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People familiar with the Myers-Briggs Personality test know that the writer is the INFJ. This person is introverted, intuitive, feelings-oriented and judgmental.

So, what happens when an extroverted, intuitive, thinking and perceptive (ENTP) inventor tries to write a novel? For one thing, it takes more than 35 years to finish. The story is never quite right; it always needs tweaking. And, lo and behold, when the ENTP finally does complete a manuscript, he/she will come up with another idea, brilliant of course, which requires scrapping and rewriting three chapters. Unfortunately, once scrapped and rewritten, left-over references to long-gone characters or events somehow live on in the word processor’s memory and mysteriously reappear somewhere in the manuscript. It drives all readers, editors and wives especially, mad.

Even if the ghosts are exorcised from the page, the spouse or whoever else is doing the editing won’t necessarily forget them. Their memories are harder to erase. Only the truest of friends will be willing to read your twentieth revision, and only the most intelligent will be able to assimilate the newest additions at will.

But somehow it finally is finished.
Then it turns out that finishing the novel was the easy part. Trying to get it published is another story entirely. What you hope to be an easy jaunt to the local mailbox to find an agent turns into a Homeric voyage, with hundreds of rejection letters floating in its wake. As every writer knows, authors are uniquely at the mercy of others to bring our work to public attention. A painter or sculptor can usually find a coffee shop or gallery to exhibit their work. The diligent composer will eventually find a local quartet or civic orchestra to play his or her work. But the author alone must rely on the judgment of the publishing professionals, gatekeepers who want to know what makes this manuscript worthy to be included in the approximately 100,000 new books that will be published in the coming year. Quality doesn’t even matter. Even if it is better than 95% of the books in print, the question an agent must face is why should a publisher add this particular manuscript to his list? Who will buy it? After all, this writer is unknown. Then comes the cruelest question of all. Why should I even bother to read it? Most of the time they don’t. According to Curtis Brown, on average, a known agent will get 50 to 100 queries a day. Of this number the agent will read as few as one percent of the total number of proposed manuscripts they receive in an average year. Only one manuscript in three will be accepted.

The sad fact is that there are more writers seeking publishers than the total number of books ever published. Jay Leno’s All Stars could have written many of them, but even if you have talent, the numbers are still staggering. Potential novice writers can find a writing class somewhere in the country nearly every day of the year. If they don’t want to attend one in person, they can always find one on the Web. Legitimate writing professionals lead most of these classes, but far too many are only meant to separate prospective authors from their cash. Either way they will sooner or later be looking for a publisher.

So, knowing all this, why did I persist? Because I could not do otherwise. The urge to write is as deep in my being as a smoker’s desire for the next cigarette or an alcoholic’s for the next drink. I love words and I love thoughts. The idea that someone 100 years from now might read and like the book outweighs any negative criticism or public indifference that I may run into in my lifetime. My advice to anyone who has such the same urge is simply: write. Forget the odds and don’t be discouraged. When you have a product that you know is your best work, try to get it published. Finally, don’t feel like a failure if you have to publish it yourself. Quality will tell, even if only your friends are aware of it. Believe me, it’s worth it.

John Anderson wrote The Cellini Masterpiece under the pen name of Raymond John. He is a historian who has sold stamps and other collectibles and a former Military Intelligence Specialist with the US Army Reserves. He is now working on his sequel to The Cellini Masterpiece, entitled Language School. The first chapter of The Cellini Masterpiece is available for available at http://www.cmasterpiece.com. Mr. Anderson can be contacted at the website.

“If you’re like me, than I’m sure you’re pretty familiar with the well-known writer’s block.

From time to time, when you have to start writing something, be it an article, an ebook, or just a letter, there is that moment when you just stare at the blank sheet of paper (or at the vibrant colors of your monitor) and nothing seems to come out from your mind.

The good news is that there is a cure for this disease.

American poet William Stafford offers this advice to poets who suffer from Writer’s Block: “”There is no such thing as writer’s block for writers whose standards are low enough.”"

But, this is not an incentive to write junk!

Perhaps the most important reason that leads to WB is the lack of an idea. You just sit down in front of your perfectly empty monitor and think about what should you be writing. “”There is nothing I can write about”" seems to be the only thing that you can think about.

This doesn’t happen to me anymore because now I have a text document right on my desktop where I note down any important thought, idea, question that comes into my mind during my daily habits. Every time I start writing about something, all I have to do is to open that (now pretty big) file and “”presto”", I know what to write about.

If you don’t have an “”ideas file”" on your computer yet, no problem, just take a look through some forums related to your niche market and look for questions.

Well, now that I have a great idea of what I want to write about, I just sit down again in front of my computer… and here comes the block again.

How should I start?

Here is a tip for you: It’s OK to start writing at whatever point you like. You can begin with the final chapter. You can start writing the middle of the book. It’s OK if the introductory part of your book is the last thing you’ll write.

Another thing you can do is to talk over the subject with a friend. If you can’t do that, you should record yourself talking about the matter.

Anyway, you must force yourself to write down something, however poorly worded that approximates your thought and go on with the next idea.

Also, you can always try free writing. All you have to do is to choose one sentence in a paragraph and write a paragraph about it. Then, choose a sentence from that paragraph and do that again.

Whatever you do, it’s always a good idea to be flexible. Be willing to throw out sections of text that are causing problems or just don’t work.

Physical actions can move your brain in good directions so move around, stretch, or walk.

Get a snack or drink, talk to someone, or just relax for five minutes before you start to write again.

After you already have a few ideas written down it’s ok to reread and jot down ideas while doing so.

Relax! Because the more you worry, the harder it gets to think clearly.

And once you have your book ready, remember that you will need a cover for it.

