Six Writing Resources to Help You Write More and Earn More

Today I have a new list of six writing resources that are all designed to get you started and keep you going and, how to earn more money from your writing:

How to Find an Agent and Get Published Premium Collection
Are you ready to get your book on the shelves? Whether you’re just starting to write your novel or have dozens of submissions under your belt, this collection includes everything you need to successfully get your work into the market.

Learn how the publishing industry has changed and how you need to format and submit your proposal in order to build a solid reputation. Get insight from experienced agents on common mistakes writers make and how to craft an irresistible query letter.

If you’re serious about having a long-term, prosperous career as a writer, you need to develop the business-savvy skills necessary to land an agent and get published.


Chimpanzee Budgeting & Scheduling Sale
Designed for student, low budget or beginner filmmakers, Chimpanzee offers traditional film scheduling & budgeting features at an affordable price.

Made by the people who brought you Gorilla, Chimpanzee allows you to create breakdown sheets, budgets, manage cast & crew, generate call sheets, prop lists, shot lists, storyboards and more. Easily import a screenplay and immediately get started attaching scenes to shoot days and scheduling cast and crew.

Choose from a variety of budget templates or create your own, and easily link your budget to schedule elements such as cast, crew and props. Chimpanzee comes with over a dozen reports, including breakdown summaries, call sheets, and a budget topsheet. Chimpanzee can also be integrated with the Gorilla Ratebook and Koala Call Sheets for even greater functionality and power.

Now on Sale for only $64.50, now until 23rd September 2014.


25 Ways To Write For Money
Discover 25 Ways To Get Paid As A Writer -
 From Writing Ebooks To Copywriting To Freelance Articles To Greeting Cards And Resumes.

Writing Rituals For Marketing Writers & Copywriters
5 Proven Rituals To Help You Write Faster And Smarter, And Make More Money.

Whether You Are Writing Promotional Materials, Reports, Guides Or Even Your Own Web Sites, This Guide Will Dramatically Increase Your Writing Productivity And Earning Power.

How To Make Money Writing Easy, 350-500 Word Web Articles
If You Can Type, You Can Start Making Money Writing Simple 350-500 Word Web Articles.

You Don't Need Experience.

In Fact, Most Who Start Don't Have Any. I'll Tell You Everything You Need To Get Started Immediately. I Do It Every Day & So Can You!

Frustrated Authors Finish & Publish Your Book Get Big $ 6-month System
Finally, a Kick-in-the-Pants -- Guaranteed -- System if You're a Frustrated Author or Writer Who Wants to Stop Procrastinating, Get Your book Done and Start Collecting FAT Checks...All in Record Time.

Writing Fast and Focused

My new romance novel that I published a few weeks ago is selling well.

With little (or really, no) marketing, sales are steady. It is also being borrowed often through the Kindle Lending Library. So I have to say I'm pleased with how things are going although I hope to market it properly soon.

It is a great book though and it has a twist in tail ending. It looks like the usual "will they get together or won't they" story, but the ending is a great surprise and that could be why sales and lending are up.

You can download your own copy of Stand By Me from the Amazon Kindle Store.

What I loved about writing this novel is that it was fast to do. I just wrote an outline and starting writing. Every time I sat down to write more of my novel, the time simply flew by and I could write thousands of words in one sitting.

And I think there was a reason that I found it so easy to do (and an experience I intend to repeat soon as well).

Turning Off The Blog Comments

I've just made changes to the way comments are allowed on this blog.

The change is that only those with a Google account can comment.

Why?

Because I'm sick of spam. I'm sick of 'anonymous' commenters leaving spam comments with links to their spammy websites.

I'm sorry if this change inconveniences anyone but I just had to do something.

Ahhhh!!!

I don't know why they waste their time. I mean, does it really work? I doubt it.

Instead they should spend their time writing something useful that people want to read and that earns them money legitimately. I'm sure it would work better.

Writing isn't hard if you know what you're writing about.

It's even possible to make living writing your life history or writing about something that happened to you if it helps other people.

And there are products out there to help you get started writing your own personal story.

Memoirs & Personal Essays Premium Collection

Turn your personal story into a bestseller!

This collection walks you through every phase of the memoir-writing process from uncovering memories to marketing your story to the masses.

Gain insight from top authors and agents in the industry on story structure, editing techniques, pitching to agents and publishing a commercially viable memoir within a competitive market.

