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  • Making The Time To Write That Novel
    Finding the time to write a novel is one of the major issues confronting writers, particularly those who haven’t been published yet. How does ... Click to Read More

  • Manuscripts Wanted" - Questions You Should Ask The Publisher Before You Sign
    There are days when I feel as if everyone I know is a writer, and that they are all looking for the same thing, to ... Click to Read More

  • Marketing for Writers When Writing Just Isn't Enough
    Many writers write for the experience. Others dream of having a number one best seller. Both are wonderful reasons for writing. What many fail to ... Click to Read More

  • Mission Possible: Get Published with Goals, Guidance and Persistance
    You send me an e-mail. You tell me you’ve written over three hundred poems since you were 16 (in your teenage angst stage)... Click to Read More

  • Money Savvy 101
    (NC)-Life is full of transitions, from high school to university, from first job to the next. Each of these changes brings with it a ... Click to Read More

  • Need a Book Coach, Ghost Writer, or Editor? Part 1
    If you either want to write a book to help others create a better life and boost business or you already have your book nearly ... Click to Read More

  • Need a Book Coach, Ghost Writer, or Editor? Part 2
    If you either want to write a book to help others create a better life and boost business or you already have your book nearly ... Click to Read More

  • New York Code Orange Jaisini new art series
    New York Code Orange Jaisini new art series The creativity of Jaisini is not designed to be preaching or too critical. Paul Jaisini reached his ... Click to Read More

  • Nobody Likes A Rambler
    We all know people who ramble. They include every boring and insignificant detail, speak in five-minute-long sentences and take forever to get to ... Click to Read More

  • Nonfiction Idea Generators
    The hardest part of nonfiction writing is finding a subject to write about. Unless you’re a student or a professional writer no one ... Click to Read More

  • Novel to Screenplay: The Challenges of Adaptation
    ADAPTATION 101 Brimming with confidence, you've just signed the check purchasing the rights to adapt John Doe's fabulous, but little known novel, Lawrence of Monrovia,... Click to Read More

  • Overcome Writers Block with Snake Dancing
    Writers block! Even columnist Dave Berry has it. He admits that at least 30 times a day when writing his humor column, he gets up ... Click to Read More

  • Pairs/Groups Of Words That Are Often Confused - Part 1 of 6
    By Laraine Anne Barker ACCEPT, EXCEPTNot commonly seen even from unpublished writers, who are probably familiar with the difference because they're all waiting for an ... Click to Read More

  • Pairss/Groups Of Words That Are Often Confused - Part 2 of 6
    BAITED, BATEDBaited usually refers to traps or snares. When the reference is to someone who is hardly daring to breathe, the correct word is always ... Click to Read More

  • Pairs/Groups Of Words That Are Often Confused - Part 3 of 6
    ELICIT, ILLICITElicit means to extract or draw out; illicit means not legal.EVERYONE, EVERY ONEEveryone means every person in a group; every one means each ... Click to Read More

  • Pairs/Groups Of Words That Are Often Confused - Part 4 of 6
    LATER, LATTERLater means afterwards; latter is the second of two things."Later that day we went for a walk.""We have two choices. The latter ... Click to Read More

  • Pairs/Groups Of Words That Are Often Confused - Part 5 of 6
    PASSED, PASTPassed is the past tense of pass. Past means a time that has gone. "Time passed and we all forgot the incident." "In times ... Click to Read More

  • Pairs/Groups Of Words That Are Often Confused - Part 6 of 6
    SALE, SAIL Sale is either offering something for purchase ("for sale")or offering it at a special price ("on sale"); sail is partof a ship ... Click to Read More

  • Poetry in a Nutshell
    Poetry is more than just rhyming and prose that is in meters and verse. It is an art form. It is something that can not ... Click to Read More

  • Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Dog
    Emlyn Williams Theatre, Mold, North Wales: 20th February 2003 Clwyd Theatr Cymru commemorated the 50th anniversary of the death of the Welsh poet, Dylan Thomas ... Click to Read More

  • Promotion - Credibility Extras
    For many of us, marketing our titles is one of the most tedious tasks of being an author. Even authors who published with large New ... Click to Read More

  • Publicity Through Philanthropy For Writers
    I am twenty three years old, have sold over four thousand copies of my first book in a matter of a month after it's release ... Click to Read More

