November hosts the end of Daylight Savings Time, Veterans Day and Thanksgiving, but if you’re a fiction writer this month hosts an even more important and exciting event. November marks the annual start of National Novel Writing Month, affectionately ca…

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There’s lots of talk these days about what it takes to write a good quality e-book. If you have never written an e-book before, you may think that it will take quite a long time to write it. This does not have to be true.First of all, you need to ma…

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The story “A Property of the Clan” describes the awful death of the young girl during the alcohol party and tells how her friends deal with this situation. “The Property of the Clan” is not an entertainment work and not a simple play for holid…

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Becoming an author happens once in a lifetime. As soon as you publish your first book, you forever more become an author. And regardless how many additional books you write, that label never changes. The interesting thing is that you get the same desig…

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I don’t know the meaning of writer’s block and why, because I’m not writing for the world, but for me and my passion for storytelling. What I write, I want to loan to the world to read, but when it comes down to it, why do we write?

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As a writer it is all too easy to concentrate on the mechanics of submitting work to editors and to forget that the writing itself is of primary importance. We should all be constantly seeking to improve. If we do that, editorial approval will become that…

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John Huston, the director of such classic movies as The Maltese Falcon and The Treasure of Sierra Madre, once told the story that when a woman invited his good friend Ernest Hemingway out to the dance floor, Hemingway responded, “Criminy! I hate dancing i…

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So how long is too long to market a book? According to some studies (both formal and informal) marketing (and seeing the results in the form of book sales) can take anywhere from six months to two years, it all depends on what you want to get out of it. Ideally though, you should plan to market your book ongoing — if, that is, being an author is a career choice and not a hobby. If it’s a hobby then don’t put any more time into it than you have to, or you might not choose…

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You might not be used to depositing checks earned by the sweat of your pen (yet). That doesnt mean you cant start becoming financially savvy with your writing. One of the top tips for becoming financially empowered is to pay yourself first. How can you do that without incoming cash? Set your intention, and take a little action. Here are eight fun steps to make money a part of your writing, even before you get paid from others.1) Begin by setting your intention to marry …

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Secrets Of Writing Articles FastHow many articles can you produce per day? One? Two? Did you know that there are writers who can easily churn out in excess of ten articles each day? How do they do this? Of course, natural talent as a writer does come …

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Are you a writer with big ideas? Are you always imagining epics, sweeping stories, great tales of human struggle and sacrifice, interlaced with personal stories of love, sadness and triumph? If so, you ought to consider turning your book or story idea into a trilogy.Why a trilogy? Believe it or not, there are deep psychological reasons that we do things in threes. The holy trinity is the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, and the Triple Goddess is Maiden, Mother, Crone,…

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One of the central tenets of marketing is that you should understand your target market segment–your intended customers. Who will buy your product or engage your service? What do those people want? What expectations do they have? How will they use your p…

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Okonkwo is a main character in the novel Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe. The central problem in the novel is the feeling of fear. Okonkwo has a fear of becoming ”a woman”. He acts rude and cruel. But he does not behave like his father, and it sati…

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Copyright (c) 2007 Christine JonesWhat is all this talk about style of writing? Hey, it’s your baby, your creation. Are you an individual or a sheep disguised as a human? If we all had the same style of writing, everything classed as literature would …

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Lev Tolstoy’s book, The Death of Ivan Ilych, tells about the life of an ordinary man who lives an ordinary life in Russia. His life was the most trouble-free and the most common and as a result most dreadful. His pitiable life is presignified at the openi…

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byMary Anne DonovanThere is a crisis in the workplace today, and believe it or not, it’s about the quality of writing. That’s right: poor writing skills are at the core of issues such as low productivity, inferior quality, and poor customer relatio…

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Fantasy fiction is doing good business at the moment, but there are certain situations that have been overplayed. So much so, that they have become genre clichés, and everybody knows what to expect next. If you’re a writer in the fantasy genre, here are …

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Simone De Beauvoir‘s book The Second Sex shows greatly why females are usually second-rated to males. Her analyses are important in the understanding of a classic woman’s “task” in society. But nowadays everything is rather different. For myself I like …

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Elizabeth Tallent is very famous and talented writer. One of her best narratives is “Ciudad Juarez”, the story about a summer trip of a young family. Some readers are on the Nina`s side. She had two twin sons and it was very hard for her to look after t…

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Sally Morgan tells in book My Place that she was always brought up wholly as white, that she wasn’t conscious that she was an Aboriginal tilt she was a teenager. A number of indigenous authors as well as readers have had complexity with that fact that in …

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Author: Martin LemieuxIn every industry, there are topics for writing articles that I call “Gem Topics”. These topics usually yield high amounts of…

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There are basically three options for getting your book published. You can try to get your book proposal accepted by one of the industry giants like Penguin or Random House but that’s a tough road. Those companies only work with proven authors or thos…

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Copyright (c) 2007 Christine JonesDon’t think of one, especially before writing the book. I let the story reveal it to me. Somewhere a character will say something or the atmosphere created will reveal it. I see titles as the last thing on the to do l…

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Copyright (c) 2007 Gail RichardsTwo main ways to get attention by print media for the author are:- do something newsworthy and be interviewed by the media, or- submit articles to the right publications to generate interest for your business and yo…

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Quick And Easy Creative WritingEven the most creative writer will face setbacks at some point in time. One of the worst is not being able to finish something on time, especially if you are on a deadline. There are three main areas that you need to wor…

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Copyright (c) 2007 Gail RichardsThe decision to write a book is:- Exciting and exhilarating- Overwhelming- Stress-inducing- One of those life experiences that kind of find you going from euphoria to total depression in three seconds flatSt…

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Starting writing is like casting a hook into a river. The opening line is probably the single most important sentence you are going to write in your piece. Over the years writers have spent large chunks of their creative time getting the “right” start, th…

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The society also held a large significance in the stories, as this lead the way to how the two women killed the two men. Inez in the “Schoolteachers guest” was a very significant character in her society and with the hold up of her fellow people in he…

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When there is a danger of pain but you are showing no fear it means you are courageous. Courage is a central problem in the novel “Tomorrow when the war began”. The author, John Marsden, describes what this word means for him. In the novel seven teena…

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Three Steps To Speed Writing Like A Pro You’ve been sitting in front of your computer for the last hour and all you’ve been able to come up with is one paragraph. Don’t worry. You’re not the only one. There are a lot…

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