Writing Articles (Sorted by date)

Book Marketing 101

Francine Silverman. Book Marketing from A-Z (InfinityPublishing.com, 2005). Trade paperback. 400 pages. $18.95 US.For beginning authors, book promotion is the key to success.
Jeremy M. HooverMarch 23, 2005

Post Colonial Studies

Postcolonialism has been defined as: A description of institutional conditions in formerly colonial societies. An abstract condition of the global condition after the colonial period. A description of discourses informed by psychological and...
Samir K. DashMarch 21, 2005

Orientalism

Edward Said's Orientalism can be summed up in three following points: first he talks of the distinction between pure and political knowledge, shows the power relation of any text to political, cultural, intellectual and moral domain; secondly...
Samir K. DashMarch 21, 2005

Modern Science Fiction

Science fiction is a narrative (usually in prose) or a short story, 'novella' or novel length. As to what it is about, is not easily classificable. Such stories are about an amazing variety of things, topics and ideas.
Samir K. DashMarch 21, 2005

Subtle Writing Techniques of the Mystery Writer

Here is the first of five articles taken from my lecture series, "Subtle Writing Techniques Used in Creating a Successful Mystery Novel." This series is designed to explain the working methods of the mystery/suspense writer, offering...
Gerard F BiancoMarch 21, 2005

'Your Instinct is Your Life-blood,' says author.

Fourteen thousand civilised people died when the tsunami hit Andaman Islands – five percent of the population – meanwhile a cannibal tribe, inhabiting the same island, hardly lost a life.
Neil MillarMarch 21, 2005

A Great Loneliness

'Man must treat the beasts of this land as his brothers.What is man without the beasts?If all the beasts were gone,Man would die from a great loneliness of spirit.For whatever happens to the beasts,also happens to the man.All things are...
James CollinsMarch 20, 2005

Five Secrets of Winning Book Proposals

Working in the publishing industry comes with a high expectation, especially from complete strangers. After the causal ‘hello’ progresses to ‘what do you do,’ and my answer is ‘I am a publisher,’ the words, like fairy...
Melissa A RosatiMarch 17, 2005

No-Cost Student Loan Consolidation

A no-cost student loan consolidation – doesn’t that just sound too good to be true? Think about it. You have just accrued thousands of dollars in debt through student loans after 4 years of college, or possibly even more.
Vanessa McHooleyMarch 17, 2005

Someday Dead Writers Need To Worry!

Do ya’ll ever notice that the older you get, the more attention you pay to the obituaries section in the newspaper?I hate to admit it, but it’s true. When I was a young man, I never even bothered looking at the obituaries.
Ed WilliamsMarch 16, 2005