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Swimming with Sharks

Swimming with SharksI just finished my first novel, “Shades of Betrayal”, and felt a rush of giddy excitement at the prospect of being a REAL writer. I had a vague idea that I would need an agent, so I went to a search engine and typed: “Litera...

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How to overcome the lyric writing hurdles that are keeping you behind.

The lyric writing side of songwriting is known to create an enormous number of problems for some folks. No matter how hard they try, they are unable to write a single line that they can be pleased with.In many cases these very same people make phenom...

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Never, Ever Release Any Of Your Rights To Anyone

One of the grandest scams on the Web, which goes largelyunnoticed, is for a web-based bookseller or publisher to requiresome rights to your work in exchange for the service to beprovided. Many demand the electronic rights, for example.Don't do ...

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Who Said You Can’t Make A Profitable Income Selling Your Short Stories

The truth is, selling your short stories to publishers is not the way to make a comfortable living from something you enjoy doing. The reason isn’t hard to understand. Publishers pay a once-off payment for your stories, if they are accepted. And th...

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WHY ARE WE AFRAID OF PERFECTION

Many potentially great writers have enough enthusiasm and energy to keep the Olympic torch going for the next thousand years. They are “writing” in their minds 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Months on end, their mind is fast at work with fant...

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Freelance Article Writing on the Net

This article may be freely distributed in your ezine, on yourweb site or in your e-book provided this resource box is kept intact complete with active links and author information.I would appreciate it if you let me know if you have used thisarticle ...

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WHAT IS PLAGIARISM AND HOW TO AVOID IT

PLAGIARISM:Wow. What a big word, like "marmalade". Hope I spelt it correctly!PLAGIARISM is deliberately copying someone else's work and putting your name to it. A couple of years ago, there was a celebrated case in my former homeland, South Afri...

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How To Become a Freelance Grant Writer

How To Become a Freelance Grant Writer by: Niall Cinneide What is a freelance grant writer? These individuals have a lot of power in their hands. When they work for companies, they are essentially trying to help gain free money for that company ...

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What Do You Get From Web Copywriting Training?

I'm a big fan of business skills training of all kinds and I welcome every opportunity to take part in courses, seminars and webinars on all sorts of areas. I've done days on social media at E-Consultancy, one-on-one training on SEO, Perry ...

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3 Ways to Make Your Mystery Stand Out in the Crowd

The mystery novel has never been more popular than it is today. People love reading them... and writers love writing them. Editors are swamped with manuscripts and can afford to be extremely fussy as to what they take on. How can you make your myster...

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