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About the Author:
Let Internet Marketing Review Kings http://www.imreviewkings.com/articlemarketing.html Brian Garvin and Jeff West teach you more about Go Articles at http://www.imreviewkings.com/goarticles.html. Feel free to use this article but please leave all links and author bio intact.
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Thursday, November 20, 2008
Inspiration – What Inspires Somebody to Write a Novel?
In my case, it was really at the suggestion of my wife after I'd written a Business Book – CORONA THE INSIDE STORY OF AMERICA'S #1 IMPORTED BEER. She suggested that I could turn that story – with all its twists and turns – into an interesting novel. I wasn't so sure, but it got me thinking.
A cousin of mine in London had completed a Genealogical research into our family history, which he had published privately under the title – A TARNOW CONNECTION. He had retired and decided he would spend a few months creating a Family Tree. The few months eventually turned into five years, by which time he had traced 1500 members of our family through 42 branches, back to 1760, and had communicated with many of them around the world. His research produced a comprehensive encyclopedia of information about the history of Tarnow, located 45 miles west of Krakow, when it was part of an independent Poland, part of the Austrian Hungarian Empire, and during occupations by the Russians and more recently in the mid-20th Century – the brutal Nazis.
As I read through this award-winning piece of Genealogical research, I started to formulate a story based upon our family experiences, coupled with my knowledge of the Beverage Alcohol Industry and some of the characters that one meets over a busy lifetime.
The result is BEAR ANY BURDEN – A Cold War Espionage Thriller set in Poland in 1983. Sir Alex Campbell, head of an international drinks company is on a business trip to Poland, a country in the midst of political turmoil. A new "Solidarity" movement is rising on the streets, and the Communist government is cracking down mercilessly. Alex Campbell has an additional mission, a "little job" for the British Secret Intelligence Services. He will deliver an airline bag containing money and passports to a British agent who is to help the world-renowned nuclear scientist, Dr. Erik Keller, escape across the Iron Curtain to the West.
Alex meets the beautiful Anna Kaluza, the British agent, whose life, like his and that of Erik Keller, had been impacted forever by their World War II experiences.
Alex agrees to help Anna complete her mission.
Alex Campbell had been a nineteen-year-old Lieutenant in the British Intelligence Corps in April 1945, at the liberation of the Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp, with all its visual horrors of dead bodies, walking skeletons, and disease. He had also witnessed the suicide of a fanatical Nazi officer, who had attempted to kill him before taking his own life. These traumatic experiences stayed with him for forty years.
Anna Kaluza, the daughter of an aristocratic land-owning Polish family had been born in a Russian labor camp in 1940. She spent the first five and a half years of her life in that camp, followed by two more years in a refugee camp in Uganda operated by the British before moving to Australia.
Erik Keller was fifteen when the Nazi forces marched into Tarnow in September 1939. Over the next three years, before escaping into the forest, to fight with local partisans, he witnessed the gradual abuse, starvation, and ultimate killing of half of the population.
What begins as one of many routine "little jobs" Alex has done for the SIS, quickly turns into an increasingly dangerous game of cat-and-mouse, involving murder, bribery, and international politics.
I hope I have created an interesting Espionage Thriller, which illustrates the lifetime impact of war-time traumas, and is also a family saga spanning 90 years of European History.
About the Author:
Ellis M. Goodman is a Chicago based businessman who came to the U.S. in 1982 from London England. He is the author of CORONA: THE INSIDE STORY OF AMERICA'S #1 IMPORTED BEER, and has recently completed his Cold War Espionage Thriller Novel – BEAR ANY BURDEN. To learn more about Ellis M. Goodman and BEAR ANY BURDEN, visit http://www.bearanyburden.com.
Keyword tags: books, authors, publishing, fiction, thriller, espionage, WWII, novels
A cousin of mine in London had completed a Genealogical research into our family history, which he had published privately under the title – A TARNOW CONNECTION. He had retired and decided he would spend a few months creating a Family Tree. The few months eventually turned into five years, by which time he had traced 1500 members of our family through 42 branches, back to 1760, and had communicated with many of them around the world. His research produced a comprehensive encyclopedia of information about the history of Tarnow, located 45 miles west of Krakow, when it was part of an independent Poland, part of the Austrian Hungarian Empire, and during occupations by the Russians and more recently in the mid-20th Century – the brutal Nazis.
As I read through this award-winning piece of Genealogical research, I started to formulate a story based upon our family experiences, coupled with my knowledge of the Beverage Alcohol Industry and some of the characters that one meets over a busy lifetime.
