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Five Great Quotations about Poetry

“We don’t read and write poetry because it’s cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering–these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love–these are what we stay alive for.” - John Keating

“Poems are never finished - just abandoned.” - Paul Valéry

“Poetry expands the senses and keeps them in prime condition. It keeps you aware of your nose, your eye, your ear, your tongue, your hand.” - Ray Bradbury

“Poems are small moments of enlightenment.” - Natalie Goldberg

“A poet’s autobiography is his poetry. Anything else is just a footnote.” - Yevgeny Yevtushenko

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Be More Creative: 5 Inspirations for Writers

• Time spent writing is a productive time 
• Don’t wait for writing inspiration to strike 
• There’s no need to 'want' to be a writer. Simply write. 
• Achieve your writing vision by setting goals 
• To write is to realize my destiny 
• BONUS: "...there is a miraculous feeling of the words being there, written in invisible ink...clamoring to become visible."

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8 Tips on Press Releases for Promoting Your Book

• Utilize mainstream media to promote book 
• Media kit useful for promoting your book
• Yes, you can create your own media kit! 
• Create media kit to promote your book 
• How to write a press release for your book
• How to make your press release newsworthy 
• What are 'book specs' on a press release? 
• What to do if your press release is ignored 

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12 Formatting Tips for Indie Authors

• Is your book ready to be self-published? 
• Wait to format text until editing is done 
• Formatting main text for your book 
• How to determine your book's trim size 
• How to determine your book's margins 
• Select best typeface for your book
• How your text should appear in a formatted book 
• How to handle page numbers, running headers
• How to line up page numbers in table of contents
• Avoid introducing wrong styles into your text
• Use consistent quotation mark, apostrophe style 
• Don't commit these five book design sins 

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6 Punctuation Tips for Writers

• Line of confusion: -ly words and hyphens 
• No hyphen needed in ‘goer’ words 
• To use or not to use the Oxford comma…
• Easy to understand comma rules 
• Don't lose sleep over this confusing comma rule
• When to use an en dash vs. an em dash

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5 Awesome Creative Writing Prompts

• Get your revenge 
• Opposite ethical decision 
• Fix your problems 
• Out-of-place character
• Observe and write 

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5 Tips for Character Development

• Let your characters write their story. They actually know what you want to say. 
• Downgrade your minor characters 
• Use confidant to reveal hero’s inner turmoil 
• Do your characters’ actions arise from their needs? 
• Avoid writing concealed identity story 
• BONUS: "First, find out what your hero wants, then just follow him!" – Ray Bradbury

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5 Great Quotations about What is a Writer

“A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.” - Thomas Mann

“C.S. Lewis compared himself as a writer to an adjective humbly striving to point others to the Noun of Truth.” - Philip Yancey

“The other day, when I was deciding where to place a mountain range, how to make a river's flow detour around underground stalactite caves, and what precise color to give the sky at sunset, I realized I was God... or an artist and a writer.” - Vera Nazarian

“All writers are lunatics!” - Cornelia Funke

“A writer's job is to write, not to prance his ass on stage, not to hope to get laid by ... idiotic groupies.” - Charles Bukowski

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5 Great Motivations for Creative Writers

• Let powerful energy of inner muse guide you
• Rather than wait for muse, face fear head on 
• Each word you write only yields more words that need to be written 
• Read your favorite author  
• The energy your writing brings to readers is directly proportional to the amount of energy you bring to your writing.  
• BONUS: "I love writing. I love the swirl and swing of words as they tangle with human emotions." – James Michener  

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6 Tips for Indie Authors on Bookstores/Libraries

• Why bookstores don’t carry self-published books
• How to get your title into bookstores
• How to get into Barnes & Noble’s online catalog
• Do Kindle DP pre-orders help or hinder sales?
• Increase sales by publishing title as an audio book
• How to get your self-published book into a library 

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