December, 2006 - Holiday Issue
| John Moe |
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John Moe Conservatizes His Liberal Self
With a country more politically divided than united, humor
writer, public radio host, and popular blogger John Moe set out to
cloister himself inside the other side, an attempt to bring the
liberals and conservatives together... at least in his...
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| Steven Manchester |
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Steven Manchester Shares His Book Marketing Plan
If you’ve read any book-marketing article on this site (you have,
right?) or done even the slightest modicum of research into the matter,
then you are well aware that it’s pretty much every man for himself. No
matter if you are published by Har...
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| Marketing Key |
Creating a Grabbing Beginning
Most readers choose whether or not to read a book based on
three things; the cover, the jacket and the first page. If you publish with a
publishing house you will have no say about the first two, so it is essential
that you have a wonderful, grabb...
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| Eric Goodman & NaNoWriMo |
Eric Goodman Makes Good with NaNoWriMo
Eric D. Goodman, a contributor to this site, is published in The
Washington Post. An excerpt from his NoNo-novel-in-progress, Dead
Ends, was published in the Sunday edition of The Washington Post . It's
the first line from his new novel. Not b...
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| Talking Egos |
Don't be a Fathead Talking Head Ego!
Here is one thing that most people find fairly annoying, and you want
to avoid it in your writing. A friend comes up to you and starts
telling you what happened to her this week. She speaks with animation
and energy. She seems to think it is ...
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| Down and Dirty |
Down and Dirty Part Two
On a more accessible street-level, your use and manipulation of
Attitude creates Satire, and that is a chuckle, or a laugh out loud,
for the reader or viewer with a sense of humor. Of course, there is the
occasional instance in history when Sat...
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| Selling Your Book |
Selling Your Published Book - Writing is the Easy Part
Beyond writing your book, you want it to be successful. Success is
measured many ways and perhaps the most widely accepted measure is that
of sales. While most writers do want to make some income from their
hard work, most find the greatest sat...
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| 13-Digit ISBN |
13 Digit ISBN Numbers
Bowker would like to introduce you to their EAN Bar Code Service. Bar code
scanning is a required step for many retailers in the sales transaction process
for book publications and book-related items.
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| Nora Baskin |
Author finds success writing from the heart
Nora Raleigh Baskin is a writer who specializes in writing young adult books. The lessons she shares in this article are important for every writer of every genre. You want to write a book. That should be first and foremost in your mind. Thoughts ...
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