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Self-Discipline by Jeyran Main
Self-Discipline by Jeyran Main
You cannot win the war against the world if you can’t win the war against your own mind. Self-discipline is the center of all material success. 99% of people are not willing to do what it takes to make their dreams come true.
How to make time to read?
How to make time to read?
I have been asked numerous amount of times regarding my reading habits and how I get to read so many books and still manage to juggle everything else in my life. Read More
How to Write The Best Book Review
Hello, Book Lovers!
Authors pour their heart, time, and effort into writing their book. They then spend hours searching and speaking to many publishers to find the best possible way to distribute their work without giving all of the profit to the publisher. Sometimes they publish independently!
Read MoreNew to Publishing? by Dennis Scheel
New to Publishing? by Dennis Scheel
When you have that first story all ready, maybe even edited and proofread it… the excitement, you feel! Will others like it? Is it worth trying the publishing route? – Vanity Publishing; what’s that?
When you first start out, the questions can be endless and will depend on which route you want to try, so let’s backtrack a little.
Fables that give children guidelines for life by Christy Astremsky
Fables that give children guidelines for life by Christy Astremsky
I used to write when I was young. I wrote poems and essays, writing made me happy.
And then I grew up and stopped writing. I got a degree in finance and started working at the bank. That job paid my bills, provided career opportunities but it wasn’t making me happy.
At the age of 25, I stopped working and devoted myself to my family, kids, and home.
Reaching Readers by Offering Options by Julia L F Goldstein
Reaching Readers by Offering Options by Julia L F Goldstein
You may have heard that eBook sales are declining as a fraction of total book sales and that independent (indie) bookstores are making a comeback. An article in The Observer describes this trend. I recently surveyed my email list in advance of my April 22 book release to learn what book formats my fans prefer and where they like to obtain books. My unscientific sample revealed that my readers indeed prefer physical books to digital ones. Read More
A different kind of vampire book by Iuliana Foos
A different kind of vampire book by Iuliana Foos
We all have a certain image in our minds when it comes to vampires. I guess being born and raised in Romania had been a decisive factor in creating my own.
Vampires had been illustrated from merciless, bloodthirsty monsters to cursed and twisted souls, to sexy lovers turning into bats. I honestly disagreed with all of the above. Read More
Why Write? by Rob Shackleford by Rob Shackleford
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Why Write? Rob Shackleford
Author of ‘Traveller Inceptio’
My Writing Background
I have been writing for quite a few years. While I was heavily engaged in academic and business writing, to be a more literary writer was never a fondly nurtured dream. Sure, I studied Journalism at Uni and did well enough in the academic evaluations to result in a couple of degrees.
But real writing is quite a different creature. Read More
Men of Power – constructing the antagonist by GJ Scherzinger
Men of Power – constructing the antagonist by GJ Scherzinger
It is a simplistic viewpoint to suggest that those who work in darkness work for themselves, while those that work in light work for others, but it is the metaphorical balance. In writing the antagonist, the villain, the wayward soul, one only has to look at their opposition: the hero that represents the inner self, the resolute, the reformed sinner. Read More
