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Where Do You Get Your Ideas? -
Jennifer Carsen (52)   
This is a perennial question for writers. Many of them give unhelpful answers, e.g., "they just come to me." But ideas are truly all around us; it's just a matter of grabbing them and running with them. Here are some tips to get you started, whether you're writing fiction or nonfiction.
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The Current State of Grammar -
 - Boris Chistyakov (132)    
Boris Chistyakov
Rules change. And the rules of grammar are not impervious to these changes. In fact, the language is constantly changing that some of the rules that were being enforced before are no longer applicable today. There are also words now that have been added to dictionaries that are not used before... ( added 13 days 10 hours ago.) |
Saying So Long But Not Goodbye. -
Mike Fak (5,620)  
Mike Fak  
It has been an interesting
couple of years here at Searchwarp for me. Originally I wrote as a counterbalance
to some of the other writing projects I was involved in. I used the
space I was kindly allotted to look at and laugh at some of the zany
things that happen in our world.
I... ( added 52 days 9 hours ago.) |
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Understanding Everyone Reads and Sees a Book Differently. -
Mike Fak (5,620)
Mike Fak
I have been going over some notes for a class I will be teaching later this month. One of the points I will stress is something I don't think I have ever stressed with all you Warpies, so for whatever good it is I will do so now. I know I have talked about how important descriptives' are in a... ( added 75 days 9 hours ago.) |
Your Best Writing Comes When You Turn the Computer On: and Your Ego Off. -
Mike Fak (5,620)
Mike Fak
This weekend I was asked if I would Emcee a town hall meeting. Over 100 good paying jobs are in jeopardy at our local prisons and the Chamber of Commerce is calling this meeting with a dozen or so state legislators and area officials giving a few minutes each to the crowd.
They wanted someone... ( added 97 days 9 hours ago.) |
A Fun Project: Working With Hundreds of Authors At the Same Time. -
Mike Fak (5,620)
Mike Fak
I always have a good idea it seems. Of course those good ideas always get me involved in another thing that I don't know how I will make the time for. Somehow I always do figure out how to manage and then I add something else to the list and have to figure out how I can manage everything all over... ( added 115 days 6 hours ago.) |
A Shooting In a Small Town Gives An Interesting Look Into Journalism. -
Mike Fak (5,620)
Mike Fak
It was after 10:00 pm when I got the call at home. It was a friend and he said that something big was happening at a local park. "Every squad car in the county is out there."
Under those circumstances, I got dressed, grabbed my camera and drove the eight blocks over to the park just off our... ( added 122 days 10 hours ago.) |
Books That Will Never Be Finished. -
Mike Fak (5,620)
Mike Fak
I was looking through all the back pile of manuscripts I have. A few are from writers who have gone on hiatus or have probably given up their task of finishing their great American novel.
I never admonish anyone for not finishing their manuscript as I might be the biggest culprit of that in... ( added 132 days 10 hours ago.) |
The Ember's Pride Made An Ash Out Of Him -
- David Pekrul (3,700)    
David Pekrul
There he sat among the ashes, thinking he was, oh, so good, Just a tiny glowing ember that was once a piece of wood, And he thought that he was better than the embers there that day, But, alas, he didn't know that soon his pride would turn him gray. There were many other embers that were... ( added 135 days 20 hours ago.) |
Computer Journalism a Great Job When You Get Sick. -
Mike Fak (5,620)
Mike Fak
Well, I am definitely under the weather with something. I'm not sure what but I know I have no energy, feel nauseous and my brain is as thick as molasses right now.
I doubt it's the swine flu although with all the bacon and pork chops I have eaten over the years, I'm sure if the pigs could... ( added 170 days 9 hours ago.) |
Self Publishing Should Be Your Backup Plan -
Mike Fak (5,620)
Mike Fak
I received quite a few private e-mails over the last few weeks and I appreciate them all. I think I received ten from writers, none of whom I recognized as Warpies, who asked me to look at a bit of their work.
In all cases the manuscripts needed a great deal of work. Almost every one of them... ( added 202 days 8 hours ago.) |
New Authors Have To Look At Their Book Like a Business. -
Mike Fak (5,620)
Mike Fak
So you have written a book or are in the process. You also have been working on how to make your book as good as possible and thinking how to sell as many copies as possible.
A good product: selling in volume: sounds like things a retail business would consider important, doesn't it?
I... ( added 206 days 10 hours ago.) |
What To Look For With a Self Publisher -
Mike Fak (5,620)
Mike Fak
So you have decided to go with a self-publisher. Of course, you have already checked them out thoroughly on the web right?
