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bits & pages by Lizzie R. Santos The Timetable Technique: It Could Work for You Lions in the (Freelance) Writing Jungle Recycle Those Rejects Bored, Bothered & Bewildered The 8 "Writitudes" - A Writer's Right Attitudes If the Door is Closed, Use the Window! Spaghetti with Cheese: Those Defining Details Garbage Hunting: Unusual Sources of Ideas for Writers Proud to be Prolific Petty Things, Big Savings A Little Word Play Realizations Self-Talk: It's More Than Just A Pep-Talk! Why, Oh Why? Featuring the Feature Article (Part 1) Featuring the Feature Article (Part 2) Featuring the Feature Article (Part 3) The Wows and Woes of a Freelancer novel ideas: promotion pointers for authors by Dawn Seewer Do You Need An Author Web Site? Promoting Your Book Through Banners The Lure of the Quick-Fix Too Much of a Good Thing Three Simple Steps to Generating Repeat Traffic writing and researching your family history by Mary Emma Allen Writing Your Family History and Keeping Yours Alive A Family Heritage of Recipes Letters -- A Form of Family History More than a Statistics Your Story is Part of Your Family History Writing a Novel from Your Family History Turning Your Research Into Non-Fiction Writing Your Kitchen Ware Tells a Story Discovering Present Day "Cousins" Learning About Ancestors' Lifestyles Watching for Name Changes Tracing Your Home's Roots Scrapbooking Your Family History Capturing Holiday Memories Discovering Family History Through Cards Scrapbooking and Genealogy With Youngsters Stories Inspired by Photos Write A Story Inspired by Your Heritage just a little write dose by Shery Ma Belle Arrieta What's your best time to write? What's in your little writer's notebook? What do you do to beat that writer's block? Why don't you write a really terrible first draft? What can you do to find out if your work is rejected or will be published? How do you say it in ten words or less? What can you write? Why choose a writing companion? Make you writing run free! How do you start writing? Going on a writing trip? Flushing the myths down the drain! Precision, Precision! 5 Steps to Effective Re-writing Economy in Writing Starting to Write: 6 More Prompts for the Beginning Writer You Don't Need Inspiration! I Don't Need No Stinkin' Double Negatives! Ripples and Stepping Stones All the Stuff I Can't Let Go A Christmas Gift List for Writers Transformations: Making Heroes Out of Villains Write Where You Are When the Sky Falls on Writers: A Film Review Write Possibilities Start as a 5-Minute Writer Write Life Preservers Show Up and Write Down the Flab Baby Steps Every Week, A Finished Book A Year Later The Forces of Nature In Your Stories writing a column by Mary Emma Allen Writing A Column (An Introduction) Writing Columns: An Enjoyable Career Secrets From A Cooking Columnist's Journal Producing A Book From Your Columns How to Keep A Column Flowing Writing A Travel Column Column Writing Spin-Offs Discover the Internet Column Writing World Stretch Your Information for Several Columns Are These Really Columns Changes in Column Writing Different Types of Travel Columns Writing a Book Review/Literary Column Writing that Gardening Column Writing a Craft or Hobby Column Writing A Column for Children's Writers Writing A Column About Antiques and Collectibles Creating Outlets Or Markets for Your Columns Should You Write A Column for Free? writing the short story by Arlene M. Paredes Write Your "One-Day" Story and Make an Impact Transform Your Character in One Day Deciding on the Number of Characters in a Short Story How Do You Create a Good Villain? Coffee Plus Friends freedom to freelance by Rusty Fischer Five Great Ways to Write (at Work!) Getting Examples and Scoring Samples Rejection Reflection Conning Contests: A Word About Entry Fees Writing for a Book Packager: How to Cash In On An Often Under-Exploited Market Becoming an Expert Without Even Trying Keep in Touch Snoop Around for Insider Info Markets, Get Your Markets Here! Too Much Freelance Freedom? Payment Upon Persistence Searching for (Rusty) Fischer! tips from a freelance writer's pen by Mridu Khullar The Language of Freelance Marketing Negotiating Right: Get What You Deserve Freelance Writing on the Internet Writing for Teens 5 Questions to Ask About Every Article Idea The Stuff Queries Are Made Of Why the Editor is not the Enemy professional writes by Joseph M. Kelly The Editor's Nightmare Freelance project Follow Instructions and Stop Wasting time Feasting from the Holy Grail of Freelancing Know the Target Before Firing the Query Negotiating Electronic Rights: At What Cost? Accept Guidance, But Don't Use Editors as Crutches Babies to Olympic Sprinters, Clip by Clip Challenge Yourself to Try Something New Old Clients Remember Quality Work 10 Ways to Play the Numbers Game and Win B2B Strategies for New Freelancers the screenwriters web by Lenore Wright Global Screenplay Marketing: Using Script Registries That Final Polish -- Can A Script Coach Help? How to Pitch Your Movie Successfully Five Fatal Mistakes Aspiring Screenwriters Make Four Things to Do After You Type Fade Out Movie Genres -- What Writers Need to Know Script Feedback: Why You Need It, How to Get It Winning the Script Contest Game! What Are Beats? How Can I Use Them Effectively? write memories by Shery Ma Belle Arrieta Greater than Wonder Woman getting my feet wet by Lyne Royce Do You Dream of Being a Published Writer? I Don't Want to be a Novelist! Rejection Possibilities Editors are People too, Right? You Have to be Nuts to be a Writer! I Got Too Cozy On My Writing Niche The Writer's Conference Trolling the Net Live to Write! Stress and the Writer How to Make Time to Write Motivation for Moolah writer of all trades by Joyce Lavene Understanding the Different Genres of Romance Crossing from Romance Into Mystery Mysterious Genres Series Writing Revisions Writing Ethics Promotion So You Want to Write Science Fiction writers of the next generation by Angela Giles Klocke and Scott D. Warren So, You Want to be a Writer? Here an Idea, There an Idea Editors - Not Your Enemy After All Kids Can Publish Novels Too! (part 1) Kids Can Publish Novels Too! (part 2) Share the Work -- Co-Author School -- Not An Obstacle In Your Way Journal Today for Great Stories of Tomorrow! Too Young to Be a Writer? To Be A Writer is To Be Published? rx for writers by Katie Gustafsson Rx #1 - Dealing with rejection and negative critiques Rx #2 - To sign or not to sign Rx #3 - Creating a professional image through your website Rx #4 - Should you write for free? Rx #5 - Should you always include an SASE? Rx #6 - I want to write a book. Which books would help me write one? Rx #7 - I've got content, but I need readers. What do I do? Rx #8 - Are pay-per-click sites worth the effort? Rx #9 - Prepare yourself to write! Rx #10 - Organization blues Rx #11 - Publications to query Rx #12 - Writers are everywhere! Rx #13 - Getting started as a writer Rx #14 - Advice for the would-be travel writer you can be...series for writers by Shery Ma Belle Arrieta You Can Be A Freelance Writer! You Can Be A Magazine Writer! You Can Be An Audio Book Author!

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