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Publishing Methods

How should you publish your book? Self-Publishing? more...0 points

How should you publish your book? Self-Publishing? Vanity Press? Traditional? POD-People? The Big Five? What's the difference? On this lens...0 points

How to Start a Publishing Company

How to start a publishing company: I started my ow more...0 points

How to start a publishing company: I started my own small press publishing company. Here on this lens you will find out what I did and how y...0 points

Creating and Using Your Writer's Notebook

Writers need notebooks. That's where they record a more...0 points

Writers need notebooks. That's where they record all the flash inspirations the Muse sends them.

Thoughts are fleeting.

If you have a...0 points

Your Life Sentence ~~ Six-Word Memoirs or Quotations

In the book Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Wo more...0 points

In the book Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure, famous and not-so-famous writers were asked to ...0 points

NaNoWriMo: Reaching 50,000 using EelKat's Methods

NaNoWriMo 2009 will be my 5th year at NaNo. So far more...0 points

NaNoWriMo 2009 will be my 5th year at NaNo. So far I've had 4 years and 3 wins and this year I'm going for my fourth win.

I failed my f...0 points

Tips, Tricks, And Explanations For Complicated Grammar Rules

English grammar has a million confusing and contra more...0 points

English grammar has a million confusing and contradictory rules. The language has so many words in so many forms that it can be bewildering ...0 points

Being a CNA, my story

In 2005 I went back to school. I had not been in s more...0 points

In 2005 I went back to school. I had not been in school in many years. I did not think I could do "the school thing" again. I was ...0 points

What Genre is My Vampire Story?

You know, I think the #1 question out there, is: more...0 points

You know, I think the #1 question out there, is: What genre is my vampire story? You know what makes me think that? Well, here on the NaNo...0 points

Complicit Simplicity - hackers end game

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Writers create for themselves and an audi more...0 points

forward:
Writers create for themselves and an audience, authors write for publishers.
I am a writer. My novel Complicit Simplicity, A Hac...0 points

THE THREE SNOW BEARS by Jan Brett

The Three Snow Bears, written by Jan BrettIs a ref more...0 points

The Three Snow Bears, written by Jan BrettIs a refreshing remake of Goldilocks And The Three Bears. I don't know how anyone could possibly ...0 points

A Passion For Writing (Helping Writers To Succeed)

A place to find inspiration, hints, tips and all t more...0 points

A place to find inspiration, hints, tips and all the writers resources that you need to become a good writer. All that any writer really nee...0 points

Author Pen Names

According to Wikipedia, a pen name is a pseudonym more...0 points

According to Wikipedia, a pen name is a pseudonym adopted by an author. In other words, it's a fake or pretend name an author uses for the ...0 points

Head-Injury-information-and-advice-from-a-survivor-living-life

I was hit by a car when I was three years old, in more...0 points

I was hit by a car when I was three years old, in 1974. I have grown up all my life with the effects of the head injury. I am now 39 years o...0 points

Writing crime fiction

Crime fiction is still one of the fastest selling more...0 points

Crime fiction is still one of the fastest selling genres in the world today.  Believe it or not, writing crime fiction is not too diffi...0 points

A Screenwriting ebook for Developing a Strong Screenplay

Philip Gladwin has penned a screenwriting ebook th more...0 points

Philip Gladwin has penned a screenwriting ebook that breaks down the process of writing a successful screenplay so anyone can do it.
Learn ...0 points

Capturing Memories--Writing Your Autobiography or Memoir

To write about your life. Where to start?

Instead more...0 points

To write about your life. Where to start?

Instead of trying to "start from the beginning"--where you write, "I was born in...0 points

How to become an Independently Published Author

This page is designed to offer insight and advice more...0 points

This page is designed to offer insight and advice to help the independently published, or those considering taking the independent plunge.
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QUIPPING QUEEN

H.R.H. QQ bids you a warm welcome to her quirky qu more...0 points

H.R.H. QQ bids you a warm welcome to her quirky quarters!

OFFICIAL TITLES:

Monarch of Mirth, Her Royal Highness, Victoria Elizabeth, Q...0 points

Jennifer Akers :: Freelance Writer

I am a freelance writer, book reviewer, and editor more...0 points

I am a freelance writer, book reviewer, and editor for online and print media. Since I'm multi-titled (note to self: change to multi-talent...0 points

Narration for Writers

Have you ever wondered what's the difference betwe more...0 points

Have you ever wondered what's the difference between one type of narration and another? Look no farther, I shall explain them all here.0 points

Grammar and Parts of Speech - How Language Works!

