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Congratulations! You've made the decision to start a real estate blog. But what do you blog about? Look no further - this book will keep your blog fresh with ideas for years to come.

Nuts & Bolts of Self-Publishing If you only buy one book on self-publishing, this is the one for you. Self-publishing is not difficult once you have the roadmap and know what is expected and what you have to do to produce a professionally designed book. This comprehensive guide to...

"Había imaginado, hace ya unos meses, hacer una novela en la que quería poner la más íntima experiencia de mi destierro, crearme, eternizarme bajo los rasgos de desterrado y de proscrito. Y ahora pienso que la mejor manera de hacer esa novela es contar cómo hay que hacerla. Es la novela...

You’ve learned how to use the Seven Point Plot Structure to tell a good story. However, a good writer needs more tools in her toolbox. Understanding the three act dramatic structure can give you a new way to build stories. Expanding to four acts, five, or even two, greatly enhances your repertoire. Come...

Authors, what if one sentence is all it takes to grab a reader's interest? Would you want to know the secret? Of course, every author desires to sell more books. That's the power of a hook. And, it just worked on you. Updated and revised for 2019! A book hook is a statement or question...

A brief guide to help author's quickly create the background information (premise, characters, setting and plot skeleton) that they need to have in their mind at the very least before they start trying to write a full length novel. Just as every journey must have a plan so too should a novel if it is to avoid confusion. This book will help in the planning of your literary journey.

Many of us think of children's picture books as being written mostly with simple declarative sentences. What an eye-opener to learn that they are actually filled with delightful figures of speech.I am not talking here about the common figures of speech we learn about in grade school: simile, onomatopoeia,...

Though the term Electronic Age might harken back to a time that makes the Jetson’s seemed futuristic, there is no doubt that this millennium is anything but. Debbie Elicksen has built a career on pioneering digital content for marketing and publishing strategies. Recognized as a visionary for her...

  TINTA DIGITAL te va a enseñar cómo escribir ficción (o cómo mejorar tu novela si ya estás escribiendo) como ningun otro libro. Todo el mundo está hablando del mercadeo de los libros electrónicos y cómo hacer una fortuna,...

In order to create a living character on the stage, the actor needs more than masterful technique. He must work on the play in a way that will enable him to understand the meaning of each of the roles in it, and the nature of the relations between these roles. Stanislavsky developed his method of...

Practical advice by an assistant professor of English and Rhetoric at Penn State College, first published in 1909. According to the Preface: " The author's aim has been to produce a book that is practical,-- practical from the student's standpoint, and practical from the teacher's standpoint. The study...

Readers will delight at the best scenes ever written. They will find old favorites and savor scenes new to them. With each scene, Barnaby Conrad provides insights as to what the author wishes to accomplish with this passage and the literary devices he or she employs. Any avid reader will enjoy Conrad's...

When "Sincerely" just doesn't cover it anymore, here are 1001 ways to end your letters and emails. From the formal, the loving, the absurd, the funny and even the downright mean, this book covers all the bases. Use this book to be original, get noticed, laugh at yourself, make fun of everyone, increase your sales, get more tips.

Are you ready to abandon the stereotypes of the Cold War and look at the real Russia? Open your eyes to the exciting and fascinating facts that make this setting a favorite with writers. With this book, you can Write It Right. Irene W. Galaktionova is a Leningrad-born bilingual Russian/English...