One Authors Solution For Publishing Creative Writing Output

 Witness these famous masters of fiction who were all obliged to take the route of shelling out hard cash to have their debut novels printed.

Alexandre Dumas

D.H. Lawrence

Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Rice Burroughs

George Bernard Shaw

Gertrude Stein

James Joyce

John Grisham

Mark Twain

Mary Baker Eddy

Rudyard Kipling

Stephen Crane

Upton Sinclair

Virginia Woolf

Walt Whitman

William Blake

Zane Grey

John Grisham, incidentally, sold copies of his first novel A Time to Kill out of the boot of a car, which at the outset was his sole 'vehicle' for distribution.

And it is getting tougher all the time, even for established authors.

It can be doubly frustrating when you've written something that you are desperate to see in print; something you want other people to read.

There is always recourse to the expensive vanity publishing houses, but I wouldn't take that route to come what may.

Would you?

Imagine my surprise then when I stumbled across the perfect solution for publishing creative outputs that you cannot place elsewhere.

I have a string of traditionally published titles currently selling in bookstores worldwide, but I have an almost equal string that I have never been able to get into print.

That is until now

The little known but highly reputable E-Book

Make a list of the reasons you are writing your ebook. Do you want to promote your business? Do you want to bring quality traffic to your website? Do you want to enhance your reputation? 

Then write down your goals in terms of publishing. Do you want to sell it as a product on your website, or do you want to offer it as a free gift for filling out a survey or for ordering a product? Do you want to use the chapters to create an e-course, or use your ebook to attract affiliates around the world? The more you know upfront, the easier the actual writing will be. 

Make your ebook "user friendly"

Decide on the format of your chapters. In non-fiction, keep the format from chapter to chapter fairly consistent. Perhaps you plan to use an introduction to your chapter topic, and then divide it into four subhead topics. Or you may plan to divide it into five parts, each one beginning with a relevant anecdote.  

You must figure out how to keep your writing engaging. Often anecdotes, testimonials, little stories, photos, graphs, advice, and tips will keep the reader turning the pages. Sidebars are useful for quick, accessible information, and they break up the density of the page. 

Write with a casual, conversational tone rather than a formal tone such as textbook diction. Readers respond to the feeling that you are having a conversation with them. Break up the length and structure of your sentences so you don't hypnotize your readers into sleep. Sentences that are all the same length and structure tend to be a good aid for insomnia! 

Good writing takes practice. It takes lots and lots of practice. Make a schedule to write at least a page a day. Read books and magazines about the process of writing, and jot down tips that jump out at you. The art of writing is a lifetime process; the more you write (and read), the better your writing will become. The better your writing becomes, the bigger your sales figures. 

In an ebook that is read on the screen, be aware that you must give your reader's eye a break. You can do this by utilizing white space. In art classes, white space is usually referred to as "negative space." Reader's eyes need to rest in the cool white oases you create on your page. If your page is too dense, your reader will quit out of it as soon as their eyes begin to tear. 

Make use of lists, both bulleted and numbered. This makes your information easy to absorb and gives the reader a mental break from dissecting your paragraphs one after the other. 

Finally, decide on an easy-to-read design. Find a font that's easy on the eyes, and stick to that font family. Using dozens of fonts will only tire your readers out before they've gotten past your introduction. Use at least one and a half line spacing, and text large enough to be read easily on the screen, but small enough so that the whole page can be seen on a computer screen. You will have to experiment with this to find the right combination. 

Of course, don't forget to run a spell and grammar check. You are judged by something as minor as correct punctuation, so don't mess up a great book by tossing out semicolons randomly, or stringing sentences together with commas. (By the way, that's called a "comma splice.") 

Last of all, create an index and a bibliography. That's it! You've written a book! Now all you have to do is publish your ebook online, and wait for download requests from your website visitors

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Three Common Mistakes Many Authors Make Before Submitting Their Contents to Article Directories

Article writing, submissions, publications, and blogs are getting popular because with modern communication technology comes the popularity of information-based marketing, which is one of the oldest and most effective techniques in getting targeted prospects to sites and converting them into buyers. 

Submission tools abound that authors and marketers can use to make the process of submitting their articles more easily. Though this is invaluable in getting the contents more exposure, it's only half of the process.

Here are three common mistakes many authors make before submitting their contents to article directories:

1. Confusing the reason to promote the articles with the reason to write them. 

In article writing, there are three key benefits in using them for promotion; branding, lead generation, and promotion, which are all part of your optimization strategy.

But there is only one reason why you write an article, and that is to inform your audience. Your article must be focused on a topic to achieve the three promotion benefits because no one will be interested in reading them if they aren't.