The result is BEAR ANY BURDEN – A Cold War Espionage Thriller set in Poland in 1983. Sir Alex Campbell, head of an international drinks company is on a business trip to Poland, a country in the midst of political turmoil. A new "Solidarity" movement is rising on the streets, and the Communist government is cracking down mercilessly. Alex Campbell has an additional mission, a "little job" for the British Secret Intelligence Services. He will deliver an airline bag containing money and passports to a British agent who is to help the world-renowned nuclear scientist, Dr. Erik Keller, escape across the Iron Curtain to the West.
Alex meets the beautiful Anna Kaluza, the British agent, whose life, like his and that of Erik Keller, had been impacted forever by their World War II experiences.
Alex agrees to help Anna complete her mission.
Alex Campbell had been a nineteen-year-old Lieutenant in the British Intelligence Corps in April 1945, at the liberation of the Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp, with all its visual horrors of dead bodies, walking skeletons, and disease. He had also witnessed the suicide of a fanatical Nazi officer, who had attempted to kill him before taking his own life. These traumatic experiences stayed with him for forty years.
Anna Kaluza, the daughter of an aristocratic land-owning Polish family had been born in a Russian labor camp in 1940. She spent the first five and a half years of her life in that camp, followed by two more years in a refugee camp in Uganda operated by the British before moving to Australia.
Erik Keller was fifteen when the Nazi forces marched into Tarnow in September 1939. Over the next three years, before escaping into the forest, to fight with local partisans, he witnessed the gradual abuse, starvation, and ultimate killing of half of the population.
What begins as one of many routine "little jobs" Alex has done for the SIS, quickly turns into an increasingly dangerous game of cat-and-mouse, involving murder, bribery, and international politics.
I hope I have created an interesting Espionage Thriller, which illustrates the lifetime impact of war-time traumas, and is also a family saga spanning 90 years of European History.
About the Author:
Ellis M. Goodman is a Chicago based businessman who came to the U.S. in 1982 from London England. He is the author of CORONA: THE INSIDE STORY OF AMERICA'S #1 IMPORTED BEER, and has recently completed his Cold War Espionage Thriller Novel – BEAR ANY BURDEN. To learn more about Ellis M. Goodman and BEAR ANY BURDEN, visit http://www.bearanyburden.com.
Keyword tags: books, authors, publishing, fiction, thriller, espionage, WWII, novels
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Flip-Flopping From Reader to Writer Makes Your Retirement Far More Fulfilling
It's been more than half a year since you retired. The novelty of free time is wearing off and you find yourself lonely for your old work buddies. You miss those lively conversations over lunch or a business dinner, and feel your mind getting a bit sluggish. For the first three months or so of your retirement you enjoyed reading the trade journals in your specialty. But now they just make you nostalgic for those happier days when you had a purpose in life and the stimulation of a working environment.
The Age of Specialization
If you look at the state of the periodical field today, you will see that widely circulated consumer magazines with a potpourri of content, the ones you saw on every newsstand have been losing ground for several years. Many were forced to close their doors before the Internet began stealing away readers. The boom has fallen even harder during the current economic crunch.
However, niche magazines and trade journals seem to be surviving the onslaught quite well, and that should tell you something about the new age of specialization. The Internet has become a major source for information seekers because it is specialized. You select the topic that interests you, click on the search engine, and there you will find page after page of articles as well as references to web pages on the subject.
Head to the library and thumb through a periodical directory like Writer's Market. Better yet, if you are serious about writing, buy a copy for your desk. There are 60 categories of trade journals detailed in the book with anywhere from four to 26 publications listed under each category. Each listing contains all of the information you need to contact the magazine and submit an article. If you visit the library you will find several other extensive directories to research.
Actually you don't have to be limited just to trades. Thumb through the lists of
consumer periodicals in these directories, and you will find a number of publications that deal with the subject of your expertise. There's no reason why you can't use your knowledge to publish consumer-oriented articles as well.
Targeting Trade Journals
. You probably have no desire to work full-time again, but it would be rewarding to maintain some sort of contact with the arena in which you played for so many of your adult working years. Instead of reading those trade journals, start writing for them!
It's not all that difficult to do. With 30 years of hands-on experience in the field and lots of contacts still available to you, all you need is a quick refresher to bring you up to date on any new directions your field has taken since your departure. Who knows? Possibly after six months or a year turning out trade articles, you may just be ready to write a book on the subject. Not a bad way to enjoy your retirement and maintain a working relationship with your specialty.