This lens is based on lessons I taught when I was more...0 points

This lens is based on lessons I taught when I was an English grammar and composition teacher and when I was teaching grammar and composition...0 points

Best Writing Blogs

I love to read what other authors are writing abou more...0 points

I love to read what other authors are writing about and one of the best ways to do that is by reading their blogs.  Here I've started...0 points

Poetry Magnets

Since the release of the original kit of poetry ma more...0 points

Since the release of the original kit of poetry magnets, the world has enjoyed shuffling words and word parts around to create poetry, prose...0 points

Short-stories-to-capture-your-imagination-for-a-little-while

Welcome. I hope that you enjoyed your journey in f more...0 points

Welcome. I hope that you enjoyed your journey in finding me. Now, we'll see if I have what it takes. Remember, I'm a work in progress. If ...0 points

a Fractured Fairy Tales inspired creative writing contest

You will have a chance to submit your own fracture more...0 points

You will have a chance to submit your own fractured writing or poetry. As a diversion and tangent, I've included a few Fractured Fairy Tale...0 points

Kurt-Evans-Freelance-Writer-For-Hire

I'm a writer with style and flair. I rely on m more...0 points

I'm a writer with style and flair. I rely on my knowledge, insight, and imagination to find what I need to write. I have devoted myself ...0 points

Sheila Gallien's Screenwriting E-Book

Everyone wants that coveted career in screenwritin more...0 points

Everyone wants that coveted career in screenwriting. Everyone sees the big payoff. The mass of literature tells you it's easy, you can...0 points

On The Night You Were Born by Nancy Tillman

The most special day to every parent is that day w more...0 points

The most special day to every parent is that day when their own unique little child is born into this world. It is a day of wonder and amaze...0 points

Self-Publishing for Writers

Writers are excited about the Internet for a lot o more...0 points

Writers are excited about the Internet for a lot of reasons, and the ability to self-publish is one of them!  Today writers have hundre...0 points

The Twighlight Manor Press

Welcome to The Twighlight Manor Press' official Sq more...0 points

Welcome to The Twighlight Manor Press' official Squidoo lens. We are not currently taking submissions for book manuscripts, though that may...0 points

Play-on-words-to-stretch-the-human-imagination-to-infinity

Welcome to my RIME-ING space. This is where a lot more...0 points

Welcome to my RIME-ING space. This is where a lot of things will take place. So, if you'd like to be entertained; stay tuned for more; I'l...0 points

If You Write -- Edit It To Increase Its Effectiveness!

The world of writing has changed--maybe not the th more...0 points

The world of writing has changed--maybe not the thinking part, but the tools used to get the words "out there". From pads and...0 points

Avoiding Literary Agency & Poetry Contest Scams: A Writer's Resource

The first rule of publication is that money goes T more...0 points

The first rule of publication is that money goes TO the writer FROM the publisher and never the other way around. Yet, writers and poets are...0 points

How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night by Jane Yolen

How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night Written by Jane Yo more...0 points

How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night Written by Jane Yolen and beautifully illustrated by Mark Teague, is but one of the many great children's l...0 points

All You Need to Know About Self-Publishing

Are you a self-publisher?   Do you like self more...0 points

Are you a self-publisher?   Do you like self-published books?   Have a favorite publishing site? Want to find tons of great info...0 points

Need to Kill Writer’s Block? Kill a Character.

Need to Kill Writer’s Block? Kill a  more...0 points

Need to Kill Writer’s Block? Kill a Character.Do you find you have a great story going, than suddenly without warning writer&rsqu...0 points

Good English, Bad Grammar

Gruesome Grammar: Be part of the solution! 0 points

Memory Tricks for Commonly Misspelled Words

Ah...spelling!  For some it comes easy and fo more...0 points

Ah...spelling!  For some it comes easy and for others it may as well be a foreign language.  Remember how to spell commonly misspe...0 points

All About Digital: Creating Digital Scrapbooks, Portfolios, and Storytelling

BettyAnn Schmidt, scrapbook consultant, family his more...0 points

BettyAnn Schmidt, scrapbook consultant, family historian, Christian writer, wife, mom, and grandmom.  You can visit my main websit...0 points

