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By Rose DesRochers Thanksgiving is a time for food, celebration, and fun. Every year on Thanksgiving, families gather around the table to enjoy a meal and give thanks. But for some folks, Thanksgiving can be a lonely time. Many adults spend the holidays feeling isolated and depressed. Today as we celebrate this Thanksgiving, it is important to [...]

Description Written from personal experience, this book focuses on the unique challenges of starting, growing and selling a high-tech business. It addresses the following issues for aspiring first-time entrepreneurs: making a decision to start a business; ownership and control; organizational, legal, and administrative issues; creating new high-tech products and markets; effective financing and strategic alternatives as [...]

AUW (An Unproductive Woman) was written in the span of two years beginning in 1997.  There were attempts at publication, however with a new child and re-entry into college, AUW remained buried in a box for some years. In the summer of 2008, with the encouragement of her husband, Khaalidah decided to self publish AUW.  This [...]

by Jeff McRitchie As any parent or high school teacher already knows, high school students can be hard to motivate. While it is true that some teens love to write , it’s fair to say that most of them would prefer not to. As educators, we know that the only way to become a better writer [...]

Since you’ll be selling a product–your words, you’ll need someone to buy them. Before you can market your work, you need to prepare a Marketing Profile of yourself. Begin by listing you’re most distinguishing work characteristic. For me, it’s working fast. Follow this with a list of specialties, if you have them. Next comes your credentials. Yes, [...]

November 9, 2008 (FPRC) — Guiding principles for the Obama administration are proposed by book author Edward C. Mendler in Policies for a President: a Manifesto for 2008 and Beyond, published by Xlibris. Originally intended for the US presidential candidates, Mendler’s message goes beyond 2008 as the title of the self-published book declares. It serves as [...]

Many factors in life influence who we are and help shape our opinion of things that happen around us. What we learn from our educational background, glean from our career choices and realize from our life experiences form part of our character and mold our belief system. In the case of self-published author James Sunwall, his [...]

by Dan Goodwin So yes, you write words. Sometimes pages worth of creatively arranged, emotive and descriptive words. But do you consider yourself a “real” writer? Or do you continually find a hundred and one reasons to convince yourself that you’re not a real writer at all, it’s just a nice little hobby, or you’re just playing [...]

by Moira Allen One of the first things you’ll want to do when your books are printed is send copies to reviewers. This involves several fairly easy steps: 1) Develop a list of potential (and relevant) reviewers. While you may wish to include reviewers from national papers, don’t get your hopes too high; papers like the New [...]

Article source: Thonline.com It’s a Cinderella story: a first-time writer self-publishing a book for an ailing family member about the world’s most hard-luck team’s drive to end a 100-year championship drought. But for Rick Brimeyer, “Every Hundred Years … A Typical Cubs Fan Chronicles an Atypical Season,” was worth the time and financial investment. In the book, [...]

Article source: Writingarticles.net Abandon your frustrations and get a fresh start by trying some writing activities to spark your creativity. Exercises in creativity can improve your aptitude as a writer and inspire ideas for new writing projects. The benefit of attempting any of the following activities is that you can complete the exercises from the comfort of your [...]

When an author prints, designs advertises and publishes the book he has written himself, it is termed as self-publishing. When an author decides to print, design and advertise and publish and market his own book, then there are various guidelines that he has to adhere to. There are various online services, which helps the author to [...]

By Lance Wislow One thing that computers and software has provided to future writers and authors is the tools to see their dreams of being published to fruition. Today, you can create a book on your own, format the files, make it into a .pdf and produce it. You can sell it online at your website, [...]

Don’t use bad or restricted language. Don’t focus on a specific gender, racial or ethnic group.  No one will be offended if you focus on yourself. Don’t use written humor if it distracts people from the lesson, only use it if it makes the lesson better. Don’t use humor that mixes up your message. Do [...]