Whether you were a neurosurgeon or a plumber, a pilot or a bridge designer matters little. There are publications servicing every field, and their editors have to keep a steady flow of new informative articles coming every month to fill their pages. These editors are hungry for content. Neither they nor their readers are looking for highly polished prose. They want facts and figures. New ideas, fresh approaches to solving problems, new vision. Now in your retirement, you have the time and the background to work through those needs and come up with innovative articles.
Most publications ask that your send a query first. This document, sent in letter form, should state the subject of your article, the specialized angle you are incorporating and your qualifications to write it. If at all possible, the query should be only a single spaced page in length. The editor will then contact you by phone, e-mail or possibly even postal mail and make the assignment with whatever changes he/she might want.
Magazines buy specific rights when they contract with you. Most common is First North American Rights. This means that once you enter a contract with the publication, you cannot publish that piece anywhere else in North America until it has been produced first by the contracting magazine. World English Rights increase the area to any English-speaking nation and World Rights limits you totally.
Branding Yourself as an Expert
Content is king in the trade journal world, so it is essential that you establish your credentials as rapidly as possible. The best way to do that is to write and publish frequently. It would also help to create either a web site or a blog or even both if you have the time and inclination. Web sites of course are more static than blogs and require a great deal less updating. Writing a blog is lots of fun, but it will keep you busy, for its success depends upon a steady flow of new information.
Since you are no longer in the everyday world of active work, you must be sure to keep yourself abreast of progress and changes by reading related blogs and journals. Research is essential. Regardless of the subject you write about, your success or failure will be determined by your willingness to complete the research required by a quality article or book.
The Bio Box
The key to developing recognition is the bio box at the end of the article. While the article itself is a straight-forward narration, the bio box is your "advertisement." In it you can outline your qualifications, direct readers to your web site or blog and if you have graduated to books you can send readers to your sales page.
Bio boxes vary greatly. Some are designed simply to list the way the reader can contact you, referring the reader to your web site, blog and/or telephone number. Others attempt to sell either you or the products and services you offer (books, coaching, editing etc). Of course, in many cases the author combines both in the box.
Take advantage of this marvelous way to maintain contact with your former career and enjoy the fulfillment of seeing your name in print in some of the publications you once only read. This is one "flip-flop" that will serve you well.
About the Author:
If you need support jumpstarting your writing, help is available from author Charles Jacobs' coaching program or by reading his latest book "The Writer Within You," a seven-time "Best Books of the Year" award winner. It is discount- priced on the web site www.retirementand http://write.com. Also available
Keyword tags: Retire, RFetirement, Trtade Journals, Author, Writer, Book, Articles
The Age of Specialization
If you look at the state of the periodical field today, you will see that widely circulated consumer magazines with a potpourri of content, the ones you saw on every newsstand have been losing ground for several years. Many were forced to close their doors before the Internet began stealing away readers. The boom has fallen even harder during the current economic crunch.
However, niche magazines and trade journals seem to be surviving the onslaught quite well, and that should tell you something about the new age of specialization. The Internet has become a major source for information seekers because it is specialized. You select the topic that interests you, click on the search engine, and there you will find page after page of articles as well as references to web pages on the subject.
Head to the library and thumb through a periodical directory like Writer's Market. Better yet, if you are serious about writing, buy a copy for your desk. There are 60 categories of trade journals detailed in the book with anywhere from four to 26 publications listed under each category. Each listing contains all of the information you need to contact the magazine and submit an article. If you visit the library you will find several other extensive directories to research.
Actually you don't have to be limited just to trades. Thumb through the lists of
consumer periodicals in these directories, and you will find a number of publications that deal with the subject of your expertise. There's no reason why you can't use your knowledge to publish consumer-oriented articles as well.
Targeting Trade Journals
. You probably have no desire to work full-time again, but it would be rewarding to maintain some sort of contact with the arena in which you played for so many of your adult working years. Instead of reading those trade journals, start writing for them!
It's not all that difficult to do. With 30 years of hands-on experience in the field and lots of contacts still available to you, all you need is a quick refresher to bring you up to date on any new directions your field has taken since your departure. Who knows? Possibly after six months or a year turning out trade articles, you may just be ready to write a book on the subject. Not a bad way to enjoy your retirement and maintain a working relationship with your specialty.
Whether you were a neurosurgeon or a plumber, a pilot or a bridge designer matters little. There are publications servicing every field, and their editors have to keep a steady flow of new informative articles coming every month to fill their pages. These editors are hungry for content. Neither they nor their readers are looking for highly polished prose. They want facts and figures. New ideas, fresh approaches to solving problems, new vision. Now in your retirement, you have the time and the background to work through those needs and come up with innovative articles.
