Amazon: Scott Nicholson had a successful full-time job as a reporter, but his true calling was to write fiction. “Writing novels has always been my real career, but so much of it was out of my control. I followed the same path through the publishing world as most writers—it was like there was an instruction […]
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The following is a guest post by Penny Carnathan. Writing a how-to business book or CEO memoir has become a recognized tool for business professionals marketing and branding themselves and their companies. It helps them establish their expertise while sharing useful information appreciated by readers. Plus, it can introduce them to a vast new audience
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Every November, over 200,000 people worldwide take part in NaNoWriMo — “(inter)National Novel Writing Monthâ€. NaNoWriMo participants aim to write 50,000 words during the month, and tens of thousands of them manage to do it. If those writers can do that, you can write a 20,000 word ebook in a month. Right? How to Write
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A man who, after graduating from college, was unable to find a job started his own business writing other people’s college papers. His primary marketable skill is that he can write fast. He regularly writes 30+ pages of college level writing every single day. And yes, he knows that this is cheating. How does it
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Do your kids spend more time on your iPad than you do? Has reading time evolved from hardcovers to the Kindle? More parents are using tablets not only to entertain their children, but to teach them valuable lessons as well. Every Walrus Can Fly is the first book from the award-winning digital design studio The
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The following is a guest post by Marsha Friedman. Nearly every day, someone asks my advice on the best way to promote their business or themselves. I get the question at speaking engagements, at the office and, yes, sometimes at home. I don’t mind at all, because I’ve always got a good answer: Write a
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Genevieve LaGreca: Without any middlemen or gatekeepers, with virtually no costs involved, and with self-marketing possible through social media and other Internet channels, electronic publishing is creating a robust market for new writers and books. For example, one novelist who was unable to find an agent or publisher has self-published two of her novels on
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The Guardian: Penguin USA will provide the service through its genre-fiction online community, Book Country, which launched in May offering wannabe authors the opportunity to post their work online and receive feedback. With 500 works of romance, science fiction, fantasy, mystery and thriller now online from 4,000 members, and “a small number” of those members
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If you are one who often writes content for your business whether it’s a blog online or you are the content writer within your company, I’m sure that at some point in time you realize that your content sometimes is a little boring, blah or just doesn’t have that spark feeling to it. I recently
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Open Forum: There are 130 million blogs on the Internet (according to Technorati), and 350 million people reading blogs daily (according to Comscore). Clearly, engaging with influential bloggers can be a real boon to your business, if you can win them over towards your brand and persuade them to evangelize your product. Rather than offering
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