The first goal is to get people to read your article, the next is to get them to click on your resource box. Providing focused content will help you achieve these goals. 

 Overlooking all the promotional opportunities of article marketing for maximum results.

First of all your articles can help you generate additional links back to your site. Most marketers already know this. But do you know that you can get more visitors and better search engine results from those same articles?

How do you get more visitors and better search engine results?

Mention keywords at strategic places. Just be sure not to overdo them. A keyword density of 3-5% is an optimum percentage. Some directories support anchor texts which are effective. It's important to note as of this writing that the majority of the directories are not able to support anchor text links. If you plan on using anchor texts you'll have to determine which directories will accept your submissions. Otherwise use a plain text URL such as this. http:///www.yourdomain.com

Remember that is not only about the links back to your site. Part of doing well in your article marketing is getting picked up by publishers with a large number of audiences and gaining the ability to leverage other brands because of the quality of your work.

Better search engine results also are great benefits. But these things do not put much money in your pocket. There are other factors that can turn your article marketing efforts into an opportunity that can boost your earnings. Not just increase the number of visitors to your site.

Start out with a plan. Make a list of all the different ways you can put that article to work for you and all the purposes it serves. One guru I know makes his articles work in 20 different ways or he doesn't use it. How many ways can you come up with? 

 

 Publishing content that is not useful for your readers.

Maybe in the process of writing articles, you are thinking that all that is you wanted is links back to your site. And any visitors it can generate is just a bonus.

THAT couldn't be farther from the truth. Not all article banks and directories are going to accept your content automatically. Each of them has guidelines and specifications on the articles that they are accepting. You can double the number of sites you can submit to by writing articles that the directories want to share with other people. All it takes is one publisher with a hundred thousand readers to increase your potential audience overnight.

Write the articles that publishers want in their publications if you want your article marketing to work the most effective way for you. This also means you have to obey the standard guidelines, spell checks, researching on a good topic, and even hiring a writer to produce good content on your behalf.

In the end, it is all really a matter of choice on your part. You can start getting a little exposure from increased links back but on a very basic level. Or enjoy massive exposure from a little extra time writing quality useful content.

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Authors: Do You Have A Web Site To Promote Your Book?

I was browsing online the other day and discovered the news about a first-time novelist who had recently published a book telling the story of an African tribe suffering the loss of land and identity. Her story is based on her true-life experiences and research. She's even donating a portion of the book's profits to a charity that helps the displaced people. Her whole story sounded intriguing. However, when I looked for her website--I couldn't find it.

What a shame, I thought.

While her book is featured on Amazon.com and other online bookseller sites and there's a couple of press releases announcing her book signings, there is no obvious web presence for this wonderful book and its author. My immediate thought was that she was leaving book awareness and sales on the table.

Maybe she feels she doesn't need a web site because she has the charity and her publisher assisting with publicity, or because there is some expressed interest in movie rights. Even so, I feel that a simple web site featuring her telling her story of how she researched and wrote her book, with photos of her on location, would do wonders for her novel.

In today's fast-paced world, where attention spans can last a nanosecond, an author can't afford NOT to have a web site. Even if people aren't lining up to buy your book today, they can visit your website and browse. If they like your site, there's a good chance they'll be back in the future or tell friends about it. I think this point is especially true for us first-time novelists. In my opinion, a fiction novel is the hardest type of book to promote and sell online or offline. There are literally thousands of fiction novels published each year, due to how easy it is to get a published book on the market.

The authors have tons of competition to get noticed. While the number of readers is declining, the amount of books being published is going up. New authors have to compete with each other, as well as, established authors, movies, TV, blogs, video games, and other entertainment offerings. From a reader's perspective, why should they read your book over someone else's?

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Your web site gives you a fighting chance to capture someone's attention and introduce them to you and your brand of storytelling. Plus, you have the creative freedom to make your site look however you wish. I

Because most authors have to do their own promotion, your web site is your own personal promotion booth sitting amidst a vast sea of similar booths inside a virtual flea market. Remember, people are online 24-7 looking up information on all sorts of things.

While you're sleeping, someone could be visiting your web site.

While you're out shopping, someone could be visiting your web site.

While you're busy at work, someone could be visiting your web site.

Of course, if you don't have a web site promoting your book, then potential readers will just have to wait until they stumble across your book while reading about your book signing somewhere, or maybe browsing the online bookstores, or maybe hearing about your book from a friend of a friend . . . you get the idea.

Why leave it up to chance?

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Web sites are easy to get up and running these days, so there's no excuse not to have at least a page featuring your book. Believe me, people will be looking for it, and if you don't have a web presence, they'll move on to the next author that does.

My Muse

Who Are the Muses?