Most publications ask that your send a query first. This document, sent in letter form, should state the subject of your article, the specialized angle you are incorporating and your qualifications to write it. If at all possible, the query should be only a single spaced page in length. The editor will then contact you by phone, e-mail or possibly even postal mail and make the assignment with whatever changes he/she might want.
Magazines buy specific rights when they contract with you. Most common is First North American Rights. This means that once you enter a contract with the publication, you cannot publish that piece anywhere else in North America until it has been produced first by the contracting magazine. World English Rights increase the area to any English-speaking nation and World Rights limits you totally.
Branding Yourself as an Expert
Content is king in the trade journal world, so it is essential that you establish your credentials as rapidly as possible. The best way to do that is to write and publish frequently. It would also help to create either a web site or a blog or even both if you have the time and inclination. Web sites of course are more static than blogs and require a great deal less updating. Writing a blog is lots of fun, but it will keep you busy, for its success depends upon a steady flow of new information.
Since you are no longer in the everyday world of active work, you must be sure to keep yourself abreast of progress and changes by reading related blogs and journals. Research is essential. Regardless of the subject you write about, your success or failure will be determined by your willingness to complete the research required by a quality article or book.
The Bio Box
The key to developing recognition is the bio box at the end of the article. While the article itself is a straight-forward narration, the bio box is your "advertisement." In it you can outline your qualifications, direct readers to your web site or blog and if you have graduated to books you can send readers to your sales page.
Bio boxes vary greatly. Some are designed simply to list the way the reader can contact you, referring the reader to your web site, blog and/or telephone number. Others attempt to sell either you or the products and services you offer (books, coaching, editing etc). Of course, in many cases the author combines both in the box.
Take advantage of this marvelous way to maintain contact with your former career and enjoy the fulfillment of seeing your name in print in some of the publications you once only read. This is one "flip-flop" that will serve you well.
About the Author:
If you need support jumpstarting your writing, help is available from author Charles Jacobs' coaching program or by reading his latest book "The Writer Within You," a seven-time "Best Books of the Year" award winner. It is discount- priced on the web site www.retirementand http://write.com. Also available
Keyword tags: Retire, RFetirement, Trtade Journals, Author, Writer, Book, Articles
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
A Review of the Expert Articles Article Submission Service
When you are in a situation where you can start to think about how people will see your company and what they are taking away from it, you'll find that one of the most important things that you need to consider is how people are going to find your company in the first place! Take some time and seriously look at how people are going to be finding you. Have you made it easy for them?
There is a good chance that there are a number of unrelated ways that people are finding your site. Some people might be finding it by accident, while other people have discovered it through links from other places. The truth of the matter is that you need to make sure that people can find you quickly and easily and one of the best ways to do that is by taking a look at the Expert Articles Article Submission Service, which more and more people are discovering.
If you want to take a look at the Expert Articles Article Submission Service, you'll soon see that one of the most important things that you will get out of this is a publishing credit. When you look at this work, you'll soon discover that you are an in excellent place to move forward and make sure that you get the reputation as an expert that you need.
Make sure that you take a look at your articles and make sure that they are professionally written and that you will be able to get the work out of them that you need. Think about how they will communicate what kind of person you are and make sure that you will be able to be proud of them. Of course, part of what makes an article so good is what you can draw from the place that you put it!
When you are looking for place where you can put your article, there are many different reasons to consider the Expert Articles Article Submission Service. For instance, if you are a fan of cartoons, you'll find that the heading of this service is the grumpy super genius Dexter, from the famous cartoon Dexter Laboratory.
Not only is the mascot quite charming and eye-catching, you'll also find that this is a good way to advertise yourself and your interests. Does this feel like the company that you want to associate yourself with? What can you learn from looking at this service and what it can do for you? When you want to make sure that you are going to get the attention that you need for your site, you'll find that looking at this directory might be the best thing that you can do.
Take some time to really consider your options when it comes to getting your articles taken care of. Don't forget that moving forward and putting yourself out there are essentially the same things and that you can do a lot just by looking at the places where you post you articles. See how the Expert Articles Article Submission Service can help you proceed.
About the Author:
Let Internet Marketing Review Kings http://www.imreviewkings.com/articlemarketing.html Brian Garvin and Jeff West teach you more about Expert Articles at http://www.imreviewkings.com/expertarticles.html. Feel free to use this article but please leave all links and author bio intact.
