10 Tips for Effective Proofreading Author: Jean Hanson Proofreading may not be terribly fun, but it's one of the most important parts of writing. Have you ever read a web page or a document that had typos, grammatical errors, and punctuation mistakes? This reflects badly on you and your business, and you
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3 Low Cost Ways To Meet Agents & Editors Author: Sophfronia Scott These days it's common knowledge that it's hard to meet an agent or an editor through an unsolicited mailing. They are more likely to pay attention to a submission coming from someone they have met in person. To that end, writers flock to conferences so
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Critique The Poem Not The Poet Author: Rose DesRochers The act of writing poetry is something that is very personal to us poets and sharing it for the first time can be a very frightening experience. The first experience of having your work criticized can boggle our mind and set us back a step in our
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Becoming a Writer Author: robparnell The urge to write fiction seems God given for some, a learned skill for others. One thing is certain it requires practice and a particular mindset. But, if youre a beginner, where do you start? The following 10 tips will help kick-start your
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10 Profitable Tips For Article Writers Author: Ken Hill 1. Write to one person. When you're writing your article picture one person that you are writing to. This will make your writing more personable and help you to keep your readers interested in your article. 2. Use lots of white space within your
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How eBooks Can Be Very Valuable Author: Andy George EBooks have a number of benefits over the traditional book. These include the following: Cheaper to create Quicker to create Easier to target a wide market High profit potential More versatile than traditional books Lets look at each of
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10 Ways To Generate New Articles Ideas And Topics Author: Ken Hill 1. Brainstorm for new ideas. Add your brainstormed ideas to an idea file that you can go back to when you are stuck for a topic. Also add ideas you get from other sources into this file so that you'll always have a fresh source of inspiration.
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Gut Check: Quitting Your Full-time Job for Your Freelance Career Author: Yuwanda Black It's 6:00 p.m. You're dead tired, but instead of an early night, you go to your second job your freelance business. Between writing articles, researching new assignments and invoicing for completed work, it will be well past midnight before you
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From Idea to Published Book ... How to Self-Publish the Easy Way! Author: Edward B. Toupin I've been involved in publishing for over a decade now as an author, editor, and project manager; however, it wasn't until just a few years ago that I decided to move into self-publishing. Indeed, my first few projects involved consulting for others
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Does Your Theme Contain Character, Conflict, Resolution? Author: Nick Vernon Creative Writing Tips For a theme to work and the story, which will revolve around the theme, it has to contain three things Character Conflict Resolution Whats the reason for this? If your theme doesnt contain these three essential
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6 Best Places to Submit Your Articles Author: Brandie King You know that writing articles is the best free way to promote your business and gain credibility. You understand the importance of articles containing actual information and not being just long sales letters. Do you know the absolute best places to
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2 Eulogy Poems for a Christian Funeral or Memorial Service Author: Kathy Steinemann Recent deaths in the family found me searching the Internet trying to locate eulogy or funeral poetry. What I found was often very inspiring, but I couldn't find exactly the right poem. Having the same problem? Here are a couple of poems for you.
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6 Ways to Leverage Technical Articles Author: Christine Taylor Technology vendors often contribute bylined articles to trade journals. The articles are great exposure for these companies but they don't come cheap the trades rarely pay for these articles but the vendors spend time and resources to assign pieces,
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Giving Yourself the Right to Write Author: Michael Southon But I've only been on the Internet 3 months! How can I write an article? That was my reaction back in 1999 when I began my online career and heard that writing articles was the key to bringing targeted visitors to my website. But I went ahead anyway
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Hooks, Lines & Sinkers Author: Sue Kendrick Hands up if the title to this article made you think that you'd strayed into a fishing feature? Perhaps you didn't quite go that far, but hopefully you were puzzled or curious enough to wonder what on earth those three angling associated words have to
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How to Come Up with Fresh Story Ideas Author: Caterina Christakos How to Come Up with Fresh Story Ideas When Your Well has Been Tapped Dry When I face the desolate impossibility of writing 500 pages, a sick sense of failure falls on me, and I know I can never do it. Then gradually, I write one page and then
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wsletter Publisher's Main Task: Packaging Value Content Author: Alwyn Botha The main task of a newsletter publisher is to select and package quality content of direct, practical relevance to its specific readership audience. This might sound quick and easy, but it is not. Publishing a quality newsletter is more than just
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10 Inside Secrets to Google Adwords - Part 2 Author: Ron Isaiah Are you frustrated with spending your hard-earned money on Google Adwords and losing more money than you make? Part 2 of this series continues revealing the inside secrets of successful, profitable advertising with Google Adwords. If you missed Part
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Software Patents Author: Michael Feigin Recent court cases may change the availability of obtaining software and business method patents. Where is the line between what is considered an abstract and unpatentable invention verses a tangible and patentable invention?
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Turning Challenge Into Opportunity Author: Jeff Solochek There is a common saying that whenever you are presented with a problem or a challenge, you should turn it into an opportunity. Some of the people who have mastered this concept are; the United States Government, Large Corporations, Self Made
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Walt Disney's Failures Could Inspire Entrepreneurs Author: Stephen Schochet You are a struggling entrepreneur and sometimes it feels like you are pushing a 3 ton boulder up a steep hill. Costs keep mounting and you are considering giving up. Well before you do, check out these 10 setbacks that Walt Disney had, some were
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