Most of us are familiar with the Chicken Soup series of books. Each book contains 101 short stories and poems written by dozens of people. The stories are sometimes poignant and touching, while others make us laugh. Each story or poem contains a bit of wisdom or insight designed to inspire or teach the reader.
If you haven’t thought about writing stories for Chicken Soup, you might want to take a good look. We all have stories to share about our lives, animals, holiday experiences and other life moments. The ever-expanding Chicken Soup series offers a wide variety of topics you can explore. It’s a chance to share some of what you’ve learned.
Here’s what you might not know. If your article is accepted for inclusion in one of the Chicken Soup for the Soul books, you will be paid $200.00 when the book is published. You also get ten free copies of the book your story appears in.
Be sure you sign up for the newsletter. Every few days, Chicken Soup sends you a short article. As you read them, you’ll get a feel for the type of story and style the publishers are looking for.
You have nothing to lose by getting acquainted with Chicken Soup. Go here to learn more and find out what books are currently being assembled.
Here’s a very helpful article on how to successfully submit your articles for the Chicken Soup for the Soul series of books.
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Saturday, March 30, 2013
Friday, March 22, 2013
Get Your Free Copy of Our Newest Book
We’re offering our newest book, "Opportunities: How to Find Them and What to Do With Them," for free on Saturday, March 23.
We all miss opportunities, either because we don’t see them or because we don’t know what to do if we do spot them. This book is designed to help you learn to find existing opportunities, create new ones, or take advantage of those that seem to pop up out the blue.
What do you do when you’ve found an opportunity that interests you? There’s guidance in the book to help you develop your opportunity, overcome problems, and learn what you need to know to succeed. It’s full of examples of real-life people who found their niche in life.
My own experience has taught me that unrecognized opportunities appear almost every day in everyone’s life. It’s time for me to pass on the things I’ve learned from literally hundreds of people who unselfishly shared their experiences and insights with me.
I sincerely hope you take advantage of the opportunity to own this book for free. I am confident that you will find something of value in it.
And if you happen to miss this book giveaway, it’s available for the next free months for Amazon Prime members. Go here to get your own copy.
We all miss opportunities, either because we don’t see them or because we don’t know what to do if we do spot them. This book is designed to help you learn to find existing opportunities, create new ones, or take advantage of those that seem to pop up out the blue.
What do you do when you’ve found an opportunity that interests you? There’s guidance in the book to help you develop your opportunity, overcome problems, and learn what you need to know to succeed. It’s full of examples of real-life people who found their niche in life.
My own experience has taught me that unrecognized opportunities appear almost every day in everyone’s life. It’s time for me to pass on the things I’ve learned from literally hundreds of people who unselfishly shared their experiences and insights with me.
I sincerely hope you take advantage of the opportunity to own this book for free. I am confident that you will find something of value in it.
And if you happen to miss this book giveaway, it’s available for the next free months for Amazon Prime members. Go here to get your own copy.
Friday, March 15, 2013
Our Newest Book is Now on Amazon
Our latest book, "OPPORTUNITIES: How to Find Them and What to Do With Them" is now live for your Kindle at Amazon.com. It’s full of suggestions and examples to help guide readers in uncovering new opportunities in all areas of their lives. Find out how to create opportunities by solving problems. Discover how you can take advantage of being in the right place at the right time or exploiting a special circumstance. Learn what to do with your opportunity once you’ve found it. Is it right for you? How do you develop your opportunity once you’ve found it? You’ll find helpful advice and examples throughout this book, along with questions you can ask yourself to help you take advantage of opportunities all around you.
If you’re ever missed an opportunity, or if you’d like to find more of them, you will love this book. It may well change your life.
It’s available exclusively for Amazon’s Kindle. Amazon Prime users can borrow it for free for a limited time. You can find it here.
If you’re ever missed an opportunity, or if you’d like to find more of them, you will love this book. It may well change your life.
It’s available exclusively for Amazon’s Kindle. Amazon Prime users can borrow it for free for a limited time. You can find it here.
Friday, March 8, 2013
We May Be Late But We’re Getting There
A few weeks ago, we boldly announced that our new book would be available at the end of February. Of course it didn’t happen. I’m not sure if the problem is the deadline or the fact that the final draft took longer than expected when I found I had a lot more to say about finding and taking advantage of opportunities. The final draft is complete now, and Opportunities will be available this weekend at both Barnes & Noble and Amazon for $1.99.
Our next projects are completion of our second volume of "Knit and Crochet for You," which is only awaiting completion of the model for the final project. We’re also working on the biographical book "30 Remarkable Women You’ve Probably Never Heard Of." The biggest problem I’ve had so far is choosing only 30 wonderful women out of the literally hundreds I’ve come to admire.
D. C. Cullen told me the other day that she’s working on a new e-book for us. She didn’t share many details with me, but I understand that it’s a fictional story with a different take on the life and career of Jesus of Nazareth. D. C. tends to think outside the box when it comes to religious topics so I’m looking forward to seeing her first draft. She hasn’t given me a date yet, but I think it will be sometime this spring.
I hope you are all having a great week. Take care of yourselves.
Our next projects are completion of our second volume of "Knit and Crochet for You," which is only awaiting completion of the model for the final project. We’re also working on the biographical book "30 Remarkable Women You’ve Probably Never Heard Of." The biggest problem I’ve had so far is choosing only 30 wonderful women out of the literally hundreds I’ve come to admire.
D. C. Cullen told me the other day that she’s working on a new e-book for us. She didn’t share many details with me, but I understand that it’s a fictional story with a different take on the life and career of Jesus of Nazareth. D. C. tends to think outside the box when it comes to religious topics so I’m looking forward to seeing her first draft. She hasn’t given me a date yet, but I think it will be sometime this spring.
I hope you are all having a great week. Take care of yourselves.
Saturday, March 2, 2013
Does Independent Publishing Really Have a Future?
Smashwords founder Mark Coker published an article in the Huffington Post about his vision for the future of indie ebook publishing. The article is titled "Why eBook Retailers Are Embracing Self-Published Authors," and if you haven’t read it yet, you should, especially if you’re wondering whether you have a future in your own publishing efforts.
In his article, Mark lays out his reasons for believing the ebook publishing industry will only continue to grow. He cites the ease of publishing, the increasing quality of ebooks being produced, and low prices as major factors in the growth of the industry. And unlike brick and mortar stores, an ebook retailer can host literally millions of books, making room for both new and veteran authors to sell their creations.
In my opinion, anyone one who is serious about writing and selling ebooks, or wondering whether there is a real future for their own publishing efforts, should read this great article. In fact, on those days when you might be discouraged, it’s a great morale builder.
Mark’s article, along with links to other useful resources, is here
In his article, Mark lays out his reasons for believing the ebook publishing industry will only continue to grow. He cites the ease of publishing, the increasing quality of ebooks being produced, and low prices as major factors in the growth of the industry. And unlike brick and mortar stores, an ebook retailer can host literally millions of books, making room for both new and veteran authors to sell their creations.
In my opinion, anyone one who is serious about writing and selling ebooks, or wondering whether there is a real future for their own publishing efforts, should read this great article. In fact, on those days when you might be discouraged, it’s a great morale builder.
Mark’s article, along with links to other useful resources, is here
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