Keyword tags: Expert Articles, Article Submission Service
There is a good chance that there are a number of unrelated ways that people are finding your site. Some people might be finding it by accident, while other people have discovered it through links from other places. The truth of the matter is that you need to make sure that people can find you quickly and easily and one of the best ways to do that is by taking a look at the Expert Articles Article Submission Service, which more and more people are discovering.
If you want to take a look at the Expert Articles Article Submission Service, you'll soon see that one of the most important things that you will get out of this is a publishing credit. When you look at this work, you'll soon discover that you are an in excellent place to move forward and make sure that you get the reputation as an expert that you need.
Make sure that you take a look at your articles and make sure that they are professionally written and that you will be able to get the work out of them that you need. Think about how they will communicate what kind of person you are and make sure that you will be able to be proud of them. Of course, part of what makes an article so good is what you can draw from the place that you put it!
When you are looking for place where you can put your article, there are many different reasons to consider the Expert Articles Article Submission Service. For instance, if you are a fan of cartoons, you'll find that the heading of this service is the grumpy super genius Dexter, from the famous cartoon Dexter Laboratory.
Not only is the mascot quite charming and eye-catching, you'll also find that this is a good way to advertise yourself and your interests. Does this feel like the company that you want to associate yourself with? What can you learn from looking at this service and what it can do for you? When you want to make sure that you are going to get the attention that you need for your site, you'll find that looking at this directory might be the best thing that you can do.
Take some time to really consider your options when it comes to getting your articles taken care of. Don't forget that moving forward and putting yourself out there are essentially the same things and that you can do a lot just by looking at the places where you post you articles. See how the Expert Articles Article Submission Service can help you proceed.
About the Author:
Let Internet Marketing Review Kings http://www.imreviewkings.com/articlemarketing.html Brian Garvin and Jeff West teach you more about Expert Articles at http://www.imreviewkings.com/expertarticles.html. Feel free to use this article but please leave all links and author bio intact.
Keyword tags: Expert Articles, Article Submission Service
How to Write a Hardship Letter That Works With Any Lender
The hardship letter is the most important document that you submit to your lender. The hardship letter is necessary if you want your lender to agree upon a loan workout, short sale, deed-in-lieu of foreclosure, forbearance agreement, loan modification, and any other foreclosure solution that requires their cooperation. Your hardship letter presents your desperate situation to the lender when they consider your request for help. Given that fact, you need to make sure your hardship letter presents your situation in a way that screams, "You must help me!"
Before you begin to write your hardship letter, first consider what type of solution you are seeking from your lender. There are several ways to avoid foreclosure, some that will allow you to keep your home and some that won't.
An effective hardship letter will be personal and demonstrate your distressing situation. The reason for falling behind on your payments should legitimately be caused by things like a job loss, job relocation that leads to two mortgage payments, change of job, long-term health issue, or a death in the family. You cannot be afraid of any embarrassment involved with telling your story. Remember that financial hardship falls upon everyone: rich and poor, old and young, strong and weak.
Be detailed in your hardship letter on how you got into your situation and state examples of ways you have attempted to keep up with payments such as tapping into your savings, retirement funds, and renting rooms. If you cannot rent rooms because you have a family, then mention that as well. After you have explained the steps you've taken, then admit that you have been forced (with no other choice) to ask the lender for help. Do not forget to be detailed, personal, and heartbreaking with your story. Remember that human beings are reading the letter and there is some level of compassion involved with their decision.
You should also remind the lender that working with you on a forbearance agreement, short sale, loan workout, etc. is much better than letting the home go into foreclosure. If your situation is temporary, and you want to keep your home, tell the lender you will be able to afford future payments once you get out of our current situation. Assuming you can get out of your situation within six months, then lender may be more inclined to consider a workout.
Lastly, do not lie on your hardship letter, because everything you said must be backed up with bank statements, credit card bills, and other documentation. The lender will probably look through finances more thoroughly than they did when making the loan. If you lied on your loan and the lender figures it out through this process, you may be turned over for mortgage fraud.
Should you still be confused or need additional guidance on how to write a short sale, then I suggest you read hardship letter templates and examples on foreclosure help websites.
About the Author:
Dean Williams is a foreclosure specialist and researcher who wrote "The Foreclosure Solution Manual". For more information on avoiding foreclosure visit: http://www.foreclosure-help-book.com
Keyword tags: avoid foreclosure, short sale letter template, short sale letter, short sale
Before you begin to write your hardship letter, first consider what type of solution you are seeking from your lender. There are several ways to avoid foreclosure, some that will allow you to keep your home and some that won't.