Whether you are just beginning the process or are a published writer, these resources will carefully guide you to your goal of writing and publishing a piece of your personal history.

Still Haven't Got My Blog Emails Right

If you're a subscriber to this blog then you'll have noticed that I'm having a bit of trouble getting my blog posts emailed correctly.

First of all, a few weeks ago, the same blog post was sent multiple times. Then none were sent at all and then they all got sent at once.

So if you're reading this and you are someone who received my crazy emails, I do apologise.

Yet at the same time it made me laugh at myself. What the hell was I doing? Why couldn't I get it right?

But now I think I've got it all under control. I just hope I didn't need to put the emphasis on the word "think."

As I've said before, I'm not a really "techy" person and sometimes working online simply baffles me.

But I keep moving forward and making progress.

And speaking of "techy" (or not) don't forget that my course on web page design and how to make money online is still reduced by a massive 90% of the price. That's $30 down to $3.

The Complete Online Course

It's an old course but a big one divided into 3 huge modules.

Write Web Page Content, 

Create All Your Own Websites 

Earn Income From Every Website You Create.

And it's for the none-techies like me who just want to design websites and make money online but don't know how.

So if you've never created your own websites before but want to know how then this will teach you exactly how to do it and guide you all the way from deciding what you want to set up a website about to creating it and publishing it online.

And even if you're already online and you have a simple, free blog, like this one, this course can show you how to tweak and change the html code to get your blog exactly the way you want it.

$8 Domains and 75% off Hosting Plans

This is just a quick reminder that today is the last day to take advantage of HostGator's Summer Sale.

They are offering up to 75% off some of their hosting plans and only $8/year for a domain name.

But this offer ends on Sunday 27th July 2014.

If you're thinking of starting up a new website or looking to change hosting or registration companies, now is a good time to do it.

I use HostGator myself and until midnight tonight you can get

• 75% off all new Shared hosting packages with 1-6 month terms.
• 45% off all other Shared hosting packages.
• 50% off all VPS packages.
• 45% off all Dedicated server packages.
• Domains as low as $8 per year.

All for one whole year.

Just take a look at what they have on offer. They are a good hosting company with a solid track record of incredible reliability and great customer service.

From Presentation to Pilot to Series + Essential Tools of Writing a Comedy

Have you ever wanted to write comedy but just didn't know where to start or how to write it?

To help you, here are two of the latest comedy writing courses offered by The Writer's Store.

They both have discounted prices, but not for long.

Comedy series are well thought-out worlds constructed to play out over 100 or more episodes. In this webinar, Paul Chitlik will lead you through the process of creating a world, designing characters to populate it and coming up with stories to keep it vibrant and funny. ON SALE! $59.99 (ends 20th July 2014)
From Presentation to Pilot to Series: Get Your Comedy on the Air, Cable, or Net

Believe it or not, being funny is a skill that can be learned. This value pack will teach you how to structure a comedy film and how to create a unique story line that your audience will love. If you want to launch a career in writing comedy, whether it's in a writer's room or selling your script, you need to start with this invaluable collection of comedy writing resources. ON SALE! $59.99
Essential Tools of Writing a Comedy

Books to Inspire, Books to Enjoy

If you're looking for an inspirational book to help you to write, or you're looking for a good book to curl up with, below is a list of books available now from The Book Depository.

All have discounted prices and all are available or free worldwide shipping.

And it's not just these books. The Book Depository discounts all it's books and offers free shipping worldwide on all orders, which is great because often the shipping costs can be more than the price of the book.

On Writing (Paperback)
by Stephen King
http://www.bookdepository.com/On-Writing-Stephen-King/9781444723250

Why I Write (Penguin Great Ideas) (Paperback)
By (author) George Orwell
http://www.bookdepository.com/Why-I-Write-George-Orwell/9780141019000

How to Write a Lot: A Practical Guide to Productive Academic Writing (Paperback)
By (author) Paul J. Silva
http://www.bookdepository.com/How-Write-Lot-Paul-Silva/9781591477433

Walden and Other Writings by Henry David Thoreau (Paperback)
By (author) Henry David Thoreau, By (author) Joseph Wood Krutch
http://www.bookdepository.com/Walden-Other-Writings-by-Henry-David-Thoreau-Henry-David-Thoreau/9780553212464

