WRITING

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Joelle Steele / Joelle Steele Enterprises

Olympia, Washington, U.S.A.

Doing The Write Thing Since 1974

ARTICLES

by Joelle Steele

The following is a list of links to all the articles on this website, organized by subject matter, along with a brief description of each.

If you're looking for my other resources, they are at my other Web sites. My articles and resources on art and photography are at: www.JoelleSteele.com and my articles and resources for the horticultural industry are at: www.GreenIndustryPubs.com.

. . . . WRITING &  PUBLISHING . . . .

A Dozen Tips for Writers: How to achieve greater success in your writing career pursuits.

Designing and Writing Brochures: Covers the basics of putting a brochure together for yourself or a client.

How to Write A Book Proposal: Covers the introduction (the longest part), author background, outline, sample chapters, and proposal summary.

How to Write A Press Release and Get It Published: Many never see the light of day. Learn how to write and submit press releases correctly.

Is Self-Publishing For You?: Explains the differences between royalty publishers and self-publishing, pros and cons of self-publishing, costs involved in doing it all yourself.

Planning Your Non-Profit Organization's Annual Publication: Explains how to create a schedule that will help keep your organization on track so that your annual roster or guide gets published on time.

Preparing Your Manuscript For Editing: A fairly detailed summary of all the various items, particularly grammatical ones, that you should be attending to before you send your manuscript off to an editor.

Using Newsletters to Promote Your Business: It's a lot of work, but nothing will help you promote stronger client relations than a well-written and produced newsletter.

What Is A Writing Style?: What writing style is and what it means to introduce a style into your writing.

Why Is Editing So Expensive?: Learn what an editor does that drives up the cost of editing and how you can take steps to keep that cost down and still get the best editing job possible.

Working With A Literary Agent: Explains what literary agents do and helps you decide whether you want or need one and how to find one.

. . . . MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES . . . .

Cockroaches - Know Your Enemy!: Learn about cockroaches and how to prevent them from taking over your house or apartment.

Finding The Right Pet Bird For You: Being the caretaker of a caged bird is a big responsibility, and you want to get it right.

Know Your Creative Rights: You have lots of rights and other legal issues to attend to when you enter the creative arena. This article briefly describes and defines first amendment rights, intellectual property, ownership and possession, copyright, public domain, derivative works and plagiarism, defamation (libel and slander), and publishing rights.

Schnyder's Corneal Dystrophy: Learn about this little-known disease that affect people of Swedish Finn ancestry as well as those of other ethnicities.

Swedish Finns: Living Well and Living Longer: Researchers have determined that Swedish Finns use social capital to stay healthier and live longer and productive lives.

Understanding Kinship And The Truth About What Happens When Cousins Marry: Are you second cousins, half-cousins, third cousins twice removed? Which is which? Also, intermarriage in families was once common and resulted in infertility, frequent miscarriage, still births, high infant mortality, deformity, and inherited diseases caused by recessive genes. Read about it in this short article.