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You can market a poetry, memoir, or novel with short “articles” when you submit to top article directories and blogs.

Like Mrs. Field’s toll-house cookies, you give a taste of your book free to thousands of people online who want your particular information.

Like an article, take your book setting and write a informational article about the real town. On book themes, write another piece that could be an advice article. Or, for each book character, write a vignitte on her, showing conflict with another character. Conflicts include conflict with man, others, with self, with nature, with technology or with fate. Your readers love conflict in your fiction or story because it shows action. And it’s the action in your stories that keep your readers hooked and turning pages.

Finally, give each piece a new introduction and conclusion. Then, in your signature file or resource box, “Excerpted from “Title of your Book.” offer another free sample at your website to magnetize your target market.

One client wrote a memoir on growing up during 1930’s and 40’s. His title “When Candy Bars Were a Nickel” share outrageous boy adventures including pictures and letters to make it more real. Another client marketed her book, The Naked Desk, with how to articles and tips, but also shared many stories with characters in a bind.

Remember the who, what, where, when, why and how of your fiction book’s stories. Create any one of these into a short piece that resembles an article. Articles spread the word online about your book. When people read these on article directories like EzineArticles.com or in blogs, they will head for your site to find out more about your characters or other offerings.

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Is there a tie between the world of scientist and fantasy and science fiction novels? Is it possible to tell who may be a scientist by the type of books that they enjoy reading the most? Many people would think that there may be a possibility.

One of the reasons that some people may think this is possible is because of the type of people that scientist are. There are a lot of scientist who can easily immerse themselves in a science fiction book or a fantasy novel. Perhaps this is the case because they like to think outside of the reality of this world. Their ability to think outside of the box this way has brought a lot of luxuries into this world, which are now considered necessary in our lives.

There are many inventions that are technical in nature and can only be conceived by the scientist kind of mind. Whether they get those kinds of minds from their genes, their life circumstances and influences or from just pure random luck, the fact is that they do not think the same way that more social, main stream people tend to think. They do not see the same thing as the majority when they are given a situation or something else to study.

One such example can be found in a tiny part that we use all of the time. Thermometers of all kinds are used in our world every day. There is a part, called a thermocouple, that joins to dissimilar metals and in the process is able to read and translate the heat differences between the two into a unit of heat that we all can recognize.

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Carma: I thoroughly enjoyed The Heretic’s Tomb and I liked the way you got Annie into the past and out of the walled up room at the abbey. What was your source of inspiration for The Heretic’s Tomb?

Simon:I’m pleased you enjoyed the book. It was inspired by my own love of history and I have always enjoyed time travel stories. Many novels have medieval settings, but to me some historical periods, such as the era of the Black Death or the mystery of the Princes in the Tower depicted in The Sorcerer’s Letter Box, for example, are the most fascinating and the most suitable settings for a good adventure story.

Carma: What are your writing habits? Do you work on an outline before starting the actual story?

Simon: Yes I do. I always work extensively on an outline, determining all the twists and turns of the plot, before beginning the actual novel. This outline is usually at least one paragraph for every chapter and can be up to 5000 words.

Carma: What goes on inside the mind of the fantasy writer?

Simon: All kinds of things – ancient mysteries, the unexplained, the paranormal, science fiction themes, time travel ideas, parallel universes, alternate realities, weird and wonderful characters and a whole lot of ‘what if’ scenarios.

Carma: What advice would you give to aspiring writers who are trying to break into the fantasy genre?

Simon: Try to be as original as possible and not copy something else, even if it has been popular. Write about what interests you in this particular genre rather than jumping on any bandwagon.

Carma: Who is Simon Rose? Describe an ordinary day in your life.

Simon: I’m not sure there is an ordinary day. If I’m not traveling or at a local school or library, I do spend much of the day working on the current book project, as well as on marketing, correspondence and so on, but also have children to take care of, pets to feed, household chores to do and so on.

Carma: What type of books did you read as a child?