An effective hardship letter will be personal and demonstrate your distressing situation. The reason for falling behind on your payments should legitimately be caused by things like a job loss, job relocation that leads to two mortgage payments, change of job, long-term health issue, or a death in the family. You cannot be afraid of any embarrassment involved with telling your story. Remember that financial hardship falls upon everyone: rich and poor, old and young, strong and weak.
Be detailed in your hardship letter on how you got into your situation and state examples of ways you have attempted to keep up with payments such as tapping into your savings, retirement funds, and renting rooms. If you cannot rent rooms because you have a family, then mention that as well. After you have explained the steps you've taken, then admit that you have been forced (with no other choice) to ask the lender for help. Do not forget to be detailed, personal, and heartbreaking with your story. Remember that human beings are reading the letter and there is some level of compassion involved with their decision.
You should also remind the lender that working with you on a forbearance agreement, short sale, loan workout, etc. is much better than letting the home go into foreclosure. If your situation is temporary, and you want to keep your home, tell the lender you will be able to afford future payments once you get out of our current situation. Assuming you can get out of your situation within six months, then lender may be more inclined to consider a workout.
Lastly, do not lie on your hardship letter, because everything you said must be backed up with bank statements, credit card bills, and other documentation. The lender will probably look through finances more thoroughly than they did when making the loan. If you lied on your loan and the lender figures it out through this process, you may be turned over for mortgage fraud.
Should you still be confused or need additional guidance on how to write a short sale, then I suggest you read hardship letter templates and examples on foreclosure help websites.
About the Author:
Dean Williams is a foreclosure specialist and researcher who wrote "The Foreclosure Solution Manual". For more information on avoiding foreclosure visit: http://www.foreclosure-help-book.com
Keyword tags: avoid foreclosure, short sale letter template, short sale letter, short sale
Top Ten Article Writing Tips to Succeed in Writing for the Internet
Article Writing has in recent times become extremely popular. A poorly written article can be harmful, both to you as the author and the products you are promoting. The article you write should not only display your creative and imaginative skills but also satisfy the needs of your target audience.
These ten article writing tips can act as a guide in helping those who wish to succeed in writing articles for the internet.
1. Write on a Topic that you know best:
Always write on some topic that you know best or are familiar with. If you have a website it is important to write on topics relevant to your website. The reason is obvious. No visitor will want to visit a website he is not interested in.
2. Have a Captivating Title:
This is the most important of all the writing tips. The title should be powerful and captivating but not misleading. Spend some time and think about a title that will attract and captivate the imagination of your target audience.
3. Organize your Topic in a Point wise form:
You topic should be organized in a point wise form so that the reader easily understands and grasps your ideas. There should be an Introduction at the commencement and a Conclusion at the end of the article.
4. Have sub-titles, Numbers or Bullet points:
When the article is organized in the above manner, it will be even more effective if these sections have sub-titles, numbers or bullet points. When the audience click on the title of your article and view the sub titles and the organized presentation, you can be certain that they will want to read your article.
5. Use simple language and Short sentences:
One of the best article writing tips I ever got was to use simple language. Most of your audience will be people who want to learn some thing from your article and would find it difficult to understand technical jargon. Simple language also helps those whose mother tongue is not English, to understand and appreciate your writing. Short sentences are attractive, easily readable and understood. Like getting lost in translation the point you so anxiously wish to make can be lost by the time the reader finds his way to the end of a long sentence.
6. Avoid grammatical mistakes and spelling errors:
However good the article might be, if it is sprinkled with grammatical mistakes typos and spelling errors, the reader will before long click away from the article. Proof read and Spell check your article before submission.
7. Display your Expertise:
One of the great advantageous in writing for the internet is the opportunity you get to display your expertise. The more you are able to convince the audience of your knowledge and skills, the more popular you will be in the internet world and more targeted visitors you will get to your website. Always proof read your article.
8. Limit the length of article:
Always limit the length of your article. It should neither be too short or too long. The popular range is between 500 words and 650 words. This gives you sufficient space to express yourself clearly to your targeted audience.
9. Do Not Sell:
If you want your article to be read, appreciated and published by other webmasters, then do not sell. You will loose credibility if you have links from your article to your products and services.
10. Resource Box:
Though this is the last of the ten article writing tips, this tip is of vital importance. Here you get the opportunity to write a few lines about yourself, your website and have a life link to your website. Where ever possible link to your website using HTML code and having the keywords embedded in it. Make the best use of it.
