6 GREAT PODCAST FOR WRITERS

These days there’s a podcast for everything and writing is no exception. It seems that some writers are taking a break from the pen and picking up the microphone instead. This is great news for the rest of us, as podcasts are great way to stay informed on a specific area while on the go.
Below are 6 great podcasts related to writing that we’ve enjoyed:
Writing Excuses: This podcast covers a wide range of writing related themes. This is a weekly podcast brought to you by Brandon Sanderson, Dan Wells and Howard Tayler.
The podcast episodes are available in mp3 format for downloading and can also be playing online via Writing Excuses website.
Grammar Girl - Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing: The title says it all. Brought to you by Mignon Fogarty, this is a regularly updated podcast that can only be played online.
I Should Be Writing: Focusing on fiction based writing topics; Mur Lafferty provides new podcast episodes about once a week. Podcast episodes are available for download, online streaming and via iTunes.
Mur also has recorded a popular podiobook called Playing for Keeps, which is available for free download.
Writers on Writing: Brought to you by Barbara DeMarco-Barrett and Marrie Stone, this weekly show is actually a radio program that is later released as a podcast. You can download the podcast via their website, listen to them live at kuci.org or even listen to it on your radio if you happen to live in Orange County, CA, at 88.9.

WRITING FICTION; BE THE AUTHOR YOU DREAM.

here is a lot to be said about "breaking the mold", although it is not a common phrase among writers it implies the same thing, that is Do Something Different. How many times have you heard writers talk about "writers block" or maybe you have even experienced it yourself. It is common and it is real and if you haven't been afflicted, you likely will.
So ... what can you do?  Well lot of things. Most experts will tell you to simply walk away from your work for a while, and this normally means overnight at a minimum, sometimes an extended "vacation" from your work is needed. The reason that the overnight break is so important is that your brain has a chance to rejuvenate itself overnight, the same way muscles do. Any athlete knows that muscle builds when it is at rest, it appears that so too does the brain.
But just like athletes that have learned that other forms of exercise of different muscles can still keep them moving ahead while resting other muscles, the same is true for writers. In writers case, moving away from a current piece and moving, at least temporarily to another piece gives that part of the brain a rest while it fires up another side.

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Paths To A Progressive Achievement

           According to dictionary achievement is define as a thing that somebody have done successfully

Especially using their own efforts, or the act of achieving something.

There some paths that leads to a progressive achievement in life in which everybody who wants to

Succeed must have and they are as follows:

1.     COURAGE: for you to succeed in life you need to be courageous

2.     DETERMINATION: determination is another path to leads to progressive achievement; you must be determining to succeed.

3.     FOCUS: focus means being determine to get where you are going no matter what is on your way to hinder you from getting there.

4.     PESEVERANCE: you must persevere to achieve your goals in life; you will not give up easily.

5.     DILLIGENCE: as bible have said it says thou a man diligent in his business, he shall stand before kings he shall not stand before mean men. so you need to be diligent in whatever you are doing to succeed.

Overcoming Fear

  Fear is an unpleasant feeling of anxiety or apprehension cause by the presence or anticipation of danger, fear is also a false experience appearing real, it could come in form of frightening thoughts or unsettled mind.

Fear is the opposite of faith or courage. most times it come as a result of ignorance of God’s power, lack of constant fellowship with God and listening to negative stories from others’ experiences.

Any Christian who desires to serve God must not allow fear of any kind to occupy his heart; no wonder bible admonishes us to fear not”

Secret of success

Success according to oxford dictionary is defines as the fact that you have achieved something that you want an have been trying to do or get.
one adage say you cannot become what you ought to be until you become born again that is to say that success comes from God and therefore there should be absolute obedience to his word

THE SECRETS INCLUDE

DILIGENCE: for you to succeed in whatever you are doing you must be diligence
HARDWORKING: hardworking is another secret of success, you must be hardworking to get wherever you going to or where you wants be in life.
DETERMINATION: you must be determine, that is you must know what you want and pursue it.
DISCIPLINE: this is the way you conduct yourself why pursuing your goal

