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Monthly Archive January, 2009

Don’t Just Sit There, Write A Newsletter Article

Need traffic? Write an article.
Need sales? Write an article.
Need Your Name branded? Write an article.
Writing newsletter articles can do all of these and more.
You can get exposure for your web site, newsletter or what ever you are promoting by writing articles.
This will not happen over night, but if you write one article a week and […]

9 Myths that Block You from Completing Your Book, p1

Many speakers, consultants, and small business owners alike
feel confident with communicating their message orally. They
can spout their message in an elevator speech with the
accuracy of a scientist. But when it comes to putting it on
paper, some grown men & women are frustrated to tears.
Through speaking and writing, I have discovered 9 […]

Courage to Change

This is a story about a woman we will call Anne, a thirty-five-year-old woman who concluded that she could never find a man. She determined that loneliness was her fate and thus went as far as accepting it as fact. Her case proves what I have discovered in advising single men and women: it does […]

Public Speaking: Pick Your Audience

(Did he say “pick” my public speaking audiences?). Yes, I did say pick your audiences. Some of you may not have this luxury because you must do speaking as part of your job, but those of you that do, will move up faster in the speaking world. When you are a beginning public speaker it […]

Writing Sites: Why You Might Like to Give Them a Try

Journalists are familiar with the panic of deadlines and novelists can identify with the horror of blank pages. Then, what about the desperation of those who feel the urge to write and do not dare or do not know where to go? This is where the online writing sites come in with enormous possibilities for […]

Your indispensable guide to online shopping.

In today’s world of mass communications and widespread online shopping, it is relatively easy and simple to purchase everything you would like to buy online - from hundred years old antique books up to the last week’s bestsellers, from magazines of your local community up to the periodicals of other countries, clothes and apparels, sport […]

Is Video Poker like the Slot Machines?

This is a very common question from people who are just starting out in the gaming world. To be fair, video poker and slot machines can look very similar. They are both based on a console like machine, and both systems require that a player make their selection by pressing buttons. And to be […]

Home Water Purification

Potable water supplies originating from a home faucet are always an “iffy” issue. Depending upon the location of the home, various water pollutants may affect the safety of home water supply necessitating the use of a home water purification system. Higher than normal levels of heavy metals such as iron, as well as naturally occuring […]

Hero’s Journey: Character’s True Nature and Time Pressure

The Hero’s Journey is the template upon which the cast majority of successful screenplays are built upon. Films as diverse as Gladiator (2000), Million Dollar Baby (2004), Raging Bull (1980) and Scarface (1983) were all constructed around the Hero’s Journey Template.
One aspect of the hero’s character that is often developed is his true nature.
Frequently, this […]

Make ‘em Perfect - Give ‘em Flaws!

How often have you heard someone say “he’s a perfect hero”?
If you want full-bodied 3D characters in your stories, you need to make them believable to readers. To achieve perfection in characters, any characters - minor or major - you have to give them flaws.
Huh?
I can hear you now: “But I want my characters to […]