  • Pulling Sales with Your Ad Copy
    One of the best marketing tools available to your internet business is good sales ad copy. This can pull in sales faster than just about ... Click to Read More

  • Ready, Set, Go Sell Your Book In The Real World!
    We hear a lot these days about more books actually being sold 'outside' the traditional bookstore. Think about it. When was the last time you ... Click to Read More

  • Realism
    ‘Realism’ I In William Dean Howells’ words, Realism is ‘ the truthful treatment of material’. But to the question ‘what ... Click to Read More

  • Realize Your Book Dream In 2004!
    If you haven't realized the success you wanted last year, here's a way to reap the harvest with 86% improvement! Use the power of visualization.... Click to Read More

  • Real Estate Professionals Need You to Write for Them!
    Ask yourself these questions: Are you an experienced writer? Do you want to stay at home to write? Do you want to work for yourself?... Click to Read More

  • Reward Those Who Publish Your Articles!
    It is pretty obvious that content is king online. It is also obvious that writing more content and submitting them to other sites will help ... Click to Read More

  • Savage Nature: The Life of Ted Hughes
    One of the most important poets of the post-war period, Edward James Hughes (1930-1998), was drawn towards the primitive. He was enchanted by ... Click to Read More

  • Script Mechanics—Suggestions for Writing Effective Voiceover Copy
    As with any of the performing arts, an effective voiceover begins with a well-crafted script. You don’t have to have many years of ... Click to Read More

  • Self Publishing Success Starts With Marketing
    Self-publishing is not for the faint of heart. The publication process is lengthy, involves a considerable number of detailed, administrative tasks and can be ... Click to Read More

  • Sense of Place
    What is Sense of Place? It's the image of a scene's environment evoked by the writing. The author becomes an artist; the book page is ... Click to Read More

  • Seven Compelling Reasons to Get Your Name on a Book Cover
    Have you ever considered writing a book? If so, maybe you’ve already established firmly in mind your exact purpose for becoming an author. Your ... Click to Read More

  • Signs of Infidelity - 21 Categories of Cheating Signs
    With infidelity reaching epidemic proportions, every woman should learn how to recognize the telltale signs of infidelity. The future of her relationship could depend on ... Click to Read More

  • Slow Pokes: Short Story On The Changing World Of Writing
    “No one will ever know who I am, I’m a nobody-writer from nowhere… I’ve had a thousand rejections from all the major ... Click to Read More

  • Snob-Bloggers: You Just Might Be A Snob If You Publish A Blog
    You Might Be A Snob-Blogger If… According to Jupiter Research, about 2 percent of the online community has created a blog. That works out ... Click to Read More

  • Something in the Ether
    There is something stirring in the world - a kind of intellectual buzz coming from seemingly nowhere. This buzz is causing a great deal of imaginative ... Click to Read More

  • Sowing the Seeds of Opportunity: How to Multiply Your Freelance (Writing) Work
    You can turn your $200 fee to write a press release into $2,000 to carry out an entire PR campaign simply by convincing clients ... Click to Read More

  • So You Want to be a Freelancer? Here's How!
    Not that long ago, freelancing was something people did mainly in larger metropolitan areas where work for writers, artists, and other creative types was plentiful ... Click to Read More

  • Stimulate Your Sensebuds...and Wave Goodbye To Writers Cramp!
    When you get stuck for ideas, and the words won’t flow, invariably it’s because one, more or all of your senses aren’t ... Click to Read More

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    Quote of the Week
    Garth Nix: For all my longer works (i.e the novels) I write chapter outlines so I can have the pleasure of departing from them later on. (For more writerly quotes, see...

    Here they are, the last of the submissions to the Unnamed Abstract Challenge
    Here they are, the last of the submissions to the Unnamed Abstract Challenge: My Charge, fiction by Counterfission. Beyond the Storm, fiction by Emma L. This Is a Poem, poetry by Joel Stein. Longing,...

    Updates!
    I've been updating some of the smaller submissions today. There are new cliches in the cliches list; new tips in How to Get Ideas, How to Get Started, and How...

    New Fiction
    At last the latest fiction from the slush file: Omen by Karissa M.Every other Saturday, a group of thirty or so 15, 16 and 17 year-olds convened in the Anglican Church...

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