Accepting Your Writing Style

I think one of the hardest things for a new writer more...0 points

I think one of the hardest things for a new writer to do, is to just be themselves. To inspire them, I have reprinted here an article I wrot...0 points

First person, present tense - the most powerful form of storytelling

Consider the following:

1. Joe pointed his gun at more...0 points

Consider the following:

1. Joe pointed his gun at Billy. Billy was scared out of his mind.
2. Joe pointed his gun at me. I was scared ou...0 points

Best Screenwriting Books: Scriptwriting Books Reviewed

The best screenwriting books for writing a strong, more...0 points

The best screenwriting books for writing a strong, solid, and production worthy screenplay are for those who want to get serious about a car...0 points

The Next Big Idea for Your Book

There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortu more...0 points

There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.~ William Somerset Maugham If you're an author or aspi...0 points

Best Children's Books - The Early Years

I'm a grandma of a 2 year old and I'll share with more...0 points

I'm a grandma of a 2 year old and I'll share with you a few of the best books my grandson enjoyed.The best children's books last thru the...0 points

I Do The Write Thing

Welcome, to the world of I Do The Write Thing!Here more...0 points

Welcome, to the world of I Do The Write Thing!Here you will find tips on over coming writers block, tips for additing tension to your fictio...0 points

How I Write: My Methods of Writing and Idea Generation

I write quite a lot. One idea leads to the next, a more...0 points

I write quite a lot. One idea leads to the next, and soon I have several pages written. My process leads to a lot of words in a hurry.

My...0 points

Yes, You Can Write A Novel!

Writing a novel is a very rewarding process. Milli more...0 points

Writing a novel is a very rewarding process. Millions of people around the world dream of someday writing that novel, but someday never come...0 points

The Tao of Pooh

Jan 18 - Today is the Birthday of Winnie's author more...0 points

Jan 18 - Today is the Birthday of Winnie's author A.A. Milne.

"Winnie the Pooh has a certain way about him, a way of doing things which...0 points

Stupid Shoes

A Gallery of Horrible Footwear- Past & Pre more...0 points

A Gallery of Horrible Footwear- Past & Present They're ridiculous, they're impractical, they're.....downright stupid! And let's...0 points

The-Passionate-Plea-The-Story-Of-One-Man's-Journey

He stands alone in a land of many and his mind is more...0 points

He stands alone in a land of many and his mind is filled with wisdom. His name is Harvey. He lives in a place of his own creation. Harvey is...0 points

Mental Captures! Get Those Thoughts Before They Get Away!

Those fleeting images you get in your mind, in you more...0 points

Those fleeting images you get in your mind, in your imagination, in your dreams, in your experiences... do they whoosh off and disappear? Or...0 points

Why Was My Manuscript Rejected?

You have poured your heart and soul into your stor more...0 points

You have poured your heart and soul into your story. It is perfect. It is wonderful. It is finished at last. Now comes the hard part: public...0 points

Remembering our Light

I love the movie The Matrix with Keanu Reeves.

I more...0 points

I love the movie The Matrix with Keanu Reeves.

I tend to see the world through spiritual eyes. I believe that God speaks to us through mo...0 points

Buy Final Draft: A Wise Purchase?

 Before you buy Final Draft, here is a quick more...0 points

 Before you buy Final Draft, here is a quick review to give you an idea of what you can expect. Yes, the other big boys like Sophocles,...0 points

Through Moon And Stars And Night Skies by Ann Turner

Through Moon and Stars and Night Skies written by more...0 points

Through Moon and Stars and Night Skies written by award winning author Ann Turner is a wonderful story about a little child in a far away la...0 points

Writing For Fun And Profit

Words are one of the most powerful tools that we h more...0 points

Words are one of the most powerful tools that we have. They have the power to hurt and they have the power to heal. They explain how pe...0 points

Writer's Block 101

Writer's block is the temporary loss of the inspir more...0 points

Writer's block is the temporary loss of the inspiration and/ or creativity that causes one to loose the ability to begin or continue writin...0 points

Flowers that inspire the soul onto greatness

Life is like a flower that opens up to the possibi more...0 points

Life is like a flower that opens up to the possibilities and shines with all of it's beauty. Just like flowers have seasons, there are reas...0 points

