Articles and Advice about writing for both the novice and the accomplished writer. http://morganarticlearchive.com editor@morganarticlearchive.com editor@morganarticlearchive.com Distribute Your Self-Published Book - Part 2 Judy Cullins (c)2005 All Rights Reserved. Where is your book now? With a distributor? In a book store? Or, did it already die an early death after a few months? New self-published authors often believe they need a distributor to sell a lot of books. They want to use Ingram or Baker and Taylor because they think they need to get their book into the Author's Biography: ... http://morganarticlearchive.com/article/writing/109.htm Distribute Your Self-Published Book - Part 1 Judy Cullins (c)2005 All Rights Reserved. Where is your book now? With a distributor? In a book store? Or, did it already die an early death after a few months? New self-published authors often believe they need a distributor to sell a lot of books. They want to use Ingram or Baker and Taylor because they think they need to get their book into the Author's Biography: Judy Cullins, 20-year Book and Internet Marketing Coach works with small ... http://morganarticlearchive.com/article/writing/108.htm The Top Ten Secrets of Successful Authors Judy Cullins (c)2005 All Rights Reserved. If you are not a successful author yet, incorporate the following ten secrets: 1. Treat your book as a business. You spend many hours creating a masterpiece to help your audience. It follows then, you need to set up a regular time schedule to market and promote it. 2. Create a flyer for each book you offer. Hand out your flyer at business meetings or at any public place. Ask your audience to pas ... http://morganarticlearchive.com/article/writing/107.htm A client explained that she's stuck in a writing rut because she's on constant overwhelm. In other areas of life, she explained, she's organized and orderly. But when it comes to writing, it's as if she's possessed. She's inundated with ideas. Where to start? When she opens Writer's Market seeking to be inspired, boy is she! She comes up with a great story perfect for a particular magazine, then spends hours ferreting out dozens of other publications where the piece might fly. If she does attemp ... http://morganarticlearchive.com/article/writing/106.htm The other day, a client told me, "I've been talking to a lot of other aspiring writers and I can't believe how unsupportive they are. I had an editor interested in something I'd written and two other writers were unbelievably negative. One said my writing wasn't good enough for publication. Another told me that this particular magazine never publishes new writers. I was so depressed after I heard these remarks that I haven't had the heart to send the editor anything." The need for support and ... http://morganarticlearchive.com/article/writing/105.htm The crusades of writing T.Jain This article does not discuss what to write or how to write, but merely a favorite - why to write. The world appears in its dissatisfactions. Potential lies in the prospect that desires to change it, and prosperity lies in the chaotic chase that has already begun. Writing is barely a provision of the many to choose from. Any man can breathe. Any man can disembowel liquid. Any man can write. Writing becomes a necessity when the worthier elements of life ... http://morganarticlearchive.com/article/writing/104.htm Author's Biography: G Kumar, astrologer, writer and programmer of www.astrologiavedica.com. Recently he was awarded a Certificate by the Planetary Gemologists Association www.p-g-a.org ) asa Planetary Gem Advisor. To subscribe to his Free ezine, the Z Files, click here. mailto:info@eastrovedica.com/subject=subscribeZF He is contactable at info@eastrovedica.com Address of his physical shop is Zodiac Computers, 3/528 Tkss Bldgs, East Nada, Guruvayur Kerala, India 680101. Office Ph ... http://morganarticlearchive.com/article/writing/103.htm This is the survey result of 325 people conducted by myself so I can improve at my own book signings. After completing the survey, I saw the wealth of insight it had given me. I felt it was important to share it with a wider audience. I also interspersed some personal experiences. The survey was conducted by Catherine in-person with people who attended book signings at area bookstores in Northern Virginia metro area between January 2004 and September 2004. A total of 325 people comple ... http://morganarticlearchive.com/article/writing/102.htm Editors will buy a book for one or more of the following reasons. By knowing what these reasons are, you can then design a marketing plan with those features in mind. 1. The author's previous books have sold well. 2. They love a book and think it will sell. 3. They think a book will sell. 4. They love it enough to publish, regardless of its commercial potential. 5. It's a book that deserves to be published because of its value to a cause or the country. 6. An editor ... http://morganarticlearchive.com/article/writing/101.htm When stressed or blocked it is wise to make a change so that we don't stay in that place. Yet, many times we forget some of the simple things that we can do for ourselves, quickly and easily to bring our inspiration back and increase our creativity. 1. If you usually type your first drafts, hand write them. Nothing compares to the feeling the ink melting into the paper and the surge of that creative flow. 2. If you spend too much time at the computer, take a break every hour. 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