You are welcome to publish this article in its entirety, electronically, or in print free of charge, as long as you include my full signature file for ezines and my website address in hyperlink for other sites. Please send a courtesy link of email where you publish.: bestsellercircle@zinester.com, writelink3@yahoo.com. Thank you. WHAT DOES YOUR CHARACTER HAVE TO LOSE? If your story has nothing big to lose, it?s not worth reading. I did say ?Big.? I?m not talking ab...

?TAKE THE MYTH OUT OF BESTSELLER, AND WRITE YOU ONE!? When we see the word "Bestseller," it usually means selling a great number of books, starting around 30-50 thousand copies. Certain bookstores report the sales to certain lists and the book is listed as a bestseller. Well, many, many bookstores that sell lots of an author?s books do not report to those lists. Then there are ordinary writers like you and me who sell thousands of books on their own and they don?t report t...

I often say that my greatest wealth is my library of writing books. One day, I realized that only three of them ever mentioned the most important secret of good writing. A careful search turned up repeated discussions on the following: plot, dialogue, characterization, description, viewpoint, pace and tone, and voice. Other topics turned up more discussions: how to write mysteries, how to write romance, how to write drama, how to format manuscripts, create believable chara...

Once upon a time (in the fifties), a Chinese princess married an Indiana Hoosier. She was indeed the descendant of royalty, had played in Chang Kai Shek?s home, and was well aware of her full and rich heritage. He was an Indiana man taught staunch middle class values of hard work, nuclear family, and the value of a good education. In the sixties, they gave birth to a daughter. Actually, they added several daughters to their nuclear family, but I refer to myself?Daughter Numbe...

Few people understand the importance of a ROUTINE when making a pittance...er, I meant a living...as a writer. Where do you work? How do you work? When do you work? These are all questions a selling writer fields with every interview. Here is the usual answer: I work wherever I am, as diligently as possible, as often as possible. This is my job and I must treat it as such or I will end up eating Oreos while watching Gilmore Girls. Here is the real answer: Whenever I ca...

The sale of information is a hot property in online business. Many highly successful websites are filled with informational articles that are beneficial in both Search Engine Optimization (SEO) as well as providing visitors with a reason to come back. There are entrepreneurs that would like to proceed with packaging the information they?ve compiled into a sellable ebook. Certain questions arise that have them wondering what they should do. Let?s take a look at each ques...

46,094. That?s how many times I?ve been asked ?Where can I find hot product ideas to write about in my next eBook?? Really. I?ve been keeping count. :o) OK, so it?s probably not quite that many times, but you get the idea. I get asked that question a LOT. And so, I?ve decided to share my favorite ?idea hangouts?. That?s right ? ?idea hangouts.? It?s been my experience that there are specific places where hot product ideas are always gathered. I call them...

Let?s talk for a moment about one of my favorite subjects: spellcasting. You can design every spell you cast to work the first time. Impossible, right? No, not really. All you need to use is the key to effective spellcasting, which also happens to control manifestation. This may sound difficult, but it isn?t. The problem lies in the fact that most of what you read about spellcasting and manifestation seems complicated, since the simple truth is often hidden beneath a veil ...

Self publishing your own book is one of the publishing industry's dirty little secrets. Mainstream publishers, editors, and authors easily dismiss self publishing and print on demand publishing as a rip-off for both the writer and reader. After all, if the writer was a real writer then they could find a real publisher, right? That has been the conventional wisdom for a long time but in today's modern, technological society that conventional wisdom does not always hold true. S...

Creating characters that are believable takes time and discipline. Creating dynamically real individuals and not imposing your own thoughts and impressions upon them is not easy to do, and is often the difference between a novel or screenplay that sits in a closet and one that finds its way around town and into the hands of audiences. Spending your time building your characters before they enter the world of your story makes the process of writing an easier and more enjoyable...