New Age, Wicca, Divination

It has been difficult during the last 6 years, to more...0 points

It has been difficult during the last 6 years, to practice as one sees fit, to follow that path that is not that of the god of abraham.Press...0 points

Jim Burnett

Hi! Welcome to the lens for Jim Burnett, a writer more...0 points

Hi! Welcome to the lens for Jim Burnett, a writer and outdoor photographer who is among those fortunate enough to have enjoyed not just one,...0 points

Writing Cool Fiction

Writing cool fiction is easy. We all have imaginat more...0 points

Writing cool fiction is easy. We all have imaginations. We daydream; create movie scenes in our head; picture ourselves doing amazing things...0 points

Sheryl Westleigh's Associated Content Articles

Associated Content publishes my articles and even more...0 points

Associated Content publishes my articles and even pays me for them. It's a fun way to make a few dollars. It's almost as fun as Squidoo!0 points

Harlequin books seeks real men for covers

I saw this article on Yahoo News and thought it to more...0 points

I saw this article on Yahoo News and thought it to be quite interesting, cause when it comes to romance books, I usually buy them for the co...0 points

My new novel, Pardon the Mess

My name is Steve Pantazis, and I'm a novelist and more...0 points

My name is Steve Pantazis, and I'm a novelist and short story author. This lens is dedicated to my new novel, Pardon the Mess. It's about ...0 points

The Writer's Bookshelf

This lens offers the resources every writers needs more...0 points

This lens offers the resources every writers needs to make it in the tough world of publishing

Includes news feeds from Publishers Weekly...0 points

Call For Submissions: Fiction Under 13,000 Words

(The Twighlight Manor Press is no longer accepting more...0 points

(The Twighlight Manor Press is no longer accepting outside submissions, all work is now staff written. This lens is staying up for archival ...0 points

About My Blog, The World Observed

Hey, if you're looking for something interesting t more...0 points

Hey, if you're looking for something interesting to read, stop by my blog The World Observed. It is about life, living, and happiness. It i...0 points

Editing & Publishing Resources for Writers

Editing and publishing are two parts of the writin more...0 points

Editing and publishing are two parts of the writing process that many writers get stuck on.  Even so, they're very, VERY important!&nb...0 points

How I Write by Janet Evanovich

In the introduction, Janet writes:I haven't attemp more...0 points

In the introduction, Janet writes:I haven't attempted to produce the definitive book on creative novel writing.  I'm simply passing o...0 points

Love is Forever - A Short Story

This lens is a short story I am writing based on a more...0 points

This lens is a short story I am writing based on a dream I had.  It is a work in progress, subject to editing at any time.  I hope...0 points

Common Sense of a Conservative

This is my first and only attempt at writing a boo more...0 points

This is my first and only attempt at writing a book. I wrote this starting in September of 2005 and finished around February of 2006. Origin...0 points

How I Wrote the Query to Cobblestone Publishing for "Freedom Under Cover"

I was so excited to receive the email that said my more...0 points

I was so excited to receive the email that said my query for "Freedom...Under Cover" had been accepted by the Editorial Staff at C...0 points

HOT NEW STEAMY, SENSUAL, PASSION FILLED ROMANCE NOVEL!

  From the pages of "A Prescription more...0 points

  From the pages of "A Prescription For Love"...     “Nicole looked into Travis’s piercing bl...0 points

Summers Crest - A Novel

Summers Crest is a book I have been writing. I wil more...0 points

Summers Crest is a book I have been writing. I will post chapters as interest is expressed. Any comments or help will be welcome.0 points

Kimberly Dawn Wells: Author

au-thor [aw-ther] - noun 1. a person who writes a more...0 points

au-thor [aw-ther] - noun 1. a person who writes a novel, poem, essay, etc. 2. the composer of a literary work, as distinguished from a comp...0 points

Tips for Writers

Writing is what you make it. You can compose run-o more...0 points

Writing is what you make it. You can compose run-on sentences, use poor English and toss in as many dangling participles as you want. It's ...0 points

The Creative Journal

This is a place for me to store my writings. I hop more...0 points

This is a place for me to store my writings. I hope you enjoy it and feel free to comment.0 points

Finding a literary agent - the easy way

Want to know the secret to finding a literary agen more...0 points

Want to know the secret to finding a literary agent quickly and easily? It's your Internet connection! That's right: everything you need i...0 points

What Is "Non-Genre"?

