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How to Give a "Killer" Interview - tips from a Hollywood Journalist

Gayl Murphy interview with Pam Perry on Chocolate Pages Show

Interview Tactics & Media Coaching http://www.blogtalkradio.com/chocolatepages

from Gayl:

How to Give a "Killer" Interview

Be as honest and up front as you can with the person that's interviewing you without "giving up" anything you wouldn't want to read about yourself tomorrow.

Relax,… Continue

Added by Pam Perry on January 18, 2010 at 12:48pm — No Comments

5 Foundation Points of Self Mastery

One-Minute Mastery would be nice, but it isn’t realistic. See if you’ve established and consistently engage these five points as your foundation.

You can read “5 Foundation Points of Self Mastery”
at http://www.scribd.com/doc/23362264/Joyce-Shafer-You-Are-More

Added by Joyce Shafer, LEC and Author on January 11, 2010 at 7:25am — No Comments

Articles and Resources in this week's State of Appreciation

It’s a perfect day to be in a State of Appreciation. My free weekly newsletter is now live at http://stateofappreciation.webs.com

This Week’s Article: Can Goals, Strategies, and Systems Prevent Your Success?

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Guest Articles:

What Does Gratitude Have to Do With Career Change? by Valerie Young

Quit Hangin’ On! by Jeanna Gabellini

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Resources:

*Free video from Mike Litman: The Magic of Thinking… Continue

Added by Joyce Shafer, LEC and Author on January 8, 2010 at 8:59am — No Comments

CONQUERING All The Obstacles

1.) CONQUERING All the Obstacles

Jo-Anne Vandermeulen - Journey to Publication – Newspaper Interview

http://www.joconquerall.com/2010/01/conquering-all-obstacles.html or http://bit.ly/4HITJo

Jo-Anne Vandermeulen

Author of Suspense/Romance

“Conquer All Obstacles”…

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Added by Jo-Anne Vandermeulen on January 6, 2010 at 1:23pm — No Comments

Prepositional Phrases - Remove The Clutter

The five step process to remove Prepositions –

Step One – Examine your writing for compound prepositional phrases. Once identified, replace each compound prep phrase with a simple preposition.

What is a compound prep phrase? – They are a series of prep phrases that act like a single preposition. Beware of these! Some common ones you will find in non fiction writing are – with regard to, with respect to, in reference to, etc.

Convert these phrases to simpler… Continue

Added by Dream Books LLC on January 6, 2010 at 12:43pm — No Comments

Fine Tune Your Life for the New Year or Any Time of Year

There’s a simple way to re-focus your time and energy to get a better start and results in a new year—or any time of year—in any area of your life. Just ask yourself the two questions offered here.

Two emails I received reminded me about the principle described below. I’d already had in mind to do a similar process, but felt nudged to really “go there” using this formula.

Maybe you’ve heard of the Pareto Principle or the 80/20 Rule. It maintains that around 20 percent of… Continue

Added by Joyce Shafer, LEC and Author on December 27, 2009 at 11:19am — No Comments

It’s a perfect day to be in a State of Appreciation

My free weekly newsletter is now live at http://stateofappreciation.webs.com

In This Issue:

• This Week’s Article: Fine Tune Your Life for the New Year or Any Time of Year

• Guest Articles:

o Reclaim Your Right to be Self-Ruling by Guy Finley

o Want to Get Organized? Take a Page Out of Harry Potter by Lisa Montanaro

• Resources

o 8 Great Giveaway e-book gifts for you

o Reinvent Yourself in 2010 with… Continue

Added by Joyce Shafer, LEC and Author on December 25, 2009 at 8:30am — No Comments

Create Your Order Form for 2010

This is THE time to get clear about what you want so you know what to aim at. Here’s a simple technique that helps you do this AND expand your magnetic energy.

Whatever you desire does not have to be important to others, only to you.

You know what you want in the areas of work, finance, family, personal development, spiritual development, social and intimate relationships, fun, and health. Or, maybe you sort of know what you want.

One way to amp up your energy… Continue

Added by Joyce Shafer, LEC and Author on December 10, 2009 at 3:26pm — No Comments

Available December 15th – “Premium Promotional Tips for Writers” Author: Jo-Anne Vandermeulen

A user-friendly resource that shows you how to target your audience, create MASSIVE exposure, and drive traffic back to your site where your books are sold. For sale SOON at: http://vandermeulen.laurusbooks.com/

If I can CONQUER ALL OBSTACLES so can YOU!

