Ten Things Rookie Authors Do To Mess Up Their Non-Fiction Book Success

(Thu Sep 27th, 2007, by Gail Richards)

Copyright (c) 2007 Gail Richards First time authors just don't know what they don't know. Learn and be better prepared to maximize your potential for book sales and publishing success. Here are the top ten things we find that are most likely to sabot...

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Writing Tips for Children's Picture Books

(Fri Sep 21st, 2007, by Vivian Gilbert Zabel)

Although some advice for authors of children's stories and books may seem contradictory, the basics are rather unchanged and stable. The following tips can help all of us write and produce more interesting and well accepted picture books. No, I am no...

How to Write Quality Blog Posts

(Fri Sep 21st, 2007, by Daria Black)

The number one question I see raised in blog forums is "How do I get people to visit my blogs?" There are lots of things you can do to drive traffic to your site but, really, it's not getting people to your party that's a problem. It's keeping them t...

Return On Investment of a Non-Fiction Book to the Author

(Fri Sep 21st, 2007, by Gail Richards)

Copyright (c) 2007 Gail Richards A soft cover book, perhaps 6" x 9" or other industry standard size for a trade paperback would be priced retail anywhere from $12 to $30 for consumer distribution, up to $50 for a professional book, and even higher fo...

Character Development Secrets - 7 Steps to Developing Real People Who Bring your Fiction to Life - 4

(Fri Sep 21st, 2007, by Corey Blake)

Part Four: Getting Down to Work If you've read the first three articles in this series, you know that the time investment in fiction character development pays a hefty dividend into the writing process, the quality of your story, and the likelihood o...

Testing the Writing Waters with Contests

(Fri Sep 21st, 2007, by Vivian Gilbert Zabel)

I have lost count of the number of rejection form letters I've received that stated, "This doesn't meet our needs." I didn't know if the need not met included the whole story being poorly written, or maybe the subject matter wouldn't work. Nothing in...

Benefits of Entering Contests

(Fri Sep 21st, 2007, by Vivian Gilbert Zabel)

By the end of January, 2007, fifteen (15) large manila envelopes carried contest entries to the OWFI writing contest. Each year, the Oklahoma Writers' Federation Inc. holds a conference the first part of May, and each year the organization sponsors a...

Start with a Bang

(Fri Sep 21st, 2007, by Vivian Gilbert Zabel)

According to Les Edgerton, many good and even brilliant stories never get read past the first paragraph, or perhaps first page, because of a poor beginning. If the first part of a story does not "grab" the reader and cause him to want to read more, ...

Common Errors in Short Stories

(Fri Sep 21st, 2007, by Vivian Gilbert Zabel)

The title of an article in the August The Writercaught my attention, "How to fix 3 common fiction errors." I didn't read the article before I wrote what I thought were the most common errors found in short stories, in fact I didn't read the magazine'...