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Writing & Speaking
18th April 2008
You already have a website; readers sign up for your newsletter; and you link to Amazon so visitors can rush off to buy your books. As a writer trying to build a following, are you getting the most out of your author website?
You can’t answer this qu...
18th April 2008
When choosing a pen there are several things that I consider, so here is my definitive list of how to choose a pen that is right for you.
1) What am I using it for?
If you using a pen on a building site, for example, you want to make sure that you pen i...
18th April 2008
On a cruise ship not long ago, a fellow passenger asked out of the blue, "How's that fence between the US and Mexico coming?" It was apparent this fellow was of Spanish decent.
I replied, "Oh, it's coming along just fine. We expect it'll be a real inc...
17th April 2008
Today, most book publishers require that writers take on most of the promotional and marketing duties necessary to sell their books. However, to accomplish this job, nonfiction writers in particular have to begin promoting and marketing their books long b...
17th April 2008
Books published by New York publishing houses tend to garner a higher degree of respect than those published outside of the Big Apple. Authors with New York books often find it easier to get media attention than those using other methods, such as small pr...
16th April 2008
A lot of people dream of writing a book. So, if you've actually taken the time and effort to write YOUR book, I commend you. If you haven't yet, what are you waiting for?
Let's say you HAVE written your book and you've gotten it published and printed...
16th April 2008
Content Management Systems (CMS) have simplified the way content is published on websites and intranets these days. A Content Management Systems<...
16th April 2008
Content is a vital component of any website or any marketing/advertising tool, for that matter. However, this was realized only lately that it is important to have good content on the website. Earlier, having a website meant designing visually creative pa...
16th April 2008
by Philip Yaffe
Some people have experiences early in life that seem to have nothing to do with their intended careers but later turn out to be crucial. I am one of those lucky people.
I graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles (...
16th April 2008
by Philip Yaffe
Decade after decade, perhaps the most popular type of television program has been the detective story, the traditional "who dun it?", presumably because people enjoy being held in suspense. It is therefore instructive to note that one...
16th April 2008
by Philip Yaffe
The absolute, unalterable, incontestable hallmark of a good expository (non-fiction) text is its clarity. Whatever other attributes it may have, if it isn't clear, it isn't good, Likewise, if it isn't good, it isn't clear.
Clarity ...
13th April 2008
Actually 3 seconds is stretching it. If it is a sales ad in a print magazine, or among a sealed stack of post card advertisers, your advertisement attention time is lowered to 2 seconds. Likewise post cards and letters containing too much outside descript...
13th April 2008
Copyright (c) 2008 Steven Magill
Due to the cultural diversity in today's world, learning to speak Spanish is an excellent decision. When a person learns Spanish, they gain the ability to obtain a better cultural understanding and create more job oppor...
13th April 2008
One of the earliest known records of taking pleasure in travel, of travelling for the sake of travel and writing about it, is Petrarch's (1304–1374) ascent of Mount Ventoux in 1336. He states that he went to the mountaintop for the pleasure of seeing th...
13th April 2008
The Japanese language is written with a combination of three different types of scripts: Chinese characters called kanji, and two syllabic scripts made up of modified Chinese characters, hiragana and katakana. The Latin alphabet, romaji, is also often use...
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