19th October 2011
The first route for getting a book published I reserve for millionaires, and those who care little for the views of others. Hit the keyboard, waffle on until the word count passes the 70,000 mark, then pay somebody else to turn it into a product that has ...
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19th October 2011
Mainstream publishers - the route all writers should target initially - operate without disclosing their internal costs, and why should they? They take commercial risks, and when the gamble pays off, they do well. Care, of course has to be exercised when ...
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08th August 2011
I didn’t choose this title, but many aspiring writers did! It happens to embrace a number of hurdles that many face when they set out to become successful authors. A better title might be, ‘Why do some books and articles succeed, and others fail’.
A bl...
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08th August 2011
Why do teachers spend half their life terrifying us? I’ll tell you. They are inordinately proud of their narrow, intellectual patch and want to reserve it for themselves. Punctuation does matter, especially for new writers trying to impress publishers, an...
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08th August 2011
Fiction writing is an acquired talent; one that even born storytellers have to work at. And the first lesson to learn is that descriptive prose needs to be kept in check if you want to write and publish a book successfully. There are right and wrong place...
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08th August 2011
Make it a good read! Ah, easier said than done, I hear you say. Not really. If you have a way with words, and are prepared to tackle this matter with discipline and intelligence, you, too, can write and publish a book. I know, because I’ve done just that,...
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08th August 2011
Writing styles like, speeches or public speaking, take on or should take on their own persona. This is after all how one writer, speaker or communicator is differentiated from another. Without an individual writing style how can writers connect with their...
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