642 Things to Write (Record book)
By (author) San Francisco Writers' Grotto, Introduction by Po Bronson
http://www.bookdepository.com/642-Things-Write-San-Francisco-Writers-Grotto/9781452105444

The Creative Writing Coursebook: Forty Authors Share Advice and Exercises for Fiction and Poetry (Paperback)
By (author) Julia Bell, Foreword by Andrew Motion
http://www.bookdepository.com/Creative-Writing-Coursebook-Julia-Bell/9780333782255

Writing for Comics: v. 1 (Paperback)
By (author) Alan Moore, By (artist) Jacen Burrows
http://www.bookdepository.com/Writing-for-Comics-v-1-Alan-Moore/9781592910120

The Writing Life (Paperback)
By (author) Annie Dillard
http://www.bookdepository.com/Writing-Life-Annie-Dillard/9780060919887

Zen in the Art of Writing: Essays on Creativity Third Edition/Expanded (Paperback)
By (author) Ray Bradbury
http://www.bookdepository.com/Zen-Art-Writing-Ray-Bradbury/9781877741098









And if you want an easy, relaxing, read, try any of the Book Club Classics
http://www.bookdepository.com/book-club-classics


Happy reading. :)

These Can Really Help to Kick Your Writing Into High Gear

If you're serious about writing professionally, following your writing passion and earning a living as a writer then you should already be there.

If you aren't then it's time to do something about about it and I mean do something really radical that you haven't tried before.

Remember what Einstein said about insanity? He said it's doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

If you want to write but you're not doing so or you are writing but not doing the writing you want to do OR not doing enough of it or making enough money, try any of these resources to help you get going to where you want to be:

Do You Know How Much Amazon Can Do?

As writers, we're all aware that Amazon sells books and ebooks.

But are you aware of how many other products they sell?

Knowing this is good for two reasons.

Firstly, it's oh so handy if you need to buy something because many times Amazon sells items cheaper than other companies.

Secondly, it's handy if you have a website and you're an Amazon affiliate because it gives you more advertising opportunities.

Amazon now not only sell more products than ever before but they also have more ways that you can make money.

For instance, did you know that Amazon has a trade-in offer for used books that you can sell back to them?

And did you know that they have a baby registry service and a wedding registry service or that they now sell their own smart phones?

75% Off Writing Market Books Until June 30th

Writers Digest are currently running a 75% discount on all 2014 market books for writers including books for poets, short story writers, song writers, guide to self publishing and more.

There are big discounts on their other books for writers too, but stock is limited.

They also have some new books for writers that they've added to their collections including:

• Essential Writing Skills for College and Beyond
• February 2014 Writer's Digest
• The Complete Guide to Article Writing
• 82nd Annual Writer's Digest Writing Competition Collection
• An Insider's Guide to Publishing

Just take a minute to have a look and see if there's a book that can help you.

The offer is only open from 19th June 2014 until 30th.

Save up to 75% on 2014 Market Books at Writer's Digest Shop

All Marketers are Liars

I'm currently enjoying reading the latest book I purchased, "All Marketers are Liars" by Seth Godin. ISBN 13: 9781591845331.

And I'll say one thing for it, it certainly is an eye-opener into how successful marketers think and work.

I only received the book last week (paperback) and have been so busy with other things that I'm only 3 chapters into it, but already I'm learning so much, which is important because if you sell anything (including being a writer who sells books) you're a marketer whether you like it or not.

I bought "All Marketers are Liars" from The Book Depository (which is owned by Amazon) and they give great discounts on all their books plus free worldwide shipping. They also display book prices in your own currency.

So if you want to buy a book, don't pay retail price and pay for shipping. Get it straight from The Book Depository. It will be cheaper and won't cost you extra for packaging and posting.

Here is the official description of "All Marketers are Liars" straight from The Book Depository:

Seth Godin's three essential questions for every marketer: "What's your story?" "Will the people who need to hear this story believe it?" "Is it true?"

All marketers tell stories. And if they do it right, we believe them. We believe that wine tastes better in a $20 glass than a $1 glass.

We believe that an $80,000 Porsche is vastly superior to a $36,000 Volkswagen that's virtually the same car.

We believe that $125 sneakers make our feet feel better--and look cooler--than a $25 brand. And believing it makes it true.

As Seth Godin showed in this controversial book, great marketers don't talk about features or even benefits. Instead, they tell a story--a story we "want" to believe, whether it's factual or not.