Simon: I became immersed in science fiction as a boy and read a lot of science fiction novels and collections of short stories, as well C S Lewis, Tolkien and other fantasy writers. At high school, I studied a great deal of history and have retained my interest in the subject up to the present day. I also read a tremendous number of comic books as a child. Pure escapism perhaps, but comic books were great for the imagination. On TV, the original Star Trek series springs readily to mind, along with many other influences.

Carma: How do you set about promoting your novel? How many hours a week do you spend on book promotion?

Simon: I do some form of promotion every day, whether for the books or for myself, usually online though the website, blog or via e mail correspondence regarding author visits, summer camps, writing services, festivals and other events.

Carma: How was your experience in looking for a publisher? What words of advice would you offer those novice authors who are in search of one?

Carma: There are lots on resources on line and elsewhere with regards to publishers, but a good thing to do is to research which houses are publishing the same type of material that you are writing. If you are writing fantasy for ten year olds, see who is doing that and then check their website to see if they are accepting submissions, Similarly, if you are writing teen fiction, see who is doing that and again be sure to check out their submission policies. There are also publishers who only deal with non fiction, prefer to specialize in regional issues, those who only do picture books or who do picture books, but don’t accept stories about animals and so on. It can be a long process, but is well worth it.

Carma: What type of book promotion seems to work the best for you? Any special strategies you’d like to share?

Simon: All authors have to be prepared to do as much as they can to promote their own work. Get a website or blog or both, even before your first book is published, forge a good relationship with your local bookstores in order to secure book signing events, look into ways to talk about your work at festivals, other events and especially at schools and libraries. You may produce the greatest book ever written. However, no one else is going to see it if your book doesn’t become known to potential readers.

Simon is available for presentations, workshops, Author-in-residence programs in Canada and the United States. Simon’s upcoming book due in Spring of 2009 is Doomsday Mask.

Thank you for this interview Simon.

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Many people today have a certain prejudice against Christian fiction books. People think that they will be overwhelmed with rebukes and blatant Christian teaching that sometimes they would rather not pick these kinds of books up.

There is no doubt that there are plenty of fiction books enthusiasts out there, but most shy away from those with labeled as “Christian themed” especially if they hold a different religious belief.

What they don’t realize is that they are missing out on so many great Christian fiction books by doing so.

Being termed as Christian fiction often doesn’t mean that all of the themes will outwardly or obviously displaying Christian teachings.

In fact, most Christian fiction authors only subtly incorporate religious teachings, unless it was pertinent to the plot.

Take for instance, C.S. Lewis. He was a great Christian fiction author and wrote plenty of books subtly incorporating his faith and perceptions.

When you read, for example, the Chronicles of Narnia, it’s hard to see which parts relate to the Christian faith unless you read a scholarly review on it.

As you can see, there is really no reason why you should be hesitant or even think twice about reading fiction books from Christian authors.

Even though they might ultimately want to impart their faith, it doesn’t mean that they will smother you just so you’ll understand. It just doesn’t work that way.

Hence, there is really no reason why you shouldn’t extend your reading habits to incorporate Christian fiction books as well.

If you are on the other side of the page and instead of a Christian fiction reader, you are an author for Christian fiction books, then there might be several things that you want to do to reach your audience.

Although it’s not as difficult to win over people and get them to read your books, there are still some things you can do to make sure it gets promoted. For one, you can hire a publicist.

A publicist can help coordinate with you and your publishing house so that you can proclaim the books message as well its entertainment value.

These publicists will also take care of the promotional or marketing campaigns conducted by retailers to ensure that your book gets promoted properly. It is essential to enlist the aid of a publicist so that you can be sure that your book gets the right exposure it needs.

Another thing that you should consider when promoting your book is to use other important resources available to you, like the Internet.

You can create a website exclusively for your book or even about yourself as an author, incorporating your work. These are great for providing information about your books.

It’s really not that difficult to understand and read Christian fiction books or even promote one that you have written.

All you really need is an open mind and a bit of effort to make your endeavor succeed. Pretty soon, you’ll see great results in no time.

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You have a non-fiction book in mind. You know it’s going to be great and it’ll help a lot of people. But you also have mountains and mountains of material–so much good information! So much excellent research! How do you organize it all to create a powerful book? Here are the basic building blocks of a non-fiction book. Keep these in mind and you won’t get overwhelmed by your material.

