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Calling people names doesn't solve anything, and for Traditional Publishers to pretend that Internet Authors aren't what they claim to be is hardly going to advance the debate. Join Internet Author Mike Scantlebury in looking at the pros and cons of putting up your newly-written book on the web, and just see if what he is saying doesn't make sense. It could be the best move you made all week.

Once you have an idea for a book and a plan for how to get it written and marketed, it?s time to put your brain to work with some writing exercises. Here are 10 different tips to help your brain get the ?WRITE? idea:

Copywriting is one of the most overlooked yet most lucrative skills in the world. If you've ever heard any rags to riches stories, you'll no doubt come across people who in one form or another, have learned the art of copywriting as it relates to direct response marketing. Here's why it's important to get the right copywriting training.

The other day, I was getting ready for a spot of TV viewing (such excitement in store!), so I nipped out to the convenience store for a pizza. But it was no ordinary pizza.

Expert authors know that they must be careful with the words that they choose. Everything that you put before your readers must not just be engaging, but it has to keep their eyes glued to the page and their hearts pounding with every idea.

Using drama is an effective way of adding another dimension to your presentations. Those dimensions include timing, props, movement, voice work and interaction with the audience. It means trusting the silences between words and action and allowing an emotional connection to happen for you and the audience. This dramatic effect can be astounding as it gives an audience time to process, think, and respond.

With the introduction of online bookselling, the competition to get your book published is even greater - or is it?

As defined in dictionaries and encyclopaedias, the word "copywriting"' refers to the act of writing material that aims to promote something. In other words, copywriting is simply advertising through writing. Whether you are writing a slogan or tagline, a commercial jingle, an article or a television script, you are actually writing to help a product sell better.

Character development is paramount to a successful story. In this four-part series, we?ll explore how to determine your characters? essential essences, definitive moments in their past, resulting behaviors and emotions, and then LET THEM PLAY! You will learn how to create convincing characters that are real and will truly excite your readers and you!

In today's world of internet, content websites are a very popular form of websites. Millions of people are surfing the internet daily to get quality information in their interested areas. So, if you can provide quality content for your target visitors and if you can update it quite frequently, then it is rest assured that you get high quality traffic on to your website.

Most authors dream of having some big publishing house publish their work, but the realization of having it happen and the trickle of royalties may just turn a dream into a nightmare.

Proofreading should never be treated as an "optional extra" it must always be treatd as an integral part of the writing process.

Ever wonder why even though you write very professionally, you still aren't getting the results you want? Meanwhile every time you go to the corner store, you see that the tabloids with the craziest new gossip and rumors are almost literally flying off the racks? What gives? Here's a clue: the headlines of a magazine are responsible for 99% of its sales. And by taking some time to learn their secrets, you can see a definite increase in results.

Five Habits for Serious Writers

Writers today struggle as traditional publishing opportunities are more limited than ever and new opportunities to write online (as so-called content providers) pay very little. Despite appearances, it is actually a great time to be a writer providing you have good business skills, a desire to learn, and a willingness to study how the Internet works. Internet businesses are ideal for writers.