The Muses are the personifications of literary arts, music, visual arts, and science. 

The Muses inspire creation. Many people believe that the inspiration they need to write literature, a poem, or create an artistic expression is beyond their control, and that creative impulses only come from the Muse they call upon.

 

                     

The Nine Muses in Greek mythology have been an inspiration to artists since antiquity. Each Muse was assigned expertise in a particular domain of the arts

The Muses' Attributes

• Calliope is the superior Muse. She inspired Homer as he wrote The Iliad and The Odyssey. She accompanied kings and princes to help them impose justice and serenity. Calliope is the protector of poetic works, the rhetoric arts, music, and writing. Calliope is usually depicted with laurels in one hand and two Homeric poems in the other.
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• Clio is the protector of history. In ancient Greece, the word for "history" was "Clio" (which is derived from "Kleos," the Greek word for the heroic arts). Depictions of Clio portray her holding a clarion in her right arm and a book in her left hand.
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• Erato is the protector of lyrical and love poetry. She holds a lyre, love arrows, and a bow.
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• Euterpe is the protector of songs and poetry of death, love, and war. She created several musical instruments and inspires the creation of beautiful music. She is often portrayed with a flute in her hands while her other instruments surround her.
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• Melpomene is the protector of the tragedies. She created rhetoric speech and the melodies of tragedy. She is typically depicted holding a tragic theatrical mask.
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• Polyhymnia is the protector of divine hymns. She created geometry and grammar. She is usually depicted wearing a veil and looking up to the heavens.
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• Terpsichore is the creator and protector of dance. She also created the harp and education. She is usually depicted with a laurel wreath on her head while she holds her harp and dances.
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• Thalia is the opposite of Melpomene. She is the protector of comedy, the sciences (including geometry, architecture, and agriculture,) and symposiums. She typically holds a comedic theatrical mask in her depictions.
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• Urania is the protector of celestial bodies. She created astronomy, and she bears stars, a celestial sphere, and a compass.

The Muses inspire creation. Many people believe that the inspiration they need to write literature, a poem, or create an artistic expression is beyond their control, and that creative impulses only come from the Muse they call upon.

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I discovered this wonderful short art film about an Artist and his Muse.  The story goes "An Artist looking for inspiration, cheats on his girlfriend with his Muse and soon finds himself in a world of trouble." It's a very artful, and creative use of the Mythical Muse. 

Examples of notable literary muses throughout history. 

Beatrice Portinari Dante fell in love with Beatrice in fourteenth-century Florence when both of them were nine years old. Beatrice appears as one of Dante’s guides in the Divine Comedy, leading him to the Beatific Vision. The poet’s love for Beatrice was idealized in the courtly love tradition in which the beloved is viewed as a deity. This is a muse in the old school mode: things hotted up later on.

Fanny Brawne Unrequited love for Fanny Brawne drove John Keats to write some of his best and most intense poetry, including “La Belle Dame Sans Merci.” 

Nelly Ternan The story of Charles Dickens and his muse Ellen Ternan has recently dramatized in the movie The Invisible Woman. Ternan was young and beautiful, but also a blank slate onto which Dickens could project his fantasies.

Maude Gonne William Butler Yeats wrote that when he met the red-haired Irish nationalist in 1889 “the troubles in my life began.” Gonne rejected several marriage proposals on the basis that Yeats was neither a Catholic nor a revolutionary. But she lost her power to inspire his art when they finally consummated their relationship nearly 20 years after they first met.

Jeanne Duval  Exotic, Haitian-born Duval was the inspiration for much of Charles Baudelaire’s love poetry and was also painted by Edward Manet. Baudelaire attempted suicide while Duval was his mistress, and his mother condemned her as a gold-digger, alcoholic, and all-around woman of ill-repute. Duval also inspired Angela Carter’s short story “Black Venus.”

Zelda Sayre Zelda was a witty, dazzling Southern Belle when F. Scott Fitzgerald first met her, and after their marriage, he used extracts from her diary in his books. She was the model for Nicole Driver in Tender Is the Night, but also inspired Fitzgerald’s wider vision of women in the Jazz Age, and his emphasis on a doomed hedonism. Plagued by mental problems, Sayre wrote her autobiographical novel Save Me the Waltz while in a sanatorium. Since her death in 1948, she has become a feminist icon.

Vivienne Eliot The marriage between T.S Eliot and his wife Vivienne was stormy and unhappy, but initially, she was essential to his poetic output. She typed up his work, and their relationship inspired several sections of his famous poem “The Waste Land.” But she wasn’t fulfilled by her function as muse: her passion was dancing. She died in an asylum in 1947, the year before Eliot won the Nobel Prize for Literature.

 

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