Monthly Archives: January 2009

Audios, Videos, Ideas…Oh My!

In the coming weeks and months there will be a shift here...and I'm giving you a little teaser right now...there will be some insanely awesome announcements...and yeah, I'm a little excited. No, REALLY EXCITED! I'm a writer at heart. I love words. I love to write words. But there are other ways to use words to ...

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Should You Have Blog Content Written By a Ghostwriter?

Elliott over at GOODPLUM asked what I thought on blog content...you know the debate - quantity vs quality content...so he asked whether a certain amount should be written by guest authors or a ghostwriter... Ask and ye shall receive...so here goes... When you start a blog - hopefully you determined exactly: 1 - WHAT the blog ...

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Ebook Writing Fees – Rewriting vs. Original Writing

As a writer, I sometimes get requests to re-write material. It may be the client's own work. Or it may be something that the client has bought...perhaps a PLR ebook (where you are given limited rights and are supposed to change a portion of the writing to make it more tailored to your audience). And, many ...

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Twitter Article Special – Don’t Miss Out!!!

Nope, I don't write articles (just books) - but my pal Teresa Hall does! And Teresa does a great job! She's a full-time freelancer who can crank out articles fast, with top-notch quality! And for a limited time, Teresa is holding a very cool Twitter Article Special! If you are on Twitter, go check ...

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My Ebook Pet Peeve

I have a pet peeve. It's a little pet peeve. I can't stand when people crank out ebooks with little to no thought. Just because it's not going to the printer doesn't mean an ebook should be some half-baked, crappily-written (yes, I sometimes make up words) piece of junk. I don't care if it's being given away for ...

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Ghostwriting Client Pitfall #2: Not Providing Enough Information

A couple weeks ago I mentioned the first pitfall that some ghostwriting clients fall into - not being able to take criticism. Yes, folks, it's time for another pitfall to be identified. I see this second pitfall happen from time to time with ebooks. It's usually from those people who are just trying to ...

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