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Writing Help: You Should Use Your Calendar To Improve Your Writing
Many of my students shrug their shoulders at the beginning of the semester when I tell them that time is their best friend. Just like my students, too many writers struggle with their writing because they treat time as a four letter word. However time is
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Writers Block: Writers Resources To End Writers Block
Writers block is one of those mysterious ailments that is blamed for late assignments, missed deadlines, and failed dreams. Some people claim it is merely a myth while others find it plagues their writing. As someone with more than two decades of profess
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How To Write A Book Like A Pro To Finish Sooner And Sell Longer
Is your book manuscript as professional and compelling as it could be? Tell the truth; could it use some work to make it crisp and compelling? Yes. Keep reading if you need some tips to make your book writing pull readers in by the collar. Also, you'll di
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How To Succeed As A Technical Writer
Here is an article telling you what you need to do to achieve success writing online. Technical writing is a field in existence for many years now. But the internet publication revolution today has made success come right at our doorsteps. There are many
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Book Publishing - What Is The Secret To Getting Your Book Published?
As a three-time published author and creative writing teacher I get asked a lot: "What is the secret to getting your book published?" Many of the interrogators are disappointed, some even disbelieving, when I tell them there is no secret. Gettin
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Book Publishing - How I Got Into Book Publishing
As a published author and creative writing teacher I often get asked how writers can get published. One of the simplest ways to answer that question is tell the story of my publishing contracts with two different publishers. Like many other writers, I ha
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Junior Faculty Balancing Act: Teaching, Part I
My website poll of 96 junior faculty members has an unequivocal winner. The poll asks, "What is the hardest part about being a junior faculty member?" Over a third of the respondents chose "Teaching takes up so much time" as their resp
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Is Time Your Enemy? Conquer Time With An “Unschedule!”
Time can be your friend or your enemy. For many people who have “free time” to accomplish long-term projects or writing tasks, it is a merciless tyrant. It is just too easy to allow the slightly harder task to slide, as you fill in your day with the hum
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Are You Setting Yourself Up To Procrastinate?
"How can I stop procrastinating?" This is by far the most frequent question that I get from graduate students and professors. As a dissertation and tenure coach, I've come to realize that everyone in academia, whether writing a dissertation, com
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Resume Pitfalls To Avoid
Essential mistakes and pitfalls to avoid on your resume
"Songwriting Tips: Un-original Melodies Can Be A Good Thing..."
The moment that people create a melody which they feel is great, many think it already sounds like another song. This is common, and I suffered from this many times. What you've got to understand is that ALL SONGS are RECYCLED MELODIES. Every song has a
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You Don't Know How Write To A Song ... You're Not A Musician!
This is something I briefly touched on in a previous newsletter - ...over and over I get asked "will I write better songs if I'm a musician"? What's the answer? Yes AND no. Confused? Let me explain. For the sake of simplicity, here I'll talk
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