1. Article - Writing an Effective Non-Fiction Book Proposal
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By Melinda Hutchings Creating a Winning Concept If you have a particular area of interest, or have had a personal experience that you feel strongly about, writing about it can provide the opportunity

2. ARTICLE - REDISCOVERING THE JOYS OF WRITING
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... wall being papered in rejection slips, so stopped. I had a rest from submitting material until I wrote an article entitled “The Magic of Christmas”.  The editor on the local paper ac...

3. ARTICLE - CHOOSING A NEW FUTURE WITH SELF-PUBLISHING
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I have heard of now-successful novelists having collected enough rejection slips to wallpaper their front rooms. Frankly, I can’t see how this is possible. It’s not that I haven’t re

4. ARTICLE - THE VALUE OF BAD BOOKS
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Most writers, aspiring writers certainly, would dismiss bad books. There is no reason to read them let alone try and draw any lessons or inspiration from them. Counterintuitive though it may be, bad b

5. ARTICLE - ON GETTING PUBLISHED
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When I was signed up by a publisher, I remember telling a friend of mine about it and saying "I hope people like my book when it comes out". His response was, "Who cares, you're a p

6. NOVEL - Last Decent Man
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LAST DECENT MAN The New Crime Novel by Anthony Santoro Book Review: FM Editing & Reviews: The second Felice novel had me riveted from the first page...this was a cracker!  The cha

7. ARTICLE Self-Publish Your Way to Success
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...l of a sudden you are in demand, with people wanting you to sign their books, speak at their events, write articles on your subject and be interviewed on their shows.  With this newly established...

8. BOOK REVIEW - Get Your Book off the Ground
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...ce Centre, is an Internet portal to link writers and writers’ resources. It also publishes books and articles on writing and runs a short story competition; <www.writersworld.com.au>. CLI...

9. ARTICLE The Real Gains of Literary Competitions
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Any talk about literary prizes invariably leads to a discussion about money. US$10,000 is given for the Pulitzer Prize, £30,000 for the Orange, and Booker Prize winners are almost always asked w

10. ARTICLE Self-Publishing v Mainstream Publishers
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(The following article is an edited excerpt of the article “The Sure-Fire Way to Get Published” from the book Get Your Book off the Ground by Suzanne Male & Anthony Santoro)   &nb

11. ARTICLE You Wrote a Book - What Now?
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fLet me make a prediction.   By 2015, based on current trends, 50% of the books available online and even offline, will be self published.   How will this happen? Simple. Print on Demand tec

12. ARTICLE How to Promote Yourself
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...competent, professional and articulate.   Another avenue to create publicity is to offer to write an article for a magazine in your target market. The more newsworthy and innovative your article...

13. ARTICLE What is a Poem?
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Budding poets can learn from Ted Witham's experiences. He encourages poets to re-write a poem until its form expresses its ideas. For the writer, submitting by email is fast and satisfying. Howev

14. ARTICLE The Right Attitude
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Author and composer Robert Gennari reveals the positive attitude that allowed him to overcome "invalidation" to work with accomplished actors and musicians on his sci-fi creation. Sometimes

15. ARTICLE The Right Time to Write
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Anthony Santoro writes that now, more than ever, writers and artists need to become involved in writing and publishing their books. For a keen amateur writer, it can be hard to put pen to paper and mu

16. ARTICLE Can that Novel Desire become a Reality?
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...cts. Ideas for a book don't often spring into your mind in one fell swoop. I have mentioned in another article the importance of your notebook and getting into the habit of always having it with y...

17. ARTICLE Coming to America - An Australian's Adventure in Publishing
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Australian author Neill Bartlett finds publishing fulfilment in America with his book Sisters of Mercy. I had often heard many authors say that it took them ten years or more to write their first

18. OPINION When Fiction becomes Fact
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Detective fiction author Anthony Santoro has been conducting his own investigation into fiction masquerading as truth - the much maligned conspiracy theory. History tells us that Charles Baudelaire, t

19. ARTICLE How to Write a Biography - 12 Thoughts
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...k written for publication, and is titled In Search of Everything Kinky. I would have liked to have read an article like this before I started.    First thought: Who will be your subject...

20. ARTICLE Writing a book is just the beginning
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Publishing expert Dan Poynter has a reality check ready for authors who think all they have to do is write a book. One of the greatest misconceptions harbored by writers is that the job is done when

21. ARTICLE Master the plan
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Author Anthony Santoro argues that stories will languish in the incomplete pile if the writer doesn't plan.  Ask the average writer, these days, if he has a ‘plan’ for his story

22. ARTICLE What to do when you run out of words
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Journalist, trainer and creativity coach Joanna Maxwell reveals innovative methods guaranteed to unleash creative flow. Often we start a project full of optimism and drive, then after a while (some

23. ARTICLE Write like a Play
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Author Ian Burns thinks writers should take a leaf out of the playwright's book. It's one of the tips he plans to include in a new book for budding school-age writers. Don't get me wrong

24. ARTICLE The Art of the Perfect Short Story
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Smink Works Books publisher Suzanne Male reveals the two words needed to make a publishable short story. I love a short story. A great short story can take me on a ride, deposit me in delicious emoti

25. ARTICLE Creativity and Drugs
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Jenni Gyffyn has been there done that when it comes to drugs. She tells how some of her friends didn't fare so well, losing their creativity and potential in the fray. I have NO idea what people

26. ARTICLE The David Bowie Approach
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Entrepreneur Philip Redhead reveals how David Bowie helped him refine his fiction. “Ground control to Major Tom Ground control to Major Tom I, I wish you could teach me to swim Like the do

27. ARTICLE Everything in Synk
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... beating past record holders Powderfinger. I knew if I interviewed Wolfmother, I would be able to use this article as a reference when attempting to set up further interviews with musicians. After I ...

28. ARTICLE The Act of Writing - The Text
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In the previous Warrior of Light Online I commented on reading, pens and words.  Below are some final remarks on the topic. First of all, let me repeat what I said before: everybody has a good st

29. ARTICLE The Act of Writing - The Reader
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“There are two types of writers: those who make you think and those who make you dream” says Brian Aldiss, who made me dream for such a long time with his science-fiction books. Thinking

30. ARTICLE Wood Wind and Words
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My mate Mark is a brilliant multi-instrumentalist, composer and songwriter. He has created about five CD’s worth of material and worked with some of the well-to-do members of the music industry