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Editing Secrets

ing Secrets by: Laura BackesOnce you've plotted out your book, developed the characters and written the last word of text, the real work begins. As busy editors are bombarded with hundreds or even thousands of submissions a year, it's ...

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Romance Readers' Pet Peeves

I thought it might be a good idea to talk about over-used phrases in romance novels and short stories. This isn't just for me to have a moan and groan, but for you writers to consider avoiding over-use.We've all done it at some time or anot...

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Finding eBook Writing Topics On eBay

I was speaking to a good friend of mine who operates many businesses online and he just happened to mentionthat he gets many of his ideas from eBay.Even more intriguing, he told me that he could tell how much of a given product was selling on eBay.No...

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Writing for Yourself

I often see writers getting bogged down by "markets". Theyconstantly worry about who is going to like their work and who isnot going to like their work.Before I go further with what I intend to convey in this article,I would like to make a few things...

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Learn to Write - Your Story and the Background

Authors have a lot of mundane details to wade through when they learn to write. Even when you think you have one aspect mastered, you may turn around and find that another nuance has been entirely overlooked. Each part of a story is like a puzzle tha...

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Internet Authors Don't Need Nonsense

Many would-be writers and aspiring authors have a very negative view of Traditional Publishers. This is often because they experience their work being rejected regularly ' often on the flimsiest of grounds ' but also it may be because, almo...

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Writing Help: You Should Use Your Calendar To Improve Your Writing

Many of my students shrug their shoulders at the beginning of the semester when I tell them that time is their best friend. Just like my students, too many writers struggle with their writing because they treat time as a four letter word. However tim...

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Luring Back Your Muse

How often has this happened? You have finally found time to try to pen poetry, but words elude you. You have a quiet spot to yourself, at last, but no matter what, your writer's block persists. Your muse has taken a holiday, leaving a less than ...

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Will Your Book Sell?

The Kindly, Caring Literary Agent is probably extinct. Today's agents are more likely to treat you like a paychecks than like the sensitive creative person you are. You won't get your hand held when you're blue. You won't have you...

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Unlock Your Prospect's Mind From The Inside

A prospect's mind is an intimate place where something Icall The Inner Score Keeping System dwells. Simply put, it's a fundamental model that you can use as a metaphor to help explain the way prospects govern theirinner decision-making. It&...

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