For the last few days I’ve been working on whittling down the transcript of an interview I conducted with bestselling author T. Harv Eker. When the magazine asked me to do this interview, I jumped at the chance despite my busy schedule. Why? One of the best parts of my job as a journalist involves getting to talk to interesting…
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Back in 2002, The New York Times reported,âAccording to a recent survey, 81 percent of people feel that they have a book in themâŠand should write it.â At that time, that meant over 200 million people in the U.S. wanted to write a book in their lifetime. As of today, March, 5, 2012, with the US population at 313,131,455,254, 254…
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Writers tend to worry about putting their content online. âWhat if my work gets stolen?â Iâm asked all the time. Mostly, I donât see content getting stolen from websites or blogs, butâŠbutâŠsometimes it does get âscraped.â This can be prevented, however, and shouldn’t stop writers from publishing their work on the Internet often and freely. I wouldnât call scraping stealing…
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I speak to and with aspiring authors almost every day. They all share the dream of becoming published authors. What stops them? If I ask them they will tell me the following: “I can’t seem to get my book written.” “I don’t have an agent.” “I received 20 rejections from publishers.” “I don’t have an author platform.” “I don’t have…
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When I began my career as a journalist, the only way to make money writing articles was to get an assignment with or to sell an essay to a print publication, such as a newspaper or magazine. These days opportunities abound online for writers wanting to make a bit of moneyâespecially if you want to write about your interests and…
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