Archive for the 'Publishing Resources' Category

How VALUABLE is Your Speaking Topic?

Thursday, May 22nd, 2008

What information can be used immediately by the audience and what is to follow?
Can you tell the audience in 30 seconds or less what you do and also give them three things that they can use immediately? The chances are that you probably cannot. If you do not have a practiced and enthusiastic response to […]

The Self-indulgent Writier

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

A writer can never be self indulgent whether writing fiction, non-fiction, or poetry. If one writes only to please one’s self, the likelihood of publication becomes remote. Editors and agents will become aware of such an author quickly and dismiss such writing with a brief rejection slip. Although self-gratification is always a part of one’s […]

Your Writing Anxiety - 10 Ways to Bring Relief

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

Anxiety, apprehension, cold feet, consternation, dismay,
distress, dread, fear, fright, horror, nervousness, panic,
scare, strain, stress, tension, terror, trepidation, unease or
uneasiness: whatever it’s called, you’ve got it.
And the reason is … you’ve got to write an article!
Writing anxiety or ‘writer’s block’ happens to all writers at
some point in their writing lives. It may be that you don’t […]