by Shadowflare So, you want to be a writer? You probably have some background in writing, perhaps did well in school with the subject, or have simply always liked the idea of writing for fun and even for profit. While you have the will to write, you are unsure of where to go from there and [...]

New Book Recalls the Life and Times of a Man Through His Mother’s Viewpoint CLEMSON, S.C., June 4, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) — Eric was good-looking, talented and intelligent and had two promising careers — as an engineer and as an actor. Quite unexpectedly he took his own life at the age of twenty-seven. Sandra Underwood recounts [...]

By Denise Glesser I know how you feel. You have spent a lot of time and money to make your dream a reality. What I’m talking about is taking your book from concept to finished product and you want to sell a bunch of books now! The first thing you have to wrap your brain around is [...]

Article source: Authorsandspeakersnetwork.com Thought the following tips might bring a smile to your face. The authors name has been lost in cyberspace. . . otherwise I would be happy to give proper credit. 1.  Verbs HAS to agree with their subjects. 2.  Prepositions are not words to end sentences with. 3.  And don’t start a sentence with a conjunction. 4.  [...]

Most of us are familiar with the term, “horse whisperer,” due to the film of the same name starring Robert Redford. But a horse handicapper? Wiki.com defines thoroughbred handicapping in games and sports as “the art of predicting horses who have the greatest chance of winning a race, and profiting from these predictions at horse races.” [...]

Tell Your Reader What’s In It for Them! by Peter Bowerman Some time back, I got an email from an ebook author who wanted a blurb for his upcoming writing title. I couldn’t help but notice that his title seemed a bit weak. The book was about getting past the obstacles that most fiction writers encounter on [...]

by Larry James                                                                                                  There is never a good reason for an author to not sign their book! Never!                Ask any book store manager. If two identical books are sitting side-by-side and one is signed by the author and the other is not, guess which one sells first? Signed books sell quicker! Don’t wait for someone to ask. [...]

By Deanna Mascle Self publishing might be the best way to publish your book. There are several advantages to self publishing that you might not have considered. First, and most important, self publishing places you firmly in control of your book. When someone else is paying you to publish your book then they make many decisions regarding [...]

by Preethi Burkholder If you enjoy travel photography, a good logical step is to try and make money from your hobby. Selling your photographs takes time and dedication, but it is possible. The nice thing about selling photography is that anyone can do it – you are not dependent upon physical ability, age, or background. It’s [...]

by Constance Weygandt I am often asked what it takes to become a writer or “How can I do what you do?” The answer is not complicated. Anyone can write. Even if you were never a contestant for your eighth grade spelling bee, there is spell check. It is a marvelous invention. All of us have [...]

By Jon Enriquez David B. Rosenfield has been engaging in two of his dearest passions – his knowledge of neurology and his flair for writing – for quite some time now. The fusion of his two loves has resulted in the creation of his medical-cum-spy thriller, Dick Swept, M.D.(Tomorrow the World). This new Xlibris release tells a [...]

The art of promotion is challenging enough for any author interested in seeing his or her book reach its intended audience. However, this challenge is greatly increased for authors choosing to tackle self-publishing. Budgets for self-published authors are frequently limited to an extent standard publishing houses would consider absurd. The best advantage that a self-published [...]

by Lynn Emery Almost eleven years ago I sold my first novel to a traditional New York publisher. I was so green I hadn’t even thought of self-publishing, barely knew anything about it. I joined the local RWA (Romance Writers of America) chapter and started to learn about the publishing industry. I confess that I didn’t [...]

Writing in Solitary True, the writer writes alone, but most writers have good people skills. Research requires the ability to make a librarian feel appreciated; interviewing requires the ability to connect and understand; talking with editors requires the ability to invoke the project’s potential for another person at an early stage. People Respect Writers The sad fact [...]

By Ibarionex R. Perello Photography By Carl R. Sams II and Jean Stoick Professional wildlife photographers Carl Sams and Jean Stoick were in their home studio editing images for their coffee-table book on white-tailed deer. Of the thousands of photographs this husband-and-wife team had accumulated over a decade of shooting together, they could select only 140 for [...]