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Vishnu reposing on his bed of serpents is the supreme being from whom all things emanate. In the Mahabharata and the Puranas he is the prajapati or creator. The Kings of Nepal have been regarded as the…

(Medical students, ethno and social science students and professionals are invited to the world conference on ethno-therapy in Munich, Germany held between 12-14 October 2007).

Complementary and Modern Medicine: Strange Bedfellows?…

This is a question that I’m asked quite often. As a busy author, you want to focus your promotional efforts where they count most. But it’s often difficult to determine what’s working and what’s not unless a very specific, isolated promotion generates a huge volume of sales. I love analyzing things and have a very detailed system for tracking my sales success. Here are some basic tips:

• Keep a detailed log of all your book promotion efforts -- articles published…

Hi I'm Gwen, publisher at Dragon Moon Press. We're a small genre house specializing is fantasy, science fiction (mostly soft stuff) and writing how-to's.

We've been around for almost 14 years, and are growing like mad... but always searching for ways to market our books cheaply since we run on a very small budget :)

So, I'd like to say HI to everyone. Glad to be a part of your group here on Ning.

Hello everyone and/or anyone who happens to read this post,

I'm new to this network and I do hope it turns out to be a great place to meet people involved in the book publishing business. I'm open to meeting new people so please drop me a line to say "hi".

Hi All:

I'm very excited about my new novel called "Alaska Now: A Novel About Alaskan Oil, Native Corporations, Wildlife, Identity and Love." The reason I'm excited is because the novel is my way of contributing to the conservation efforts to save the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) and the National Petroleum Reserve from the Bush Administration's efforts to open these pristine wildlife refuges to oil drilling. At the moment the "Yellow Billed Loon" , an endangered…

If you live in Richmond area, or even in Virginia, I'll be selling and signing books as my pseudonym, Sapphire Phelan , along with three other romance authors; Shara Lanel, Melany Logan and Donna Dalton this Saturday, June 30th 1:00-4:00PM at Chester Perk Coffee Shop 11884 Chester Villiage Drive, Chester. So come on by, get a signed book, meet an author, and have a cup of coffee or tea. For directions: (804)425-8109.…

My name is really Sylvia Kaye but most people call me Pee Wee. At one time Pee Wee fit but I'm sad to say, not anymore. Oh well...it happens to the best of us, I guess.

I'm proud as a peacock to have published my first novel, The Kahills of Willow Walk. Am now working on a sequel, For the Love of Willow Walk, (working title). Someone said the second book is easier than the first. Perhaps I'll punch them in the nose. <g>Maybe it's just me but my characters seem to be takiing a…

SO FAR I HAVE HAD A LOT OF FUN WITH MY SUMMER RADIO SHOWS!

I have been running a series of shows dealing with a variety of SPIRIT, MIND AND BODY topics. Some of these shows will form the basis for a new book. Here's the line up:

On Passionate Internet Voices Radio http://www.internetvoicesradio.com each Monday night at 7:30 pmEST,

7/2 Jerry Simmons, founder of…

When I first decided to pursue a writing career I had these grand visions of being in a cabin on a lake somewhere and spending my days under a tree writing, then once a year or so I'd toss the manuscript into the mail to my agent and return to the tree to write some more. I had my first book published 3 years ago and I've been in a perpetual state of shock ever since! The little secret your English professor doesn't tell you is that in order to be a published author you also have to be very…

Hi everyone,

I've just joined this network and first impressions are it looks great. I thought I would just add few words here about what Im doing at the moment. I have written two non-fiction books so far on performance enhancement for sports people and am currently writing another for golfers.

However, I have always wanted to write a novel and I'm currently developing an idea for getting my philosphy for personal development through sport into a story. I have a few ideas and…

Good morning. Quit my real job last year to become a writer. Some might think "I had it all"...pension, 401K, decent salary, blah, blah, blah. But for the 2 1/2 years I wrote in my journal (every single day) about how much I didn't want to be there.

My boss found out he had cancer at the ripe ol' age of 53 in March and died that Aug. And I began to realize he lived for everyone but himself. And then I realized that it just might be ok to go for what I want in life, since it is…

Kathmandu Blues:

THE LAND OF THE GREY-EYED (Satis Shroff, Freiburg)…

As an author, how important is your name? Is there an advantage to using a pen name rather than your own moniker? You probably figure I'm the last person on earth to ask such a thing. I had to laugh when a bookstore manager out in Washington asked me if Janet Elaine Smith is a pen name? Yeah, right! If I were going to pick a name out of thin air, the most logical one to choose would be "Smith," just to avoid any confusion with the umpteen million other Smiths in the…