1.) Think About Your Reader

When you think about your reader you’re thinking two things: “What does the reader get out of my book?” and “What kind of relationship do I want to establish with the reader?” One of your duties as an author is to offer your reader something of value which could even change their life for the better. Ideally you’ll make it clear what this value is when you title the book. It’s pretty clear, for instance, what you’ll get when you pick up Stephen Covey’s “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People”. This could also provide the structure for your chapters. If you’re teaching how to improve your golf stroke in 10 steps, you could include a chapter on each step. You don’t have to make it more complicated than that.

As for your relationship with your reader, what do you want it to be? Will it be a teacher/student relationship? Peer-to-peer? A storytelling relationship? If you’re writing a biography, you may want to be a storyteller and have your reader be a listener. Will your voice be friendly and homely? Or authoritative and formal? The point is that you’re always asking yourself “To whom and I speaking and how do I want to be heard?” What choices will best suit your audience?

2.) What’s Your Theory?

Theory is how the writer is proposing to make his ideas play themselves out. It’s how it all works. In Anthony Robbins’ book, “Awaken the Giant Within”, he’s making the point that you are in control of your decisions and you can really tap into your human potential. Well, how do you do that? His theory of how you do that is to become aware that you are in control of everything that happens within you. You are in control of your emotions, of making choices, of creating what he calls “neuro associations” that will draw you towards a positive behavior or help you move away from a negative behavior. That’s his theory.

I’m assuming if you have already decided to write a non-fiction book that you have a plan that you’re presenting to the world. Non-fiction books are often the result of what you do in your everyday life; you may notice that things could work better if people did things in a different way. Maybe your how-to just makes more sense, or it fits your readers better than someone else’s theory. That’s why it’s important for you to have your own ideas. It truly is about what you’re bringing to the book, how much you’re putting yourself into it, because that’s what brings energy and vitality to the work and makes a lasting impression on the world.

3.) What Stories Will You Tell?

Stories are a crucial ingredient in non-fiction books. They are what will help bring your points home to the reader and make them real. Most writers use anecdotes from their professional lives. Life coaches use stories from clients, real estate brokers use stories from people they’ve worked with. Stories help the reader see that 1) other people have dealt with the same problems and 2) the writer has direct experience and knows how to bring about a successful solution.

When you use stories you’re also using an ages-old technique–it’s even used in the Bible, where stories (or parables) are told to educate the reader on complex concepts. I think our brains still respond positively to this technique. Stories can be a softer way of taking medicine–that spoonful of sugar that helps the medicine go down!

4.) What’s Your Call to Action?

When you craft a call to action for your reader, you are designing a way of telling them, “Here’s what you do now that you have this information, here’s how you make it work.” Let’s use a weight loss book as an example. Maybe the theory is about overeating. If you were writing this book, you might want to include calls to action throughout the book giving the reader different strategies about how to avoid overeating. You’ll include how not to overeat in restaurants, how to avoid overeating at bedtime, how to avoid overeating while traveling or at buffets, whatever.

In some books the author will present questions and exercises. That’s part of a call to action because it makes the reader stop and absorb what they’ve just learned and even to design their own action plans based on their own unique circumstances. In our example above, you might challenge the reader to choose two alternative things they could do instead of overeating.

What’s Next?

Now you have to write the book! Keep this structure in mind and you’ll be well on your way to creating a powerful book that will inform, educate and–in the best of all possible worlds–change the way we live for the better.

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Books are the quietest and the most constant friends of the people. They are the most accessible and the wisest counselors, and the most patient teachers. One should always try to read something that would make him or her look and feel good. To sit alone in the lamplight with a book spread out before you, and hold intimate conversation with men of unseen generations- such is a pleasure which one gets while reading books. In fact, books help us to enhance our language skills and expression capabilities too. Best friends, good books and an awakened conscience can be the ideal lifestyle of any literate person. The art of reading can be described as the art of acquiring a better understanding of the life. The fiction books actually comprise those literary works which include imaginative narration.