Conclusion.
Writing good content is absolutely important if you wish to succeed in the internet. These ten article writing tips I am confident will be a source of inspiration and motivation for you to write top quality articles. Your own imaginative and creative skills can make them even better.
About the Author:
Copyright © Kanaga Siva. Kanaga Siva is an Expert Author and Marketer. Welcome to visit his Website and Blog for Business Opportunities, Tips Ideas and Advice on operating a successful Home Based Business. http://www.business-fromhome.com http://business-fromhome.blogspot.com
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These ten article writing tips can act as a guide in helping those who wish to succeed in writing articles for the internet.
1. Write on a Topic that you know best:
Always write on some topic that you know best or are familiar with. If you have a website it is important to write on topics relevant to your website. The reason is obvious. No visitor will want to visit a website he is not interested in.
2. Have a Captivating Title:
This is the most important of all the writing tips. The title should be powerful and captivating but not misleading. Spend some time and think about a title that will attract and captivate the imagination of your target audience.
3. Organize your Topic in a Point wise form:
You topic should be organized in a point wise form so that the reader easily understands and grasps your ideas. There should be an Introduction at the commencement and a Conclusion at the end of the article.
4. Have sub-titles, Numbers or Bullet points:
When the article is organized in the above manner, it will be even more effective if these sections have sub-titles, numbers or bullet points. When the audience click on the title of your article and view the sub titles and the organized presentation, you can be certain that they will want to read your article.
5. Use simple language and Short sentences:
One of the best article writing tips I ever got was to use simple language. Most of your audience will be people who want to learn some thing from your article and would find it difficult to understand technical jargon. Simple language also helps those whose mother tongue is not English, to understand and appreciate your writing. Short sentences are attractive, easily readable and understood. Like getting lost in translation the point you so anxiously wish to make can be lost by the time the reader finds his way to the end of a long sentence.
6. Avoid grammatical mistakes and spelling errors:
However good the article might be, if it is sprinkled with grammatical mistakes typos and spelling errors, the reader will before long click away from the article. Proof read and Spell check your article before submission.
7. Display your Expertise:
One of the great advantageous in writing for the internet is the opportunity you get to display your expertise. The more you are able to convince the audience of your knowledge and skills, the more popular you will be in the internet world and more targeted visitors you will get to your website. Always proof read your article.
8. Limit the length of article:
Always limit the length of your article. It should neither be too short or too long. The popular range is between 500 words and 650 words. This gives you sufficient space to express yourself clearly to your targeted audience.
9. Do Not Sell:
If you want your article to be read, appreciated and published by other webmasters, then do not sell. You will loose credibility if you have links from your article to your products and services.
10. Resource Box:
Though this is the last of the ten article writing tips, this tip is of vital importance. Here you get the opportunity to write a few lines about yourself, your website and have a life link to your website. Where ever possible link to your website using HTML code and having the keywords embedded in it. Make the best use of it.
Conclusion.
Writing good content is absolutely important if you wish to succeed in the internet. These ten article writing tips I am confident will be a source of inspiration and motivation for you to write top quality articles. Your own imaginative and creative skills can make them even better.
About the Author:
Copyright © Kanaga Siva. Kanaga Siva is an Expert Author and Marketer. Welcome to visit his Website and Blog for Business Opportunities, Tips Ideas and Advice on operating a successful Home Based Business. http://www.business-fromhome.com http://business-fromhome.blogspot.com
Keyword tags: writing tips, ten article writing tips, article writing, article writing tips,
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Should You Self Publish Your Own Books or Not?
With the rise in the number of self published authors, there is much debate as to whether it's better to self publish your own books or whether to still follow the traditional route of trying to find a publisher.
There are many people who say that self published books won't sell or that no one trusts self published books, but the people saying this are not publishers or published authors. They are simply people who want to be published authors, but their not, so they spend their time trying to discredit the work of self published authors.
But when it comes to selling books, the only opinions that matter are those of the readers. And readers don't care who has published the book, as long as it's a good book.
So the only decision you should be making is which type of publishing is best for you and your personality type?
Traditional publishing means that the author has to relinquish all the rights to their own work and some authors don't want tot do this.
A publisher will control the cost of the book, the interior layout, the cover design, the editing, any changes to the finished manuscript and the publishing date.
If you're a first-time author a publisher may delay publishing your book for quite a while. So the time between you signing the publishing contract and the time your book is published, can be several years.
