As writers we often find ourselves covering familiar territory for different projects. And with a determination to never plagiarize even our work, there’s nothing wrong with creating new content in long form from previous shorts. To combine multiple short articles into a longer article, you can follow these […]
The Church Committee was an investigation conducted by the United States Congress in the 1970s that looked into various intelligence activities of the US government. During the Cold War, the investigation resulted from growing concerns about civil liberties abuses and constitutional violations by intelligence agencies, especially the Central […]
MKUltra was a clandestine program run by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in the 1950s and 1960s that aimed to develop mind control techniques through the use of drugs, hypnosis, and other forms of psychological manipulation. The program was officially launched in 1953 under the direction of CIA […]
Are you writing a book? Great, but do you know the difference between publishing options? Good publishers are like a good family. Bad ones are just a money drain. So don’t subject your best efforts to failure before getting traction. My first book efforts could have been better, […]
Ghostwriting is a unique and incredible journey for any writer with some game. If you don’t write, you can’t play, but many ghostwriters find they have the chops to handle projects they would never have attempted on their own. So, confession one is that I’ve accepted writing jobs […]
There are plenty of lawyer-trial books on Kindle, but because the master, John Grisham is so talented, books by new authors struggle to compete. Miranda Writes isn’t Gail Ward Olmsted’s first novel, and the protagonist isn’t heading to court since she lost her spot as an Assistant District […]
According to headlines, it’s easier to find a job today in 2022 than in previous years, but It’s still walking a tightrope to put food on the table with freelance writing gigs. Or, more appropriately, a desert with few watering spots. Finding writing work is never easy. Today’s […]
If there’s anything we’ve learned since newspaper photos of Bugsy Siegel’s bullet-riddled body were splashed across newspapers and magazines in the 1940s it is that the Mob is tough on crime. Well, more precisely, they are tough on anyone who commits a crime against them, especially theft. Nothing […]
If you’ve been trapped in a cave for 25 years, you may have never heard of the Amazon Kindle reader that revolutionized online and downloaded reading sources. And you might not know that authors can upload their books and sell them via Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) as paperbacks […]
When I picked up Dancing on Sloane Street I had visions of Girl, Interrupted. Perhaps because the author, English Golightly, is a former fashion model who says “Everything I write is true to life,” while also saying “Sophisticated Ignorance is my specialty,” so you’ve got to be flexible […]
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