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A Few Words about Writing and Perfection We're all perfectionists to some degree. Writer Cici Miller shares a few profound thoughts about the nature of perfection, especially as it pertains to writers and writing a book. I, you, and many writers have struggled to let go of a piece of...
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Writing Great Non-Fiction - Focus on Structure The best non-fiction books have a set structure to house their chapters. That structure provides the framework for each chapter. Itīs stressful to re-invent the wheel every time with a blank screen. Most people including the author are intim...
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How to Read a Writer's Market Listing Editors and publishers issue market listings that describe exactly what they want from writers. Successful freelance writers follow these postings to the letter. Discover what works and what doesn't, and gain some insight from an experienced fr...
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From Freelancer to Children's Book Author Like many successful people Kelly Milner Halls identified a need and filled it with cute dinosaurs and chicks. Well, that’s how you fulfill the need when writing children’s books is your calling. Halls is the author of I Bought a Baby...
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Michael Sterns Kokopelli and the Butterfly Michael Sterns has a dream... and a mission to fulfill. 1092 Hit(s) | Read more...

Editing Genre Writing Genre writing has its own set of expectations. Although most writers like to fit somewhere in the spectrum of "literary," certain expectations exist in genre fiction which alter the scope of the writing and the edit.
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Mind Your Mind The thoughts you believe about yourself determine what you manifest.  The mind looks for ways to prove you right.  If you believe you are a capable, savvy person, then that is the direction you will act.  If you replay negative mess...
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Serendipity and Passion - Two Peas in a Pod: An Interview with Michael Sterns Michael Sterns didn't plan on writing a children's book. But, once the book was written, his success at selling the book has been no accident. He's sold over 33,000 copies of his original self-published book Kokopelli and the Butterfly...
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If you can talk, you can write a book You may think you can't write a book. Think again. If you have an uncanny ability to speak eloquently (or at least semi-intelligently) off the top of your head, then you can write a book. In this article, you'll learn the seven simple steps to "...
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This Girl Has Fangs: One Horror Writer's Bloodless Story When I say Horror Writer you think ___________.  Did you fill that blank in with an African American woman in her early thirties who graduated from Reed College, a notoriously liberal school? No? Meet Jemiah Jefferson.
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Want to Write a Book? You'd Better Start Now So you want to write a book... That puts you smack dab in the middle of roughly 80% of the world's population. The key difference between you and them, though, is that you're actually writing. Aren't you?
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Writing Fiction That Sells As the craft of writing has evolved, it has naturally formed the plot structure most pleasant to the human mind. This is the Three Act Structure, and it applies to short stories, novels and screenplays alike. What follows is the general flow of the T...
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Personalizing Query Letters for Better Response - Part 2 In Part 1 we talked about how to use mail-merge to personalize your self-promo letters.  Why go through this extra work? Because it makes your potential client feel like you're writing/talking directly to him.  Let's see h...
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Personalizing Query Letters for Better Response - Part 1 Psychologists tell us that people respond more positively when they're addressed by name. For this reason, your self-promo letters will be received better when you address the marketing director by his own name, rather than with a generic "D...
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Steven Manchester, Your Friendly Book Editor You've gotta love a man with a thick Massachusetts accent who obviously loves all aspects of writing, helping other writers and... well, life. Steven Manchester has been writing and publishing books for over 11 years. Though Manchester has edited t...
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