Several genres of books are available these days which would suit people of different reading habits. A huge percentage of people like encountering fantasy characters with amazing powers and imaginative islands with extraordinary features. The fiction books form a distinct genre which is a class apart from the rest. Though this genre of books rarely depict anything which can be related to the reality, these literary works have huge number of readers. Such literary works are not appreciated only by the grown ups but also by the kids.

Fiction books actually form a wide genre as various sub genres are also included under them. One can find romantic fiction novels which depict love story of imaginative people. Then there are science fiction novels which depict the combats of the evil and the good in an extravagant manner. These books also have mesmerizing characters such as aliens, meteors etc to cuddle the imaginations of the readers.

However, the fiction books at times also deal with real life incidents. But, those real life situations are described in an awe inspiring manner as they contain certain fantasy elements and astounding plots too. However, certain books of this genre also have good social messages which can be appropriately used to teach the right values of life to the readers. Certain well known books of this genre are God’s Spy, The Jules Verne Collection, Glasses & Garters, and Hot! Autumn etc. All these books have been liked by the readers due to their various fantastic plots and subjects. The thrill, adventure and the excitement can be felt by the readers till the last chapter, as these books carefully sustains the tempo till the last word.

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One year after Hurricane Katrina swept through the Gulf Coast, Douglas Brinkley pens a thorough no-holds-barred accounting of the story behind the headlines and sound bites. Anyone from first-responders to everyday citizens can learn from the multitude of mistakes and indecision in one of the centuries largest natural disasters that grew exponentially from human error. If you thought the visual images of corpses floating in flood waters in New Orleans was graphic, this book drills so deep into the indifference to human suffering, you pray for those lost, praise the Coast Guard and loose faith in some of our fellow Americans.

The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast by Douglas Brinkley, HarperCollins, 2006, ISBN 13:978-0-06-112423-5,10:0-06-112423-0, Hardcover, 685 Pages, $29.95 is expertly written by an New Orleans author, Tulane University professor and long-term resident. Brinkley lays out the events that created the larger man-made catastrophe than the one nature created, named Katrina. Allowing the facts and first-hand accounts to tell this true but incomprehensible story of how government at all levels failed the American taxpayers, property owners, residents and their relatives of an area covering 90,000 square miles, makes this book one of the best non-fiction page-turners in the last ten years. A must read for anyone who believes that their government is prepared to protect them in a cataclysmic event.

Chapter titles include:Ignoring the Inevitable, Shouts and Whispers, Storm versus Shoreline, The Winds Come to Louisiana, What Was the Mississippi Gulf Coast, The Busted Levee Blues, “I’ve Been FEMA-ed”, Water Rising, City Without Answers, The Smell of Death, Blindness, The Intense Irrationality of a Thursday, “It’s Our Time Now”, The Friday Shuffle and Saturday Relief, Getaway (or X Marks the Spot).

In addition to the chapters there author notes, a timeline, acknowledgements, and an index. Rarely can a non-fiction book make such an indelible impression on the reader as this book does in laying out all of the many developments and breakdowns, without glossing over or running from the grisly reality. If you’re looking for an in-the-trenches recounting of the days leading up to and the event itself, the aftermath, this book is the insiders guide to the history of Katrina.

This book is recommended to any resident of the United States, historical readers, first responders, politicians or aspiring ones, and government officials who deal with disaster preparedness.

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Written by: Diane Setterfield

Washington Square Press

406 pages

$15.00

5 Stars

Diane Setterfield weaves a gothic tale that is eerie, fascinating, and utterly compelling. World famous author, Vida Winter seeks out an amateur biographer, Margaret Lea to finally tell her true life story to the world. Vida has never told the truth about her life to anyone, but now that she’s facing death’s call, it’s Margaret she selects to tell her last story – her thirteenth tale. Initially, Margaret is apprehensive, but Vida spins a tantalizing web of incitements that Margaret can’t deny.

