Writing Career

The case studies and exercises in this audiobook provide you with a valuable road map to effortlessly engage the right readers and achieve the results you want for your reader, your book and yourself. After all the effort you’ve put into your book, don’t stop short of your goal! Learn what it takes to make your book a success.

Tim Minchin has a reputation for writing a good speech, and has been asked to do so on several occasions. Drawn from three of Tim's most beloved university commencement addresses, You Don't Have to Have a Dream offers his inimitable thoughts and advice on life, art, success, kindness, love, and thriving in a meaningless universe.

The biggest challenge for authors is transitioning from being a writer to being an author, which are two totally different occupations. Many authors have the mind-set that once they are published, their publisher handles all marketing and the sales come in like magic. In today's world, that is not reality, no matter how you are published.

In Show and Tell Writing, Mike Ulmer is true to his word. He has written a great short business book about how to write a great short business book. Mike traces his own story and evolution as a writer to create the ultimate handbook for people who want to rejuvenate their businesses.

Sending an email plagued with typos. Rushing through a presentation. Never saying “no”. Under-dressing for a company event. What do these all have in common? Bad messaging. The Communication Clinic is a comprehensive, commonsense guide to getting the job of your dreams and presenting yourself in the best light through your writing, speaking, body language, and overall appearance. In no time, you'll begin recognizing the subtle mistakes that are holding you back, and taking steps to overcome them.

My name is Susan Kilmer, and I am the author of this starting-a-business planning guide. Over the course of my business and entrepreneurship background, I have taught hundreds of aspiring entrepreneurs how to start a business and business owners how to keep their businesses going. One of the things they have all said at one time or another is, "I wish there was some manual or guide that would walk me through the business planning steps - through what I need to know to start, operate, or grow my business." I listened, and I did it.

Job hunting is tough, but writing an awesome resume doesn't have to be. Get practical tips for writing a resume that gets past Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and into human hands.

Jim Rogers and his fiancie, began their "Millennium Adventure" on January 1, 1999. They traveled through 116 countries, including many where most have rarely ventured, such as Saudi Arabia, Myanmar, and Angola. They saw the real world from the ground up - the only vantage point from which it can be truly understood - economically, politically, and socially and have saw the world and understood it as it really is.

This exciting new audio book package includes several components that will help you to create better documents: an audio CD packed with information on business writing; a booklet summarizing key points; downloads which include model documents, exercises and a bonus track on writing the minutes of meetings. Effective Business Writing for Success will give you the skills to make a positive impact - no matter what you are writing.

Here we go over the core mechanics of how to make money selling books on Pinterest. (Easier than you think - and far more effective than other social platforms.)

This booklet from Carolyn Howard-Johnson, a UCLA Extension Writers' Program instructor for nearly a decade, helps authors love the project they most love to hate - writing a book proposal. She has taken the guessing out of the book proposal process. Now, there is no need to take expensive, time-consuming classes or spend hours reading a tome to find the voice and format that will propel an author's idea from a dream to reality.

Glimpse the gritty, behind-the-scenes struggles of author Todd Fahnestock as he reveals his dreams, trials, and adventures through the creative swamps of writing and the hard-edged world of publishing. Fahnestock dodges junior high bullies armed with needles taped to Bic pens, cracks into traditional publishing by hitchhiking to the middle of nowhere to meet writing legend Gary Paulsen, and nearly falls to his death hanging cables inside an oil tanker. All to follow the authors dream.

This is an excerpt from the Military Veterans in Creative Careers book. It includes only the sections on writing books and screenwriting.

The Speaking Wizard is a public speaking guide that will help you deliver presentations with ease. Within this book, you will learn how to turn speech anxiety into speech excitement, effective ways to brainstorm a speech, structure loose thoughts into a presentation, practice your presentation, and deliver your speech with grace on speech day. There are also sections that will teach you what to wear on speech day and eat prior to the talk. At the end, you will be given a bonus section on the Toastmasters public speaking club.

A Book Is The Best Business Card You Will Ever Have! Write One Already! This Book Has Over 50+ Reviews From People Who LOVED It. You Will Too! How'd you like to never have to look for business again? How'd you like leads flowing into your inbox and answering machine daily? How'd you like to never pay for advertising again? A good book will do that for you if you can finally just get off your you know what and get it done. This is it. This book will show you how to do it and give you the motivation to get it done. ˃˃˃ Tap Into The Secrets Of Writing An Amazingly Good Book, Fast Writing an...

Authoring a book to differentiate oneself and one’s business has been an effective strategy for decades. However, in a time of ultra-short attention spans and time-strapped schedules, most people never finish reading a book they started. Specifically designed for the local business owner, Main Street Author presents a simple and effective alternative which aligns the power and prestige of being an author with today’s consumer reality.

Struggle. Doubt. Fear. Why aren’t your books selling? How can you improve your craft? You’re confused, feeling isolated, and not sure what you need to do to take your author career to the next level. You’re not afraid of the work, just confused about what it is you need to be doing to live the author life. Enter, the mastermind. No matter how experienced, independent, and motivated of a writer you may be, forming or joining an author mastermind can accelerate your career and get you past the tipping point. Working with a group keeps you accountable to your goals, gives you support ...

You negotiate every day in everything you do: vacation time, work duties, even child care. Yet you probably have never had a course in how to negotiate effectively. Often, we are afraid of negotiating because we think it will strain or kill relationships. But negotiation doesn’t have to be a win-loss game. You can strike a deal good for everyone. The skill lies in negotiating in a way that relationships can be built, developed and maintained. This is the first book ever written on how to combine negotiation with psychology to get the outcome you want.

This book is a practical map that will help you understand the people and demystify the culture of the Arab world - the beliefs, values and social structures that determine how business is conducted and how things are done. This is not a sterile list of dos and don'ts. This book will help you develop a deeper knowledge and understanding of the motivators of behavior. It will also widen your perspective and arm you with the knowledge that will enable you to float with ease and confidence from one situation to the other.

Reports, emails, business plans, meeting minutes, journal articles, reviews, speeches and presentations: business writers have to write any or all of these, and write them well. Good business writing saves time, money and gives a positive and professional impression of you and your organisation - while poor written communications cause problems ranging from irritation through to complete project failure. But writing effectively for work is not a mysterious gift; it's a skill that can be learned....