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Start the Year off Write – Part 4

By Alice ⋅ January 4, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Now is also a perfect time to organize your file system on your computer. No doubt theres plenty of junk you no longer need, stuff that you do want to keep and things that need to be more organized. You might want to start by removing programs that you no longer use. In Windows there [...]

Start the Year off Write – Part 3

By Alice ⋅ January 3, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Do you have a writing procedure in place? How about for submissions or promo. Read on…Do you have procedures in place for your writing/submitting/promoting? If not, consider creating procedures, then tape them to your monitor where you can see them and repeat them and get into the habit. What kind of procedure? Consider how you [...]

Start the Year off Write – Part 2

By Alice ⋅ January 2, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Yesterday we discussed cleaning up your space. Dust bunnies and clutter probably don’t help your creative process. But is there something else holding you back?Have a look around. Does your work space work for you? If there’s something you’d like to change, now would be a good time. Want more pictures of the kids? Add [...]

Start the Year off Write – Part 1

By Alice ⋅ January 1, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

This is PART ONE of an all new Five Part series by CataUniversity’s own Alice Anderson. Check back each day this week for a new part.January 1st is a great day to make a clean start. Be it in your career, writing, personal life, or health goals.
Start by giving your work area a [...]

5 Effective Work Habits For Fresh Graduates

By Alice ⋅ July 4, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

I came across this article and the author was nice enough to offer it up for reprints. I know the headline says graduates, but I thought these tips apply to everyone, so here it is.
Discover the 5 most effective work habits for freshies starting out in the working world.
Being new in the working world, I [...]

Curious Publishing Practices

By Alice ⋅ June 26, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Aside from vanity publishers, several long running publishers have been making the rounds in the blogosphere in the last year for questionable publishing practices. I’m sure you’ve read most of them on various sites.
The latest news to cross my desk is from an author at NCP regarding a partial she submitted to them for publication. [...]

A bone to pick…

By Alice ⋅ June 11, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

I’m going to pick on epublishers for a bit. No, I’m going to pick on any publisher who sells their books online.
As authors, we frequently hear how important it is for us, the author, to promote ourselves and our books. There are books about it. Articles. Blogs, entire websites and workshops, companies and services [...]

Day 5 – Dancing towards deadline

By Alice ⋅ May 5, 2008 ⋅ 27 comments

By Nicola MarshSurely there is no greater feeling than typing those two little words when you finish slogging over your pride and joy?
‘THE END’.
Finished. Done. Complete.
After all the hard work, all the inspiration, battling the sagging middle, nutting out the internal conflicts, getting your characters to resolve their differences and creating a happily-ever-after that [...]

Do you have a plan? by Renee Knowles

By Alice ⋅ April 11, 2008 ⋅ 6 comments

So, you’ve mastered the art of dialogue. You can recite the rules about point of view in your sleep. And the grammar gods have nothing on you. But do you have a career plan? Have you figured out where you’re going?
Writing is first and foremost a business. Sometimes, it’s easy to forget that when we’re [...]

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