ENEMY OF SUCCESS  

LAZINESS
PROSPONEMENT
PROSCRASTINATION

Key To success

People who believe in fate are living in fear and not on the principles of faith. A child of God do not cast his or her destiny on luck. Subjecting your success to the game of chance is subverting your great potentials to excel in life. Success is more often than not the product of hard work. A youth who is living a purposeful life will not indulge in sinful pleasures. Never place your destiny on luck. Live by faith with full assurance that you are destined to make it. Living to excel in life demands that you live a life of purpose. You need to discover what you living for and what drives you. No christian boy or girl can really perform excellently if he or she is not hungry for success. Your maximum potentials will emerge when you discover the key to success. To excel you need the strength of mind and thoroughness in all you do.

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15 Reason To Start Your Own Business in 2015

Hello   Friends
I’m sure it has crossed your mind a million times and you are probably waiting for the perfect time to start your own business. There’s no perfect time to start, just go ahead and start it. I sincerely hope that this is the year you take action and start that business idea you’ve always had. The entrepreneurship road isn’t easy, there are lots of setbacks and disappointments along the way but it is and can be a very rewarding and fulfilling experience. So today I want to give you 15 extra pushes (or reasons) from my own personal experience why you need to start your own business in 2015:

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Five ways to give your writing career a fresh start

Whether it's the New Year, the new school year, or simply a new you, there are times when writers tend to start over or re-focus on their writing careers. Here are five ways to give your freelance writing career a fresh start.

1.  Clean Out Bookmarks, RSS, or Other Blog Feeds

As a freelance writer who works virtually, your blog and writing friends are your virtual water cooler. Make sure the blogs you visit regularly are nurturing you. Do you get actionable steps? Do you find valuable freelance writing jobs? Are you active in the genre? Consider adding one or two new blog feeds, perhaps in a genre you'd like to explore, or maybe the blog of a editor or publisher, as opposed to writer's blogs. The new perspective is very helpful!

2.  Polish Off Your Reading List

I'm not sure I "believe in but I do know that unread piles of books, magazines and papers sitting around my office make me nervous. And anxious. A fresh start entails catching up on your reading list. Magazines like Writer and Poets & Writer are excellent selections to read monthly for fresh ideas and new instruction, but they don't do you any good if they pile up and cause anxiety. Stay caught up! It feels so much better.

3.  Polish Up Your Resume

Update your resume so that it's ready to send off when you see that juicy copy writing gig. Add not only freelance writing jobs that you've recently completed, but also style systems that you've mastered, books that you've reviewed, or new skills that you've learned.

4.  Pare Down Your Pitch List

Many writers have some kind of list or way that they track ideas they'd like to pitch to magazines or newspapers. What would happen if you pared down that list? What would happen if you concentrated solely on your very best ideas? How might that improve your career?

5.  Catch Up All Recording Activities

Whenever a writer asks me how to set rates, I insist that they know about how many hours a project takes them. If you haven't already done it, set up a simple spreadsheet in which you record project and hours. Of course, all writers should also have a record of expenses out versus revenue in. Catch up all of these recording activities so that your new start is as fresh as can be!

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University of the People does not charge students to take classes, does not charge for any reading and other study materials, and does not charge for annual enrollment. In order to remain sustainable, UoPeople charges small processing fees for application and examination processing. However, for those individuals who are unable to pay these nominal processing fees, UoPeople has a variety of scholarship funds designed to meet the unique needs of its students.

How To Make Money Online Selling Photos, Illustrustrations and Videos.

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Four Steps To Become More Creative

Creativity is the name of the game. Without it, writing fiction would be very difficult...okay, impossible. So how does one keep the creative juices flowing? Here is my four-step program to help you stay creative:

1. Stay busy - For most people this is not a difficult step to follow. Everyone in this day and age is busy, but I'm not talking about your writing life in this instance. I'm talking about your life outside of writing. Find things that take your mind as far away from writing as you can.
2. Reflect - When you're not busy either writing or living, take the time to sit quietly and reflect on your day. Go over the smallest details. As you reflect, pay attention to your breathing and get to the point where you're actively taking in and letting out breaths slowly. If this sounds like meditation, you're right. Some people don't think they have time to meditate, so I like reframe it as breathing. If you don't have time to breathe, then you're in trouble.