Does all fiction have a genre? Nope, it does not h more...0 points

Does all fiction have a genre? Nope, it does not have to have a genre to be a fiction story. Here are my views on the matter.

Created on ...0 points

All About Noadi's Art Blog

Noadi's Art Blog is the journal of sculptor and je more...0 points

Noadi's Art Blog is the journal of sculptor and jewelry designer Sheryl Westleigh. It chronicles her polymer clay and mixed media creations...0 points

buzz marketing & ebook pre-launches for writers

This lens is created to help facilitate the launch more...0 points

This lens is created to help facilitate the launch of my new underground writing and affiliate marketing newsletter "Shoestring Empire&...0 points

words of love, dreams, hope behind death and despair

"To be or not to be, that is the question more...0 points

"To be or not to be, that is the question" - NOT! Most people have been troubled with this question, they have tried everything to...0 points

Book Reviews Needed!

I need book reviews on WORDS A Prophecy Fulfilled. more...0 points

I need book reviews on WORDS A Prophecy Fulfilled. The book has been recently released in November 2007 and has drawn a wide range of respon...0 points

How I became a Squidoo addict?

A few months ago, I was enjoying my early retireme more...0 points

A few months ago, I was enjoying my early retirement from IBM and I happen to come across a site called Squidoo. It was different from other...0 points

Squidbooks! Write 'em... publish 'em... List them in the Squidbook Directory!

A Squidbook is a new idea in writing and publishin more...0 points

A Squidbook is a new idea in writing and publishing the stories that just jump from your mind to your keyboard!We first heard about Squidboo...0 points

Star Log’s Blog Carnival for Writers

NOTE: The Blog that was doing this is no longer on more...0 points

NOTE: The Blog that was doing this is no longer online. This lens is staying up for archival reasons. If this starts up again, I'll post th...0 points

Writers Hall of Fame

The Writers Hall of Fame® of America began more...0 points

The Writers Hall of Fame® of America began in Springfield, Missouri, in 1994, and at the core of its existence is a common passion -- th...0 points

Astrology: Why Don't I Seem Like My Sun Sign?

Is our Solar System just the Sun? Well, it wouldn' more...0 points

Is our Solar System just the Sun? Well, it wouldn't be a "system" at all if it weren't for all the OTHER STUFF floating and orbi...0 points

Freelance Writing

Hey all, This page is all about my freelance writi more...0 points

Hey all, This page is all about my freelance writing. Yes yes I am advertising myself. Sorry..I have no way better to do it. Hopefully you a...0 points

Squid Ink: Art of the Sea Pen Writer's Group Headquarters

Squid Ink: Art of the Sea Pen Writers Group The pl more...0 points

Squid Ink: Art of the Sea Pen Writers Group The place for writers on Squidoo!Pick up a Sea Pen and squeeze out some "Squid Ink"!Pl...0 points

Fantasy, Magic and Realism

That's right- it's not an oxymoron, and it has bee more...0 points

That's right- it's not an oxymoron, and it has been done. If you want to read about magic, war, peace, and politics and Nations in a setti...0 points

My 10 Favorite Gifts for Writers

Let me guess, if you know a writer you probably ga more...0 points

Let me guess, if you know a writer you probably gave them a gift certificate to Barnes and Noble or Borders for their last twelve birthdays ...0 points

A New and Extremely Unique book: WORDS A Prophecy Fulfilled

This book is unlike any book that you may find on more...0 points

This book is unlike any book that you may find on the shelf; in any bookstore! That claim is backed up by a %100 percent money back guarante...0 points

Poetic Cool

Poetic Cool - The ultimate oxymoron. A humorist an more...0 points

Poetic Cool - The ultimate oxymoron. A humorist and poet shamelessly promotes his blog and graphic designs from the collection of weird stuf...0 points

Screenwriters

Screenwriters, scenarists or script writers, are a more...0 points

Screenwriters, scenarists or script writers, are authors who write the screenplays from which movies and television programs are made.0 points

Simon Armitage

West Yorkshire born Simon Armitage is one of Brita more...0 points

West Yorkshire born Simon Armitage is one of Britain's best known poets. Many students know his work through the GCSE and 'A' level exam ...0 points

Copywriting

We work with you or your clients as copywriters, p more...0 points

We work with you or your clients as copywriters, project managers and strategists. We serve as copywriters on part of a larger marketing tea...0 points