I can help you with that at www.AbsoluteCovers.com“

About The Author

Ovi Dogar is specialized in the creation of professionally custom made covers that really sell. You can view some recent samples of his work at http://www.AbsoluteCovers.com

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Always have a subscription box or link in a prominent place on every page of your website. Once your ezine is up you have many ways to promote it. One is through Ezine Directories. I have listed a few here. You can also do a search in Google for Ezine Directories.

Here are a few I found.
•http://www.myfavoriteezines.com/
•http://ezine-universe.com/
•http://www.freezineweb.com/
•http://www.jogena.com/
•http://ezine-universe.com/
•http://discussionlists.com/
•http://www.listchannel.com/dir/
•http://www.cumuli.com/ezines/verify/default.ldml
•http://sparklist.net/
•http://www.ezinelinks.com/
•http://www.ezine-dir.com/
•http://www.dolist.net/annuaire_en.asp
•http://web-source.net/web/Ezines/

There are dozens of other effective ways of recruiting subscribers to your ezine, another way is submitting to ezine groups such as yahoo groups. You can announce new non-commercial Webzines on comp.infosystems.www.announce, or any e-zine at Weekly Bookmarkz. Contact e-zine editors or join banner exchanges such as Exchange Ad.

Webrings are another effective way to promote your ezine. Visit the WebRing directory to search for a group that covers a specific topic of your Webzine.You might also wish to look at syndication services such as Zinos.

Write up a free ecourse on your business subject matter and submit it to http://www.getresponse.com/.
Another way it to join some online forums where your ideal readers hang out. Include your ezine in your forum sigtag and always have your subscribe addy or url in your email sigtag.
Write & Submit Articles - You do not have to be a writer to write articles. Just talk about what you know. Then you can submit them to goarticles.com.

Link Exchanging is a great way to recruit subscribers, add a resource links page to your website and swap links with other quality sites.

Write a free e-book and give it away at your site, contact other webmasters who give away ebooks to see if they will list yours. You can also submit a free Ezone press release to http://www.prweb.com/.
There are endless ways to promote your e-zine these were just a few.

About the Author

Rose
DesRochers is a published author, web columnist and founder of Today’s Woman
http://www.todays-woman.net
; a supportive online
community for men and women over 18. Their goal is to help writers succeed in
the writing industry.

I am often asked “Do you know of a publisher who would be
interested in my book?” There’s no easy way to answer this
question. You see, according to the PMA Newsletter, there are
over 86,000 publishers in existence ( HREF=http://parapub.com/statistics rel="nofollow">http://parapub.com/statistics<
/A>). It would be impossible to know what each one is looking
for at any given time. However you do know that you’re not going
to submit your manuscript or book proposal to 86,000 publishers.
It would be a waste of your time and money. To improve your
chances in the submission process, you have to do your homework.
Here are a few tips so your research will be most effective:

Publishing Houses: Get the Facts

Can you submit your manuscript to more than one place at a time?
Depends on where you’re sending it. Unfortunately, each
publishing house has its own set of rules for reviewing a
manuscript that will have multiple submissions. You have to find
out what those rules are. You can check out the 2006 Writer’s
Market, published by Writer’s Digest. It’s an excellent source
for publisher’s guidelines. So is the website, Literary
Marketplace.

While reviewing these resources you should also note what kind
of material the company publishes and what kinds of manuscripts
and proposals they would like to see. Another way to get more
specific information on this topic is to go to your local
bookstore and look at books similar to yours. Note the publisher
as well as the agent and editor who handled the book (they’re
usually mentioned in the acknowledgments). Granted, a publisher
might turn your manuscript down if they feel they’ve “been
there, done that”, but on the other hand if the company has had
success with the subject matter they may be scouring the
landscape to find more of the same!

Looking for an Agent

Your research may tell you that the publishers who seem right
for you don’t accept unsolicited manuscripts. That means you’ll
need an agent so you’ll have to start your submission process
with literary agencies. If that’s the case, the 2006 Guide to
Literary Agents is a great place to begin your search. Writer’s
Digest publishes this hefty tome listing more than 600 non-fee
charging agents.

All of the agents listed in the guide adhere to the ethical
guides established by the Association of Author’s
Representatives (AAR). Members of AAR are forbidden from
charging fees. So in one book you get the security of knowing
the agent you’re dealing with is on the level, plus you get a
full understanding of what material the agent represents. That
means you won’t be sending your manuscript out on a
fruitless–and costly mission.

Manuscript Mechanics

Don’t get too caught up in the specifics of what your manuscript
should look like. Your research will tell you if the agent or
publisher wants your manuscript a certain way, but for the most
part as long as it’s double-spaced and printed with a clear,
easy-to-read 12-point font such as Courier or Arial you should
be fine. Put your name, book title and page numbers on each page
and–this is key–don’t staple anything. Leaving the pages loose
make it easy for the recipient to make copies. This is necessary
because usually more than one person will be reading your work.

One note: These days more and more agencies and publishing
houses are accepting electronic submissions. Find out if this is
the case for your targets. You can save yourself some money and
a trip to the post office!

The Entrepreneurial Mindset

Banish all fear. I know that’s easier said than done, but look
at it this way. If writing is something you really want to do,
then manuscript submissions will become a regular part of your
life. You don’t want to go through your days and nights in a
constant state of submission angst! It makes me feel tired just
to think of what that would be like!

Instead put yourself in the mindset of being a writer and a
businessperson. Your writing is your product. You will put out
the best product possible. Know that the bulk of your rejections
will have nothing to do with the quality of your product so
don’t take it personally. You move on to the next prospect with
the same positive attitude that the next one may be the right
one. Know that writing is part of your work. Being afraid isn’t.

© 2006 Sophfronia Scott