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Authopublisher first came to my attention last year when owner Ivin Viljoen commented on Get Paid to Write Online and then offered a guest post. Since then he’s become an occasional contributor, so when he asked me to review the site, I was happy to oblige (with the proviso that ...

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In some ways, the title of this post says it all.  With that said, there is so much more to know about Smashwords, the place on the internet to publish your ebooks.  I discovered Smashwords last spring and so far, nearly 1500 people have downloaded my ebooks.  I’ve not made ...

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I’ve been talking for months about my new free ebook, Getting Started in Blogging, and finally it’s here! Newsletter subscribers got a sneak peek last week, but now I’m launching it formally. Everyone’s got to start somewhere with blogging and that’s how this ebook came about. It was based on ...

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I’ve produced a number of series on this blog which I know many of you have found useful. Now I’ve decided to make them available in another format.  I now have PDFs of: SEO Your Website Promotion Is Free Making It As A Freelance Writer Freelance Writing Questions That means ...

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I created an ebook/ezine in about 20 minutes today – and I did it using Zinepal. This handy online tool (which you can try without even signing up) allows you to pull together recent posts from your blog (via the RSS feed) or from any web page to create an ...

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The Women’s Millionaire Club, by Maureen G Mulvaney, is being offered beginning on March 17th, 2009 at 12:01 am. We invite you to go to this page - http://mgmsuperstar.com/wjtc/exclusive.html – to access the order page and then go back to this page to access the bonus page. On the Exclusive Private Invite ...

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I’ve been thinking a lot about ebook publishing recently, so it was a moment of serendipity when I happened to talk to one of the writers I work with, only to learn that he’d just started an ebook publishing company. Co-founder Garry Pierrepoint says that Ebook Library will ‘revolutionise the ...

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If you want to get paid to write, then get some inspiration from someone who has. Nikki Leigh is a published author, who is currently promoting her latest book, Lady Lightkeeper, with a blog book tour. I’ve interviewed her today on my Writing Lab. Nikki answers questions on her writing ...

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One of the most baffling, and disappointing aspects of novel writing is the rejection letter. Many new writers are frustrated after receiving 5, 10, and even 20 rejection letters. Writers are told not to be disheartened, or quit submitting their manuscript to publishers.There is a better way to become published, ...

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I didn’t always want to be a freelance writer. When I was little I wanted to be an architect. I loved creating new things out of nothing, putting pieces together and changing them around so they made more sense. My favourite toy was Meccano, which I liked for the same ...

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Everyone’s got NaNo on the brain – everyone except me, that is. For about four years, I’ve had a novel outline languishing in a corner of my desk. It has stared at me reproachfully as I have done other jobs and written other things. I’ve felt guilty because I feel ...

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When I signed up with Lifetips several months ago, I didn’t know what I was letting myself in for. Within a short space of time I had written on fruit, video chat and conversational Spanish. Spanish meshed well with my previous experience and fruit was general knowledge, but to do ...

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I’m falling in love with TodayBooks.com. This might be the honeymoon period, because I’ve just had my second book listed with them. And it’s one that’s grown out of this very blog. Remember when I did a series of posts on search engine optimization and website promotion? Well, that turned ...

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Remember when I told you to Feel The Fear …? Well, I took my own advice and submitted a few poems to RITRO. The first of them was published today. It’s called Rain. I get no money but a great deal of satisfaction, mostly at having had the guts to ...

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A couple of weeks ago I did a post on whether writing could be seen as art. The answer from all of the WritingUp denizens was a resounding yes. I expected that, as there are some very talented writers here, including those who don’t see themselves as writers. Today I ...

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Every now and then you find a real gem of a book – and I’ve found one that is invaluable for writers. It’s called the Insider’s Guide To Getting Your Book Published. Written by industry veteran Rachael Stock, this is a quick guide to the publishing world. In addition to ...

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Everyone’s afraid of something. I’ve always felt confident about writing articles and I know that one day I will finish my novel. Yet despite writing lots of poems, I’d never shared them with anyone. Part of the reason was that I could still remember the voice of my snooty English ...

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