It also may take several years before you find a publisher which can mean a lot of writing time lost in sending out query letters and proposals. Even the first "Chick Soup for the Soul" book, which has now sol millions of copies, was originally turned down by over 140 publishers.
A publishing contract is also something that needs to be taken into consideration.
A contract will be dozen of pages long and is best looked over by a lawyer who deals with intellectual property law to make sure that all the clauses are fair to the author.
And even when you've found a publisher and negotiated a contract, you will still be responsible for marketing your won work because publishers prefer to use their marketing department to work on their best selling books or celebrity biographies.
And after all that, if your book fails to sell at least a few thousand copies quickly, it can be withdrawn in only a few months.
But if you prefer to have a large publishing company publish your book then this is the way for you to go.
On the other hand you may want to retain complete control of your work and this is where self publishing can help you.
Everything about the publishing process is left in your complete control and with the use of modern technology, publishing a book, or a thousand books, can be done from home with only a computer and internet connection.
You can easily set out your book, create a cover of your own choosing and have your book selling internationally within only a week or two.
And you don't have to worry about the low sales or your book being withdrawn because while a sale of only a couple of thousand copies after publication is bad for a large publishing company, it's great for a self published author, who, instead of receiving a small royalty from book sales, is making $15 or more per sale.
And you can keep your book "in print" for as long as you want.
With the ease of modern publishing methods, you can now write as many books as you want to, as often as you want to and you can relax in the knowledge that they will all be published.
And once you become a regularly self published author, even if you only sell a few thousand copies a year of each book, you can still achieve a 6-figure income. And if you want to increase your income all you have to do is write and publish more books.
Now isn't that the kind of life you've always dreamed of?
About the Author:
Ruth Barringham is a writer, author and publisher. To learn more about the how easy it is to publish every book you write, go to http://selfpublishworldwide.com.
Keyword tags: self publish your own books, book sales, income, publishing,
There are many people who say that self published books won't sell or that no one trusts self published books, but the people saying this are not publishers or published authors. They are simply people who want to be published authors, but their not, so they spend their time trying to discredit the work of self published authors.
But when it comes to selling books, the only opinions that matter are those of the readers. And readers don't care who has published the book, as long as it's a good book.
So the only decision you should be making is which type of publishing is best for you and your personality type?
Traditional publishing means that the author has to relinquish all the rights to their own work and some authors don't want tot do this.
A publisher will control the cost of the book, the interior layout, the cover design, the editing, any changes to the finished manuscript and the publishing date.
If you're a first-time author a publisher may delay publishing your book for quite a while. So the time between you signing the publishing contract and the time your book is published, can be several years.
It also may take several years before you find a publisher which can mean a lot of writing time lost in sending out query letters and proposals. Even the first "Chick Soup for the Soul" book, which has now sol millions of copies, was originally turned down by over 140 publishers.
A publishing contract is also something that needs to be taken into consideration.
A contract will be dozen of pages long and is best looked over by a lawyer who deals with intellectual property law to make sure that all the clauses are fair to the author.
And even when you've found a publisher and negotiated a contract, you will still be responsible for marketing your won work because publishers prefer to use their marketing department to work on their best selling books or celebrity biographies.
And after all that, if your book fails to sell at least a few thousand copies quickly, it can be withdrawn in only a few months.
But if you prefer to have a large publishing company publish your book then this is the way for you to go.
On the other hand you may want to retain complete control of your work and this is where self publishing can help you.
Everything about the publishing process is left in your complete control and with the use of modern technology, publishing a book, or a thousand books, can be done from home with only a computer and internet connection.
You can easily set out your book, create a cover of your own choosing and have your book selling internationally within only a week or two.
And you don't have to worry about the low sales or your book being withdrawn because while a sale of only a couple of thousand copies after publication is bad for a large publishing company, it's great for a self published author, who, instead of receiving a small royalty from book sales, is making $15 or more per sale.
And you can keep your book "in print" for as long as you want.
With the ease of modern publishing methods, you can now write as many books as you want to, as often as you want to and you can relax in the knowledge that they will all be published.
And once you become a regularly self published author, even if you only sell a few thousand copies a year of each book, you can still achieve a 6-figure income. And if you want to increase your income all you have to do is write and publish more books.
Now isn't that the kind of life you've always dreamed of?
About the Author:
Ruth Barringham is a writer, author and publisher. To learn more about the how easy it is to publish every book you write, go to http://selfpublishworldwide.com.
Keyword tags: self publish your own books, book sales, income, publishing,
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