In a world where most people have an infinite number of choices and no time to make them, every organization is a marketer, and all marketing is about telling stories.

Marketers succeed when they tell us a story that fits our worldview, a story that we intuitively embrace and then share with our friends.

Think of the Dyson vacuum cleaner, or Fiji water, or the iPod.

But beware: If your stories are inauthentic, you cross the line from fib to fraud. Marketers fail when they are selfish and scurrilous, when they abuse the tools of their trade and make the world worse.

That's a lesson learned the hard way by telemarketers, cigarette companies, and sleazy politicians. But for the rest of us, it's time to embrace the power of the story.

As Godin writes, "Stories make it easier to understand the world. Stories are the only way we know to spread an idea. Marketers didn't invent storytelling. They just perfected it."

http://www.bookdepository.com/All-Marketers-are-Liars-Seth-Godin/9781591845331

Kick Start Your Writing Career This Weekend

If you're not where you want to be with your writing, then it's time to start taking things seriously and doing what it takes to get off the ground running (or should that be writing?).

If you're not doing the writing that you want to do or your not earning the money from your writing that you want to, then change what you're doing and start doing the kind of writing that you want to do and earn the money you need.

To help you, here is a list of writing products from the Writers' Digest Workshops. You'll find something that can get you to where you want to go with your writing.

Writing the Thriller: The Secrets to Keeping Readers Up All Night

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How to Brainstorm & Develop Awesome Story Ideas

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Digital Issue: Writer's Digest Write Your Novel in 30 Days

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102 Ways to Earn Money Writing 1500 Words or Less

Can you really make a living writing? Absolutely! 102 Ways to Earn Money Writing 1,500 Words or Less shows you the wide...[Read More]

101 Habits Of Highly Successful Novelists

Learn from the Masters! The purpose of this book is to help you do what we do: write the best novel of which you're...[Read More]

21 Ways to Increase Your Copywriting Income and Skills
21 Ways to Increase Your Copywriting Income and Skills [Read More]

One Dollar Audio Book Sale Plus Free Downloads

This is just a quick post to tell you that from today (1st May 2014) until the end of the month, LearnOutLoud.com are having a $1 audio book sale.

They have 50 audio books available for download for only $1 each.

I have several of them myself and listen to them often.

The audio books available include:

Build Your Author Platform - Limited Offer

Have you written a book?

Do you want to know how to get your book accepted by literary agents and publishers?

The problem is that you know your work is good and you know it's publishable, but you don't have a platform so you don't know how to present it to an agent and the rest of the publishing world.

It's all about building the best author platform possible so that you can sell more books.

If you've been a writer for a while, you'll know that marketing yourself can be a tough job. Much harder than the actual writing itself.

What you need is to develop your own author platform and your own unique presence in the writing world.

But you may not know where or even HOW to start building your own platform even though it's how many authors get their big break.

So it's time to start building yours so that you can market your book effectively and efficiently.

Short Writers' Sale and New Email

First I quickly wanted to tell you about a huge sale of books and magazines for writers going on at the Writers Digest Store.

They have a limited number of products on offer for a huge 65% discount.

But the sale ends of 19th March AND the products are limited because it's a clearance sale of books and magazines for writers that they will no longer be printing so if you don't get in now you'll miss out.

They have an agents search book, a book for children's writers, poets, song writers and more.

Reading, Learning and Writing

Image courtesy of Master / FreeDigitalPhotos.net

I use DreamWeaver software to create my websites (except this blog, of course) and this week I upgraded from DreamWeaver 5.5 to DreamWeaver 6. It was quite a learning curve to understand how to use the upgraded software and I had to sit and watch videos and read articles of how to use all the new features.

So I took an afternoon off from doing writing tasks and household chores to sit down and learn what I needed to know.

And this pretty much sums up being a writer because we read and learn as well as write, which all works to make us better writers.

Never Pay For Shipping On Books Again

Because we're writers, we love reading books.

The problem though, is that if you want to own a print book, you usually have to pay for shipping if you order it online, whether it's international shipping or national shipping.

But did you know that there is a company (and it's owned by Amazon) that does free shipping on any book to any country on the planet?

I recently discovered it and it's a great website with millions of books in stock and ready to ship for free.

Sometimes the cost of shipping can almost be the same as the book itself. So being able to order books online without paying any more money to get them delivered is great.