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Based on a two-hour interview with the late Robert Ludlum, author of some of the world's best selling novels of international intrigue.Q. How did your career in writing begin?Ludlum: When I got out of college in 1952, I wanted to be an actor.

In her lengthy career, Betsy Lerner has been an MFA student, an award-winning poet, a book editor at major publishing houses, and a literary agent. So in her wonderfully insightful book about writers and the business in which they struggle, she...

Being an aspiring and even a published author is not nearly as lucrative as you had hoped. It takes time and investment, mostly yours, to build a fan base and promote your name and your work.

When reading your article a reader can get warmed up and react on your article in several ways. A responsive reader will want to:1) Visit your website link in the resource boxThis is probably the most common response people seem to go to, even if it...

Headlines play a vital role of presenting the front lines in any marketing strategy. When you want to be heard and seen, headlines are the best way to grab attention and tell people what’s new.

It's important to keep in mind, that not all ghost writers are skilled in all kinds of writing. Many times, ghost writers earn a quite a nice salary do something they love, which is writing. Ghost writers are more common than you think.

When I owned my editorial staffing agency and would put out a job opening for freelancers, I would get a ton of responses. If I asked for work samples, I would get slammed – even if the ad specifically stated to send, for example, “one...

Dialogue isn’t so much read as it is heard by the reader. The eyes see the words on the page, the brain processes the thought, but then that little voice we all have in the back of our head becomes the character and actually says the words.We...

Before you should decide whether or not taking part in a writing workshop is right for you and your writing you should first understand just what a writing workshop is.A workshop is an educational format where an expert shares information on a...

Lately I have been concerned about, and have been hearing more and more about duplicate content on the internet. Particularly if you run your own online business like I do, you definitely want to have good quality content on your site to attract not...