Publishing Made Easy - Tips on How to Get Your Manuscript Published
Posted on September 29, 2008 - Filed Under Writing | Leave a Comment
Getting your work published is no easy matter, it takes time, effort and a little inside knowledge …
Read More..>>A Guide to Medieval Weapons for Fantasy Writers
Posted on September 29, 2008 - Filed Under Writing | Leave a Comment
A Guide to understanding medieval weapons for your fantasy writing. How to use them logically and a list of the more common weapons.
If you write fantasy or are thinking about writing fantasy you probably are going to have medieval weapons in your created world. Today’s reader of fantasy is very savvy when it comes to weapons and armor and you want your writing to be accurate and to make sense when it comes to weapons. They are often a big part of the story. In this article I explain some important things about medieval weapons, how to get them right, and I look at some of the more popular types of weapons.
Read More..>>SEO Writing Can Make You Rich as a Freelance Writer
Posted on September 26, 2008 - Filed Under Writing | Leave a Comment
Freelancing as an SEO writing can help you, the freelance writer, pay the bills and add clients to your business.
Many entrepreneurs, small and private businesses, and individual affiliates, hire freelance writers for SEO writing (also known as “search engine optimization” writing). SEO writing involves writing keyword-rich articles to rank the client’s website higher in search engines and generate more website traffic. SEO articles are less informative and less entertaining than articles you would write for magazines.
Read More..>>Your Readers Love an Element of Suspense. Here’s How to Give it to Them
Posted on September 23, 2008 - Filed Under Writing | Leave a Comment
Whatever kind of book you are writing a dollop of suspense will do to your readers precisely what you’ve written the book for: so that they will read it and keep on reading it to the end!
Whether you’re writing an action thriller, a short story, or anything in between, a carefully placed piece of suspense will keep your readers turning those pages wanting to know the outcome.
But my biography, or my non-fiction book on train spotting doesn’t need suspense, surely? Oh, yes it does. But more about that later.
Read More..>>How to Write For New Magazines as a Freelance Writer
Posted on September 21, 2008 - Filed Under Writing | Leave a Comment
Why do freelance writers love writing for new magazines? Because new magazines often need freelance writers to write regularly or to pitch articles and column ideas for at least four to six issues in advance. Besides, editors of new magazines are desperate to find freelance talent.
Roughly 1,000 magazines are launched every year, according to Samir “Mr. Magazine” Husni, a magazine consultant and chair of the journalism department at the University of Mississippi. Nearly 20,000 consumer and trade publications exist in North America, according to the National Directory of Magazines. These statistics don’t include many of the small, independent start-up magazines.
Read More..>>Parts of Speech for the Timid Writer
Posted on September 13, 2008 - Filed Under Writing | Leave a Comment
Dear writers, we are gathered here today to bring together these Nine Parts of Speech into a holy matrix of well turned out sentences which, by the grace of God, no publisher or editor shall cast asunder. A bit hesitant about parts of speech? Don’t know your verbs from your conjunctions? Read on…
Dear writers, we are gathered here today to bring together these Nine Parts of Speech into a holy matrix of well turned out sentences which, by the grace of God, no publisher or editor shall cast asunder. Are you a bit hesitant about parts of speech? Don’t know your verbs from your conjunctions? Read on…
Read More..>>Profitable Article Marketing Strategies: 5 Ways to Build Trust Online with Article Marketing
Posted on September 3, 2008 - Filed Under Writing | Leave a Comment
One of the challenges of marketing our businesses online is figuring out how to make a real human connection? here are 5 Ways to Build Trust & Win Customer Confidence with Article Marketing
Minor Characters. Are They Really Necessary?
Posted on August 26, 2008 - Filed Under Writing | Leave a Comment
The vast majority of fiction writers write short stories, whether they write for their own pleasure, for the writing circle they belong to, a competition or whether they aim to get them published. The temptation to bring in lots of exciting characters can be irresistible. But are they necessary?
Your short story started out well enough with two star struck lovers who met on holiday. Nice and simple. Three thousand words later and you’ve introduced three friends, both sets of parents, the tour guide and a chimney sweep. Somewhere along the way something got out of hand. Here’s how to decide who to let go.
Read More..>>Article Writing Secrets: How to Write a 500-750 Word Articles That Get Published More
Posted on August 23, 2008 - Filed Under Writing | Leave a Comment
Tricks for writing 500-750 word article to have a greater chance of getting published on a top website more often
Writing: A Technical Approach
Posted on August 20, 2008 - Filed Under Writing | Leave a Comment
People in the business world search for another important attribute from engineers… being good (or even the best) technical writers.
On the beginning phase of engineering students, they might have a notion that their chosen field only requires an excellence in mathematics, an intensive practice in problem analysis, and a great performance in technical work. However, people in the business world search for another important attribute from their future employees? a good technical writer.
Writing is a basic human activity. Whether you are making an excuse letter for your instructor due to your absence in class or sending a note to your loved one, these are all done through writing. So how is writing as technical persons differ from other types of writing?
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