Archive for August, 2004

Tuesday, August 31st, 2004

The biggest obstacle when writing is writer’s block. Sometimes when we sit down to write, our minds go blank. Not only do we not know what to write specifically, we don’t even know how to start. This is a very common occurrence. There is no need to worry that you lack ‘the writing skill’, just because you fall into a rut. Most writers do get writer’s block once and a while. When keeping a journal, your potential to hit writer’s block goes up considerably. If you are writing a novel or working on a series of short stories or essays, you work on that topic and then get back to it the next time you write. You know what you’re writing about and keep going. You may still hit writer’s block, but even when you do, you still have the main idea of what you are supposed to be doing and can get back it pretty quickly. Writing in a journal is a much different story. For most journal writer’s, the topic changes from day to day. You might write about your bad experience one day and a couple of poems the next. You don’t have a concrete idea of what you are writing on a daily basis. This can be harsh in promoting your writer’s block. Fortunately, this can be helped. If you have a heavy source of journal writing topics, you can go to them whenever you fall prey to writer’s block. Where can you find journal writing topics? There are so many sources of topics for writing all over the place. You can pick up the January copy of Writer’s Digest for a daily calendar of writing topics, or you can do a search online. This are all good ideas, but I much prefer another. A great way to always have an idea is to come up with them yourself. Get a small notebook, and whenever you think of a possible writing idea, write it down. If you are board one day, just sit and write different topics. You can even make the act of writing down topics your journal writing topic for the day. Be creative in the topics you write. Write about what you ate for breakfast. Write a description of how to do something like ‘how to each chocolate’ and be creative with it. Write about your favorite childhood memory. Watch a couple of people having a conversation, write down the first couple lines of their conversation, and then finish it with your own creative words and style. Take these ideas as just a starting point and fill your topic journal to ensure you never run out of ideas. If you want to know more about journal writing topics and journaling, go to JournalingTechniques.info for more information.

Monday, August 30th, 2004

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Send in a sloppy, grubby manuscript and your chances of rejection are greatly increased. Send in a smart, clean, tidy manuscript and the publishers offices will ring with the cry - “Hey, here’s someone who knows how to do it properly! Break out the Champaign! Bring on the dancing girls!’ But maybe not the latter if it’s a Monday. The point is this: if you please the editor with a first class, well presented offering then your stock will go up faster than the price of oil and you’ll have a head start against the other losers. So let’s get down to it. How should you present your submission? 1. Use double spacing and print or type on one side of the paper only. 2. Put the title of the work only (not your name or any other fascinating information) at the top of every page. This helps if the person reading your novel drops them all over the floor along with someone else’s. 3. Number the pages at the bottom. This is an absolute must because if the person reading your work drops them all over the floor (what again?) he or she will be able to put them back in order again. If you are submitting a novel, number straight through. Don’t start afresh at the start of a new chapter. If you put each chapter into a separate document and you’re using Word, click on the link below and go to the ‘Writers Questions’ page if you want to know how to do this. 4. Use a cover sheet which should give: the Title of the work; your name and pseudonym if you use one, address and telephone number, plus an email address if you have one. Also give the number of words, usually to the nearest 1,000 for a novel or 100 if a short story. Finally add the date. 5. Do not use staples or any other method to bind your work. Publishers do not like going around with broken finger nails, especially the ladies. You will definitely loose brownie point if you don’t adhere strictly to this rule. You have been warned. 6. Enclose a brief (that is to say - brief) covering letter. 7. Keep a backup copy of your work on a CD-ROM, a memory stick or some other device so that you don’t loose it through computer breakdowns. And if you are using one of those. er, now what are they called, oh yes, typewriters make sure you get your manuscript photocopied before sending it off. Publishers have, just occasionally you understand, been know to loose stuff. Having said all this, here’s a word to the wise: get hold of your prospective publisher’s submission guidelines and follow them to the letter. They may differ from the above in some way or other, so it’s worth doing this. Remember publishers are gods and we wouldn’t want to be on the receiving end of any thunderbolts for getting it wrong, would we? Mervyn Love offers a warm welcome and a stress free zone for all writers at his website: .WritersReign.co.uk Here you can relax and browse pages of advice, resources, competition listing, markets and much more. His free Article Writing Course has proved extremely popular, so why not sign up now while you’re thinking about it? .writersreign.co.uk/WRac.html

