Archive for the 'Writing' Category

Top Tips on Writing Your Own Greeting Cards

Friday, August 8th, 2008

Did you know that Americans buy 7.4 billion greeting cards in a year? And if you apply your calculator to the task, you will be one of Americans who buy 235 cards per second! Not to disparage the greeting card industry or anything, but you can make your own greeting cards, too.
You can make your […]

How Writing Articles Can Help You Earn Quick Money

Thursday, August 7th, 2008

Did you know that people around the world are writing articles to earn quick money? Yes, it’s true and you can do it too! Read on.
There are a host of innovative occupations; one can undertake to earn quick money with a stable income. No longer does one have to depend on a nine-to-five job for […]

Book Review: Dealing With Divas by Shelley Anderson

Wednesday, August 6th, 2008

A Survivor’s Kit for the Celebrity Personal Assistant (or Anyone with a Pesky Boss)
I have to admit that one of the most fun parts of being a reviewer is that you learn something new every day. It was not until I had read Dealing With Divas that I realized there was an association solely committed […]

Book Review: One Foot in the Black by Kurt L. Kamm

Wednesday, August 6th, 2008

Oops, it wasn’t until I had had read almost the entire book that I discovered that this was fiction and not biographical! This story is so well constructed it is impossible to tell fact from fiction. The characters are life-like, and they are crafted with a skill and panache that one rarely finds in a […]

Get Paid to Write Online - It’s a Great Time to Make Money Writing!

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008

High gasoline prices are fueling even more Internet growth! It does not cost gasoline to shop, work or surf for information on the Internet. This explosion in growth demands even more written text to fill up new websites, renew and promote old ones. Writers are needed, no experience necessary! If you can write in […]

SEO Content Writer - Make Money Writing From Home

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008

You must agree that the Internet is growing at a very fast pace. And with this amazing growth comes the need for good SEO Content Writers. These SEO Content writers need to be able to fill the pages of websites everywhere with quality information so that people who are searching for answers can find them.
So […]

Article Writing and Submission

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008

Writing does not entail great talent. Even the mediocre can learn how to write interesting topics. Yes, you can be a writer without a talent but without your desire, every word you write will become too incomprehensible and it may look unnatural. Your articles won’t even become a hit. But if you have what it […]

A Few Rules For Writing Articles for the Web

Monday, August 4th, 2008

Writing articles for a book and writing for the web is rather different. With these tips in mind you can be on your way to being a great web writer!
Some people say that writing articles is an art and that you need quite a bit of creativity inside of you, to write a good article […]

An Interview With Zach Samuels About Confessions Of A Crack Head

Sunday, August 3rd, 2008

Zach Samuels has just published a rather disturbing book Confessions Of A Crack Head about his life as a drug user. I work with the homeless and a good proportion of my clients have addiction problems, so this book was one that I could definitely relate to. Zach (not his real name) agreed to sit […]

An Interview With Eric Kampmann About Trail Thoughts

Sunday, August 3rd, 2008

I recently had the opportunity to review Eric Kampmann’s latest book Trail Thoughts. It is a very reflective piece with biblically inspired thoughts for each day of the year. This is a book designed for the reader to sip and enjoy, rather than guzzle down like us reviewers are apt to do!
I had the opportunity […]

Vacation - Time Well Spent?

Sunday, August 3rd, 2008

Hellen DeRich was sitting at the dressing table in her boudoir. She loved staying at her penthouse in Manhattan, it was so convenient and the city at night was the place to be especially in the spring. However it was time for vacation once again and the planning and arrangements had to be taken care […]

The Origins of Dawn Carlisle

Sunday, August 3rd, 2008

I’d like to tell you that Dawn came fully clad out of the cleft head of Zeus…but that would be avoiding truth in favor of myth. To give you a fair answer, the character of Dawn contains a part of every woman I’ve ever known — from my own mother, to my former wife, down […]

Tips For Writing Articles in an Effective Manner Revealed

Saturday, August 2nd, 2008

Even the more experienced writers find it difficult to write effectively. Here are some tried and tested tips for writing articles effectively.
If you want to get the most out of your article marketing efforts, then your article must be effective. It is the efficacy of the article that makes for increased sales generation. Writing articles […]

Book Review: Confessions of a Crack Head by Zach Samuels

Saturday, August 2nd, 2008

I work with the homeless here in Calgary, addiction is a word that we hear a lot of, drugs, booze, and gambling are the big three. Often addicts are plagued by other mental health issues, depression, bi-polar, and a variety of other medical terms outside of my realm of knowledge.
There have been plenty of books […]

A Writer Looks Back – Gives Tips

Friday, August 1st, 2008

I’ll be blowing out 80 candles on the cake this month.
It’s one of those terrible events that can’t be avoided. The only way to avoid it is not get there.
So I’ve spent some time reflecting on where I’ve been.
And it occurs to me that I’ve been a writer (and author) for 60 of those years.
Which […]

Mystique of the Long Haul Trucker

Friday, August 1st, 2008

What happened to the bull whacker of old? With the evolution of the automobile and the truck, the “freighters” (Conestoga wagons) of Santa Fe and Oregon trail days, pulled by teams of oxen and urged on by the bull whackers, evolved into today’s eighteen wheelers. Interstate highways gradually replaced the bull whacker’s muddy, rutted trails. […]

Everyone Can Write - By a Dyslexic

Friday, August 1st, 2008

Genevieve Dawid was born dyslexic and dysphasic and yet still have become an author.
At school her spelling was so poor that she was told not to participate in English classes. Therefore she believed that she would never be able to write.
Genevieve comments, “I left school not knowing where a comma went, let alone being able […]

Choose Your Genre, Find a Title

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

Before you write your first sentence there are a number of important decisions that you must make. You can still start off by asking yourself what kind of book do I want to write? And what category or genre will it fit into? If you are not sure about where you want to go with […]

What is New in My Book?

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

Some of what is new in my book, RETURN TO THE MIDDLE KINGDOM, reveals historical details about China unknown in the West, or even in China itself, for that matter. For example, I highlight my late father-in-law Eugene Chen’s role in the “Russia-oriented” policy of Sun Yatsen. Eugene was the key, the historical hinge, that […]

Aluminum Tubes Are Available in Abundance

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

Aluminum tubes have many applications, and correspondingly, are available in various shapes and sizes. They are found as round tubing, triangular tubes, square tubes and if required, it is possible to have aluminum tubes made in unique shape combinations.
Besides differing in their shapes, aluminum tubes are also different in terms of their wall thickness. You […]