Simple Guide to Backup And Restore in Windows

It is important to backup your data regularly so you do not lose it. In this Articule we look at the Backup & Restore tool included with Windows. This tool is very powerful but we will look at the most basic features.
 o begin a backup open the Start menu. Begin typing ‘Backup’ and you should see the Backup and Restore tool appear:

Click ‘Backup and Restore’.
You will see the Backup window.

We want to set up a backup, so click ‘Set up backup’.
The tool will ask you where to store your backup. It will show you a list of your drives and recommend one to choose save it on. If you have an external drive attached (for example via a USB cable) then this is a very good choice: this way your data is in a separate physical location from your computer.
Choose which drive to save your files on.
Now Windows will ask you what you want to back up. If you want to do this easily you can select “Let Windows Choose”: in this case it will save all your document data automatically. If you choose this then you are done!
If you want to choose for yourself you can select that option. It will then present you with a list of data you might want to save, for example:

Select the folders you want to backup and press ‘Next’.
Finally Windows will ask you to confirm you are satisfied with your backup settings. Check you selected the right drive and the right data to backup and then press ‘Save settings and run backup’.

Now if you wish you can set the backup to run automatically at certain times. Choose the appropriate times and press ‘OK’.

While the backup is running it’s important you don’t switch off your computer, to make sure that the backup completes successfully.
Restoring a backup
To Restore your files first open the Backup and Restore tool as before.
Click ‘Restore my files’ and choose the folders of data you wish to restore.
Next you select the location to restore the files to.
Finally press ‘Restore’ and the files will be returned. Simple!

Preventing corruption

R. Klitgaard^[18] postulates that corruption will occur if the corrupt gain is greater than the penalty multiplied by the likelihood of being caught and prosecuted:
Corrupt gain > Penalty × Likelihood of being caught and prosecuted
The degree of corruption will then be a function of the degree of monopoly and discretion in deciding who should get how much on the one hand and the degree to which this activity is accountable and transparent on the other hand. Still, these equations (which should be understood in a qualitative rather than a quantitative manner) seem to be lacking one aspect: a high degree of monopoly and discretion accompanied by a low degree of transparency does not automatically lead to corruption without any moral weakness or insufficient integrity. Also, low penalties in combination with a low probability of being caught will only lead to corruption if people tend to neglect ethics and moral commitment. The original Klitgaard equation has therefore been amended by C. Stephan^[19] into:

scales of corruption

Here are the scales of corruption According to Wikipedia.

Corruption can occur on different scales. There is corruption that occurs as small favors between a small number of people (petty corruption), corruption that affects the government on a large scale (grand corruption), and corruption that is so prevalent that it is part of the every day structure of society, including corruption as one of the symptoms of organized crime (systemic corruption)

Petty corruption

Petty corruption occurs at a smaller scale and within established social frameworks and governing norms. Examples include the exchange of small improper gifts or use of personal connections to obtain favours. This form of corruption is particularly common in developing countries and where public servants are significantly underpaid.

How to Self Publish with Google eBooks

Google has finally announced officially its Google Books for the Android Marketplace. This comes 2 months after its venture started into eBooks, and the Google eBookstore.  With over three million titles available, Google is now set to be able to rival bookstore giant Amazon and to take on Apple and the iPhone.
To make its new venture even more appealing to everyone, Google ebooks and Google eBookstores will operate with all eBook formats.
All this makes the Google eBookstore another great market for self-publishers to distribute and sell their ebooks through.
How will a self publisher be able to jump on publishing with Google eBooks while it is hot?  First, you will need to create an account with Google (if you don’t already have one) and sign up with Google Books.  Once you have done this, and agreed to terms to allow your books to be listed, you will be allowed to join eBookstore and become a Google Books Partner.