Joelle Steele Enterprises

Olympia, Washington

United States of America

ARTICLES

Writing and Publishing

by Joelle Steele

The following articles provide more information about writing and publishing as well as some other topics. I add new articles periodically, so you might want to bookmark this page for future reference.

You can find more of my articles at my other Web sites:

www.designeristics.com (design consulting)

www.EsotericaPublications.com (astrology and new age)

www.FelineInsights.com (cat care)

www.Graphorensics.com (handwriting analysis/facial features analysis)

www.HorticaPublications.com (horticulture/landscape)

www.JoelleSteele.com (art and illustration)

www.postalpeddler.com (vintage postcards and stamps)

www.SwedishFinn.com (ancestry and genealogy)

www.Photorestorics.com (digital photo restoration)

WRITING AND 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.

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.

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.

Tips for Writing Poetry: Some things to know and remember about constructing poems and writing and editing them.

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.