.This situation would be funny (considering the...
Seven Useful Tips To Ghostwrite Books For Clients As A Freelance Writer
Serious freelance writers know their income may come from other sources, not just writing articles for magazines or clients. Ultimately, their freelance writing leads to writing books or e-books for themselves or as ghostwrites. If you decide to ghostwrite e-books and trade paperbacks for clients, consider the following:If a client...
Spell Out Your Spelling Crisis Online
Showing a way to beat spelling crisis, it somehow introduces a way to cope up handicaps in spelling to save the present situation of unfortunate children who flunk in spelling.
How To Write A Better Book
Before you begin writing your book, you must research your idea and see if it is in-demand with readers. Who is going to read it? To whom are you trying to appeal with your words? You must have a general idea of who your intended audience will be. Check out...
Description: the Element of Every Great Story
In writing, we don't have the option of great physical gestures or facial expressions to help us tell our story. Everything we do relies on words. Therefore, our words must be powerful enough to stand on their own. They must be strong enough to place the reader in the story; to make them feel as if they are in the very shoes of the one who wrote or experienced it. There is one element that has the power to do this: description.
Publishing Options For Freelance Book Authors
It is difficult to break into the publishing industry as a new author, and even more difficult to get an acceptance letter from an editor at a large publishing house. As an author you will work hard to finish your book, and work even harder to find the right...
How To Write Reviews That Webmasters Will Link To
Product reviews are an exceptional tool to drive traffic to your own, or any other website. They are inherently valuable and provide benefit, which is exactly what readers and webmasters are looking for. When content provides a benefit, people will read it, forward it, and link to it. As an...
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...
Carving Out A Home Writing Retreat
The phone rings. The laundry pleads to be stuffed, cycled, dried and folded. Chaos reigns in the kitchen, e-mails queue for attention. Our lives are at once mundane and undeniably seductive at the same time. When we sit down to write at home, suddenly everything that marks our existence as...
No Time: Your Best Fake Excuse To Avoid Writing
After a full day of work, family and life, you fall into bed exhausted. Mentally ticking off your to-do list, you cycle through shopping lists, phone calls, appointments, feeling good about what you have gotten done, until you get to the thing you really want to do. You lay there,...
Thank a Reader a Day; They Deserve It!
Purchased a good book lately? What did you do with the book after you finished it?
How To Find The Novel That Only You Can Write
Most people think writing a novel is just writing. I have lost count of the number of people who say "I want to write a novel" and think that they will just sit down, put pen to paper or fingers to keyboard, and the whole thing will just unfold before...
The Simple 5 Step Secret To Great Fiction
Stephen King says he starts his novels with a "What if?" question. What if a woman and child are trapped in a car by a rabid dog? What if a family pet buried in a Pet Semetary came back to life? What if a young girl could start fires with...
Copy Editing
Copy editing is a most important and time-consuming task for those involved in the field. It requires the sensitive editorial handling of print material of every kind. And it requires the editor's close attention to a document's every detail, its format, and all of its elements; a thorough knowledge of...
How To Write Attention-Grabbing Headlines: 10 Foolproof Methods
It's no surprise that your headline is crucial to the success of your article. It's the first thing your reader will see, and it has to do many things, including getting your reader's attention, drawing them into your article and encouraging them to read more, and summarizing what the article...
Writing Naturally
Have you ever found yourself stuck in your writing like a child on a rocking horse? Rocking back and forth, writing and editing, and wondering why your story doesn't take you anywhere?As a writer for a local weekly newspaper, I couldn't afford the luxury of writing and editing. I just...
Compassion
I never considered myself a particularly spiritual, or for that matter, a religious person. But I've found that in writing The Osgoode Trilogy, particularly the third, A Trial of One, that compassion has become very strong theme which runs through all three novels.I just found this quote from Thomas Aquinas...
How Long Is Too Long To Market A Book?
So how long is too long to market a book? According to some studies (both formal and informal) marketing (and seeing the results in the form of book sales) can take anywhere from six months to two years, it all depends on what you want to get out of it....