[ad_1] A critique is an appraisal of your story with accompanying suggestions for improvement. In some ways, it’s like an annual review with your boss or a report card from school: you’re told a bit about what you’re doing well and offered some suggestions on how you could do better. It’s an excellent method to learn if your story is sound, before you submit it to an editor. A good…
[ad_1] If you talk to any author, they will tell you that writing their book was the easy part – compared to marketing it and getting folks to buy it! You can go to any bookstore and get a book on how to publish your book or do a Google search on book publishing. (I recommend Dan Poynter’s Self-Publishing Manual – he’s been called the guru of self-publishing). You can…
[ad_1] It’s every writer’s dream to be a published author; to sit and write books and have them published and selling all over the world. How great would it be to be able to write as many books as you want to and know that they will all be published? Can you imagine that? If you could write and publish books for a living you could work from anywhere in…
[ad_1] In contemporary times, people who are fond of reading books are making a switchover to the use of eBooks. They do not fall short of saying a word or two of praise related to the user ease and plethora of benefits, which it has in its offering. However, it does not mean that conventional hardcopy of books has lost their charisma. However, to keep pace with technological breakthroughs it…
[ad_1] Indian Painting – The History Indian Painting dates back to 5500 BC, with the earliest existent examples of the Pre-Historic Indian Art being in Bhimbetka Caves in the Madhya Pradesh state of India. Since then, the Indian Painting style has witnessed various shifts from rock paintings, palm-leaf paintings, to contemporary styles, like glass paintings and oil painting. Cultural & regional sensibilities and the cross-cultural interactions, prevalent in a period,…
[ad_1] The “Top 25” Lists – Slothful, Swift, Challenging, Approachable Especially for those of you who are curious about statistics, Duotrope’s “top 25” lists will be interesting to you as well as helpful in finding new markets to try. Let’s start with my favourite – the 25 most approachable listed markets. These are the magazines and websites that accept the most manuscripts. (Think you’d never see a site with a…
[ad_1] If you are new to the world of writing, then you might very well be asking yourself this question. Perhaps you have labored intensively over your manuscript and you are sure that there are no spelling errors, grammatical errors and you know that all of the punctuation is correct. So why do you need an editor? That is a very valid question, since hiring an editor will cost you…
[ad_1] Are you able to get your message across to people, be it verbal or written or do you find that sometimes it is a struggle? Without effective communication, a message can turn into an error or misunderstanding and can be really frustrating. Ultimately, if we don’t commit to continually improving our communication skills, it can even lead to relationship break ups. In business when budgets, forecasts, reputations and other…
[ad_1] The Kalidasa (write of Uttara Kalamrita) is not the legendary kalidasa poet, Kalidasa (Uttara Kalamrita) was South Indian, belonging to the 17th or early 18th centuries, a devotee of the Great Mother goddess, Para Shakti, Maha Tripura Sundari. This ancient manuscript is a rare jewel in vedic astrology. The translations for this are avaiable in Hindi and English from leading publishers. The highlights of the book are described hereunder.…
[ad_1] With regards to the question of simultaneous submissions, I fear I may not be able to offer a set answer. As a publisher, I am not enamored by the thought of an author sending me a manuscript that is currently floating among several other slush piles. However, as an author, I am tempted to cast a wide net for my book and hope somebody bites. The thought of waiting…