The questions now are what is a fair cost and what in a self-publishing package is really worth the money.
A cover to a book is singularly important. It is what will... ( added 209 days 9 hours ago.) |
Editing As Important As Writing For Book Authors. -
Mike Fak (5,620)
Mike Fak
I recall once getting an inquiry from what I surmise was a young writer. He was taking me up on a free offer I had to take a look at a portion of work and give my opinion on it. The gentleman sent me a 7,500 word document that was all one paragraph with no punctuation or capitalization. When I... ( added 213 days 8 hours ago.) |
The First Steps Before Self-Publshing -
Mike Fak (5,620)
Mike Fak
Thanks for the feedback on my last article. I received several notes on the personal e-mail side and in all communications the essence of the comments was "can you tell me more'.
Now I am by no means an expert in the field but I did pop out a small book twenty years ago and have been in the... ( added 216 days 9 hours ago.) |
The Best Self Publishing Tip Is "Think" -
Mike Fak (5,620)
Mike Fak
I have had three e-mail conversations with writers in just the past few weeks that tell me more and more sharks are out there preying on the hopes, dreams and vanity of writers.
I often get these queries but three so close together tells me things are getting worse in the self-publishing... ( added 220 days 11 hours ago.) |
In Writing, Less Is Often More. -
Mike Fak (5,620)
Mike Fak
Well I am getting a whole new pile of e-mails I really don't need to see.
I imagine the Lincoln Daily News has made it to some new mailing lists that people pay good money to in order to find instant rejection.
A lot of them are company press releases that don't even come close to being... ( added 227 days 8 hours ago.) |
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, Confronting the Ghost in the Mirror. -
Mike Fak (5,620)
Mike Fak
I appreciate the feedback on my last article. I received a great deal of e-mail privately from people who did not want their comments in the public domain and I am fine with that. I enjoy chatting whether publicly or privately. For the most part the conversations were about finding a balance... ( added 255 days 9 hours ago.) |
Finding Your Writing Niche Is In the Mirror -
Mike Fak (5,620)
Mike Fak
A get a lot of responses to my free writing critique offered at my home website.
Almost all the time I get a statement that says something like, "Please be honest", or "Please be brutally frank."
Now I understand the effort a person can pour into a book and although I will give honest... ( added 258 days 9 hours ago.) |
Advice for New Writers and Members of SearchWarp -
Teresa Ortiz (11,014)   
Teresa Ortiz
Greetings fellow writers and new members of the Searchwarp family!
(Yes, Ken McCreless, I borrowed a portion of your signature line, I knew you wouldn't mind.)
If you are anything like me when I first joined SW--and some of you are--you are constantly watching your rating and anxiously... ( added 303 days 8 hours ago.) |
Tis the Season For Writer's Block -
Mike Fak (5,620)
Mike Fak
I thought it was interesting while I was typing this that the Searchwarp tip of the day was how to overcome writer's block. I have a couple clients going through this right now and I recently received a private e-mail from a warpie asking for advice on the subject. Definitely the tip mentioned in... ( added 356 days 10 hours ago.) |
If Only for a Moment (a poem of healing) -
- Teresa Ortiz (11,014)
Teresa Ortiz
They didn't tell me you had a beating heart;
they told me you were a mass of tissue.
They didn't tell me I would cry for you 24-years later,
they told me it was nothing-you were nothing.
( added 1 year 28 days ago.) |
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The Day Dream Coach: Daydreaming Makes Me Money! -
- Ben Jones (8,031)   
Ben Jones
I was busy at work the other day; you know, daydreaming, when the fire alarm went off. A very annoying and disruptive sound I might add.
However my cat-like reflexes and lightning fast thought processes kicked in to ensure that I was the first to run screaming hysterically down the stairs and... ( added 1 year 58 days ago.) |
A Conjunction an Adverb and a Preposition - What do These Have to do with Writing? -
- Teresa Ortiz (11,014)
Teresa Ortiz
The other day someone sent me an email in response to something I had written. He said I was an encouragement to him and he was looking forward to reading more from me. No harm here, this made me feel good. The problem is he went on to tell me that I was a prolific writer.
What in the heck... ( added 1 year 108 days ago.) |
How Come You Don’t Know How come? (Poem) -
- David Tanguay (9,551) 
David Tanguay
I remember a few years ago I was sitting in my kitchen getting ready for work. My nephew who was only five years old at the time was talking to my sister in-law. She answered a question from him and then he replied with a question "how come?" she said, "I don't know how come" then he said... ( added 1 year 123 days ago.) |
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