Cruising Free as a Speaker - Mistakes to Avoid

June 11th, 2008

Being an approved cruise enrichment lecturer is the greatest
gig on the seven seas. The deal is simple: you furnish the
cruise lines three or four 1-hour lectures on subjects you
love and you get a free cruise for yourself and a companion.
The best part is the lectures are usually scheduled on sea
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It’s Good To Be A New Writer: Breaking The Myth That Experience Is Everything

May 23rd, 2008

There’s a rumor out there in the publishing world that an editor won’t even look at the work of a new writer. It might be true for certain types of writing, but after interviewing hundreds of editors, I’ve found that most are more open to new writers than you might think.
And there are a […]

Article writing; a great way to get free traffic to your website.

May 18th, 2008

It’s a well-known fact that to make a successful website and
keep it prospering you need fresh and original content,
preferably on a daily basis. The phrase “content is king” was
not coined without good reason.
Search engines, such as Google, Yahoo, MSN and the many others
now available online are always seeking out new content websites
to add to their […]

Retail Margin, Trade Discount, & What it Means for the Author

April 22nd, 2008

DEFINITIONS
Retail margin is basically the difference between your book’s
wholesale price and your book’s retail price. For example, a
book with a cover price of $10 and a wholesale price of $5 has a
50% retail margin.
Wholesale price is the cost of your book to a retailer. To use
the same rudimentary example, a book with a cover price […]

Free Poetry Contests

April 17th, 2008

Free Poetry contests are a very common happening as of late. They are popping up all over the web, most with slogans like “Win $20,000″ or “You can be the next winner.”
Now don’t get it wrong… some of these are quite great and can be useful to someone who just wants to have their […]

Public Speaking or Gargle with Drano? 4 Ways To Prepare…

April 2nd, 2008

Which sounds more appealing, getting up in front of a group of strangers and talking, while they all sit there looking at you like a dog watching a ceiling fan…or gargling with Drano? It’s no surprise how many would choose the Drano.
Public Speaking has been ranked as the “number one fear” among thousands of us. […]