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Article marketing has many perks and benefits. We can communicate with people on a global scale. We can reach many targeted customers very easily. And we have the added bonus of showing our readers that we’re experts in our niches. This builds customer confidence. But one of the challenges of marketing our businesses online is figuring out how to reach through the cold, mechanical computer screen and make a real human connection. Remember, people want to do business with people they trust. So, what can you do with your articles to establish trust online with people you may never see or meet in real life? 5 Ways to Build Trust & Win Customer Confidence with Article Marketing 1) Don’t stop writing. You can’t submit one or two articles and then expect to be regarded as an expert in your niche. It is the accumulation of repeated positive experiences with you that makes a lasting impact. As you’re doing your article marketing, you should regard each article as a way to grow your relationships with prospects and clients. Decide on an article submission schedule that you think you can consistently complete long term. Once a month is a good goal. 2) Show readers that you’re worthy of trust. To build trust online, you want to show authenticity. So, before you write one word, think how you want to come across as a person. The more you’re willing to let your guard down and portray yourself as a real person, the more you’ll be rewarded. 3) Connect with readers by showing them that you started out just like them. Remember, most people buy on emotional impulses and not on logical, intellectual decisions. That’s why during my speeches to large Internet marketing conferences and in my articles, I explain how I couldn’t find a job and how I put my parents into debt as they tried helping me pay my bills. I explain how I even had to ask my grandparents for money. And I talk about the mistakes I made. After the connection is made, then I show my audience how I’ve become an article marketing success. When you show readers that you started out just like them, you will build an instant connection and you will give them hope. This will make it a whole lot easier for them to buy your products or services. 4) Show your results. You have to give readers a reason to believe your advice. So quantify your results as much as possible and proudly show them. For example, you can end our article like this way: “By following my advice above, Marketing Expert Scott Glatstein went from just 8 links on Google to more than 2000 links in just one month. His website traffic quadrupled from year ago levels. After the second month of doing article submissions, his traffic increased another ten percent to set a new 5-year high water mark on web traffic. 5) Realize the huge impact recommendations bring. When we write articles, we’re trying to make connections with people who we may never meet or talk to in person. It’s natural for anyone looking at information on the Internet to think, “Hmmm, can I trust this?” This is why third party recommendations pack a punch, especially if you’re trying to promote a book, product or service. For example, here’s a bio box we created for “America’s greatest sales and marketing executive” Chet Holmes… Jay Levinson of Guerilla Marketing says, “Business Growth Expert, Chet Holmes has the best ideas you will ever hear on super-fast business growth. To learn his top four incredible concepts that will double your sales in the next twelve months, watch his live videos for free at: <Website address>. It will take only five minutes to learn. Article Marketing Success You Can Experience and Enjoy If You Follow My Advice By following my advice: • Distribution Industry Technology Expert Dani Kaplan had his best year of business in 27 years of business. • Lesley Mattos tripled her website traffic • Kevin Berchelmann, CEO of Triangle Performance acquired a new mid-5 figure client That’s just a small sampling. Many more results can be found at my website at IWantMoreProspects.com. You, too, can experience these article marketing successes if you follow my article marketing system. Article Marketing Expert Eric Gruber uses the power of articles to create online opportunities for entrepreneurs who want more publicity, prospects and profits. Now, he’s revealing his top secrets to writing articles so you can boost your website traffic, get more leads and create multiple, profitable streams of income. Go to .BroadcastYourArticles.com and let Eric teach you step-by-step, how to write your way to profits!

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This outline is adapted from a handout I give to my lifewriting students. The points made here apply to writing in general as well as to writing our life stories in particular. I. Why should we write? A. Frank McCourt in Writer’s Digest, Feb. ’99, p. 19: “But now I realize that everyone has a story. Nothing is significant until you make it significant. It’s not what happens to you, but how you look at it.” B. Frank P. Thomas, How to Write the Story of Your Life: “God created people because He loves stories.” “Humans are happiest when we are creating.” There is a revival of activity today in search of our roots and family history. C. Strunk & White, The Elements of Style: Writing is a way to go about thinking. D. Rick DeMarinis, The Art and Craft of the Short Story: Storytelling is how we make sense of the world. E. Robin Hemley, Turning Life Into Fiction: Writing is a discovery process. Part of the fun is learning why you wrote what you wrote. F. Writer’s Digest, Aug. ’00, pp. 20-21: You might find that the greatest rewards of writing…evolve during the process of bringing your ideas to the page. As you reveal more of yourself on the page, you might notice patterns in the way you think, behave, react to people and situations. This self-awareness can help you make better decisions, understand difficult situations, sort through feelings. It is a powerful way to find answers to some of your most difficult questions. And it can remind you that there are no easy answers

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Thursday, August 26th, 2004

In our book, Spies, Lies and the War on Terror, a central theme is the ascendancy of pre-emptive war doctrine in US military strategy and the impact of this on public perceptions and the construction of political narrative. A parallel and closely linked concern is with the overall current of irrationalism which took hold after 9/11, feeding and complementing the growth of pre-emptive doctrines. Given the constraints of space, much historical and supporting argument is left on the sidelines. In what follows, I will attempt a closer genealogical examination. There are four elements in this. Pre-emption itself as a constant trope in the history of warfare, the radical re-emergence of the concept after the advent of nuclear weapons, the rising influence of Israeli concepts of war on US defence doctrine