Margaret goes to Vida’s estate in early winter to start her project. Vida is close to eighty years old – a strong determined woman whose name is really Adeline March. She tells Margaret all good stories have a beginning, middle and an end. She starts her last tale recounting the sordid history of the Angelfield family. While rich, they live eccentrically. George’s wife dies in childbirth leaving him a son, Charles, and an infant daughter, Isabelle. As Isabelle grows up, Charles develops unhealthy behavior patterns towards his sister. As a teenager, Isabelle runs off with a suitor, but returns within months – her suitor dead and she, the proud mother of twin girls, Emmeline and Adeline.

George, having passed away years ago, has left a wealthy estate to his heirs, but as the servants hint at, Charlie and Isabelle have a touch of ‘madness.’ After Isabelle is committed to an asylum, the local doctor hires a governess to teach the girls. The governess, Hester, discovers the girls have a touch of ‘madness’ as well, but feels that Emmeline, with the proper encouragement can be productive in society. Hester feels there is little hope for Adeline who is rough, high-strung, and practically turns into a vegetable when Hester and the doctor separate the twins to see what will happen.

While Margaret listens to Vida tell her twilight story, she’s struggling to cope with her own demons. Margaret herself was a twin and unfortunately she lost her sister shortly after childbirth. Compounding Margaret’s struggles, she meets a man, Aurelius, at the old, decaying Angelfield manor who has an unusual connection to the estate. As December marches on, Margaret discovers there are numerous dark twists and unexpected turns to Vida’s story. The end of the thirteenth tale will stun the reader just as it did Margaret.

Setterfield’s story is one that will hold the reader’s rapt attention throughout. The writing is crisp with dark overtones. Reminiscent of V.C. Andrew’s original Dollanger series, the surprises that await the reader will keep them on the edge of their seat.

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Some people have issues when writing non-fiction, keeping all their own characters straight while writing their novels. If you have not considered the exact ending prior to starting this can easily occur and although this may not seem to be a big issue, you have to be careful that your character is highly believable. In other words would such a character have said this or done this other thing?

As a non-fiction writer of 10-eBooks and Co-author of one printed book, I find that writing fiction is a bit tougher. Sure, I can do it and have a creative gene in there somewhere and yet I realize that my characters whether the reader identifies with them, hates them or ignores them; the characters must seem authentic and believable. One way I have found to insure that they are plausible is to make a few notes.

I have done this by creating a small form – my Character Development Form. It is a basic application type form, which I have modified. So, what I do is feel out this job-application, plus personal data on this form.

Age
Date of Birth
Astrology Sign
Job
Work History
Schooling – College
Sports
Hobbies
Political Leanings
Favorite Food
Spouse
Childhood
Dreams
Goals
Bad Habits
Type of Car
Home Environment
Pets
Travel
Extra Comments

The extra comments is about 1-2 paragraphs and in detail. Some of my writing friends ask why I do this? Well, it is not due to lack of memory, rather I want to be able to visualize my characters. I use quirks in personalities from those I have met and consider what my characters might do in certain situations, conversations or how they might respond to various spontaneous stimuli.

Indeed, I recommend doing this for anyone who is serious about developing their characters. I started when I read about this strategy in a book and you know I am glad I got into the habit of doing this early in my writing career, because if I write sequels or multiple books with the same characters, then I can continue, using the same sheets. Sincerely, Lance.

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If you take weight training seriously then here is a list of different myths that are pulled apart.

point 1, 12 repetition system

There are thousands of weight training programs out there, and most of them say that 12 is the best rep to go for. However the truth is that 12 reps is just not enough to put the muscle under enough strain for it to grow. You need to increase the intensity, by lifting heavy to increase muscle mass and also increase strength. Also increasing the muscle tension allows for muscle fibres to be ripped and therefore allows an increase in both muscle mass and strength.

point 2, the magical three set system.

The simple truth, you get no harm done from doing three sets, but you will not see any amazing results either. The number of sets that you decide to do for a particular exercise should be based on your particular goals. The simple rule is that you if you do more reps per set then you should perform lower sets, and the other way around if the opposite it true. This way you are going to be able to achieve your goals easily.

point 3, do three exercises per muscle group

Instead of causing stress by doing so much with this unneeded amount of variety try to focus on a couple of different exercises and start to push your mind to do as many reps that you can do with full intensity. You need to increase the intensity while maintaining focus so that you are able to push yourself forwards.

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