Are you:

> wondering how you can STAND OUT FROM THE REST by designing a unique author… Continue

Added by Jo-Anne Vandermeulen on November 28, 2009 at 4:42pm — 2 Comments

Free Book Promotion Websites

My blog lists book related websites, social networking websites, and other sites where you can spread the word about your books without spending a dime!

http://onlinebookpromotion.blogspot.com/

You can also find more information in my eHow article about free online book… Continue

Added by Katherine Angela Yeboah on November 7, 2009 at 10:30pm — No Comments

BookBuzzr Interviews Chad Lilly - Founder of Inner Circle Publishing

Your book - uncommon sense - has a unique style and touches the reader in a very different way. Can you tell us a little about the book?

"uncommon sense" was my second book and contains poetry focused on the development of our intuitive process. It seems as if universal wisdom has always been written in this sacred language of metaphor: Poetry. Thus the reason why all 'sacred' books were penned by Poets (and later called Prophets). Touching on topics like: Inner Learning,… Continue

Added by Vikram Narayan on October 26, 2009 at 12:59am — No Comments

The Announcement: Village Authors Now on iFOGO.com

Please, take a moment and read!

First, we are authors.

Since our inception, we at iFOGO.com and iFOGO Village have been dedicated to doing all we can to encourage and assist authors in the promotion of themselves and their works. We devote a lot of time and energy, and do so from pure… Continue

Added by Gene Cartwright on September 17, 2009 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Get Published TV Episode #046 from Portofino in Italy

Traveling Tips For Authors . Dale Beaumont comes to you all the way from Portofino in Italy alongside the beautiful Italian Riviera. He shares with all you authors and aspiring authors traveling tips that can help you out while you are away and abroad.

Feel free to comment and leave your thoughts below.

Watch the episode now:…

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Added by Dale Beaumont on August 23, 2009 at 10:03pm — No Comments

Get Publishing TV Episode #036 - Tips For Writing A Book With Andrew Smith

Tips on Writing a book with Andrew Smith. In this Friday Blue Couch interview episode Dale speaks with business man, Andrew Smith. He is looking to bring out his first book and shares a lot of his challenges and decisions when starting to write a book.

Make sure you check out this episode and learn as much as you can.…

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Added by Dale Beaumont on August 6, 2009 at 9:36pm — No Comments

Get Published TV Episode #027 - Write your book in 30% less time

This is episode #027 all about tips for writing a book that can help you save time and money. Dale implemented this simple tip and it saved him 30% less time when writing his book.

Check out this episode and find out what the tip is:

http://www.getpublishedtv.com/tips-for-writing-a-book-episode-027/

Look forward to your comments

Added by Dale Beaumont on July 27, 2009 at 7:34pm — No Comments

Check out my featured blogs on BookRix!

Check out my featured blogs on BookRix!

Katherine's Writing and Book Promotion Tips on BookRix:

http://blog.bookrix.com/2009/07/23/thursday-tips-by-katherine-angela-yeboah/

Katherine's Featured Author Blog on BookRix:…

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Added by Katherine Angela Yeboah on July 23, 2009 at 10:30pm — No Comments

Top 3

Marketing and Promoting

Top 3 Select Picks For The Week

Should be no surprise that I love to read.

Ever feel frustrated when there’s not enough time in the day to read everything?

Now this is an impossible expectation to lay on myself, but there are times when I just cannot keep my eyes open any longer…and darn it, I really wanted to finish what I started reading.

To gain knowledge about… Continue

Added by Jo-Anne Vandermeulen on June 19, 2009 at 5:12pm — No Comments

Twusted Twitter Twools and Twips

Why is everyone talking about Twitter?

Is this just a phase or will this be the next form of interaction to replace our blogs?

Today, many media social networkers are twalking or twyping with a form of speech impediment. But this is no speech impediment…this is the new world of Twitter.

Twitter

Twitter is a VERY popular FREE micro-social network. A service for friends, family, and… Continue

Added by Jo-Anne Vandermeulen on June 13, 2009 at 1:51pm — No Comments

What Makes a Good Bad Guy

What Makes a Good Bad Guy?

Getting your readers to hate the bad guy is much easier than getting them to sympathize with them. True, you may want to give your villain some redeeming qualities, but if your character does something truly loathsome, your readers will never forget.

Some of the most memorable villains will often cause their victims to suffer in either their body or mind. Think about some of the most notorious bad guys, and you’ll see what I mean. Nurse Ratched… Continue

Added by Ron Adams on June 12, 2009 at 4:59pm — No Comments

WRITE THAT BOOK

“Procrastination is the ultimate laziness,” said Dr Johnson. He wasn’t kidding. So stop procrastinating and write that book. Plan the story first. Ten chapters should suffice for a short story or novel. More chapters can be added later. Draft a rough outline of each chapter in four to five lines. Only jot down the key elements. This provides a useful starting point to work from.

Develop a sales pitch/blurb to the editor to promote the story. This adds impetus to story writing and… Continue

Added by DragonCub on June 9, 2009 at 5:16am — No Comments