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How to Get Published and Deal with Copyrights, Clients, Co-Writing, and Contracts covers a range of topics for both full-time and part-time writers - from finding publishers and agents and getting published to being successful as a freelancer. It is a continuation of the previously published book: How to Find Publishers and Agents and Get Published.

The following three tales are adapted from stories told by the American Indians. These are three of my favorite coyote stories. They are: "The Story of Coyote, Buffalo, and the Rock", told by the Sioux, a tribe from the Northwest, where they once formed the Great Sioux Nation, in the area that later became the states of North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Minnesota, Montana, and Wyoming.

The three tales in this audiobook are adapted from stories told by the peasants in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. They are drawn from some books I found in shops when I visited the former USSR in 1988 as part of a citizen diplomacy group. I was intrigued by these folktales, since my paternal grandmother lived for some time in Odessa in the Ukraine. Also, I found these stories share a common theme - the poor peasant is able to succeed despite obstacles against an unfair ruler.

Affirmations are very powerful. They help guide you and remind you of what you want to achieve. They give you the confidence to feel you can succeed, so you are more committed to do what you really want to do. They help you stay focused on your goal or goals, which are critical to staying on the path to getting what you want. Affirming Your Success features 53 affirmations, like a card deck with a joker, to help you affirm what you want. Like all affirmations, these are positive statements of what you want for yourself now and what you are doing to get it.

2016 Election Fairy Tales was inspired by watching this crazy election unfold, as the conflict turned into a circus and prize fight. Instead of the usual debate about issues and opinions, the campaign became an arena of high drama, especially for Republicans, as Donald Trump, once considered just a reality show entertainer, captured the anti-establishment vote and became the front runner.

Techniques to have more fun in the workplace for workers everywhere.

Make More Money with Your Product or Service, Part II: Conducting an Online Sales Campaign is about how to make more money from your product or service and the different programs you develop based on them. Part II deals with conducting an online sales campaign.

Make More Money with Your Book is a step-by-step guide to making money from your book and the different programs you develop based on your book. Part I deals with getting started. It covers setting goals, building other income sources from your book, creating products and workbooks, conducting a workshop or seminar, putting on programs for local groups, contacting the local press and building your portfolio, contacting speakers, bureaus, and meeting planners, and publishing in multiple formats and popular platforms.

How to Find Publishers and Agents and Get Published is about how to successfully write, pitch a book, write a query letter, promote a book, and build a platform. Many of these chapters started off as answers to questions from clients or prospective clients of Publishers Agents and Films (www.publishersagentsandfilms.com), a service that connects writers to publishers and agents. Then, I began thinking about all the steps involved, from writing a book to getting published.

Make More Money with Your Book is about how to make more money from your book and the different programs you develop based on your book. It is has the same content as Monetizing Your Book, just a different title. Part III deals with blogging, podcasting, audiobooks, and videos.

Make More Money with Your Book is about how to make more money from your book and the different programs you develop based on your book. This is the same book as Monetizing Your Book under a different title. Part I deals with getting started.

Make More Money with Your Product or Service is about how to make more money from your products, services, and the different programs you develop based on them. Part I deals with getting started. It covers these topics: setting your goals and building other income sources from your product or services; positioning your products or services for success and building your niche.

Make More Money with Your Book is about how to make more money from your book and the different programs you develop based on your book. It is the same book as Monetizing Your Book with a different title. Part two deals with conducting an online sales campaign.

Things to Do When You Are on a Long Trip, Waiting Around, or Just Plain Bored is the perfect antidote. It features a variety of fun and creative things you can do in your imagination or by being more perceptive, speaking, or interacting with others. Activities range from interesting things to think about and imagine, to mind games to enjoy with yourself and others, and more.

With phones ringing off the hook, constantly changing to-do lists, and increasingly complicated schedules, having a good memory has become more important than ever. Drawing on the latest research from cognitive experts and psychologists, 30 Days to a More Powerful Memory provides hands-on, practical strategies and exercises that anyone, young or old, can use to sharpen their memory - fast!

10 Ways to Analyze Your Own Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats describes how you can do your own SWOT analysis, a tool used by organizations and corporations to make decisions on improving the organization and its products and services to increase sales and profits. You can also use a SWOT analysis to improve yourself, your performance, and your work. It features 10 tips on how to do this to become a better you. The goal is to build on your strengths, overcome key weaknesses, take advantage of opportunities, and confront or avoid any threats.

The Logo Book is a fun guide that shows the many ways you can use a logo on your website, blogs, order forms, business cards, flyers, and other media to call attention to your business. Then, it provides an introduction in rhyme to the many types of logos you can create, featuring a variety of logos. After that it illustrates how we do it, using images, vectors, icons, backgrounds, and text to create some sample logos. 

The Top Tips series features commentary, quotes, and techniques on how to successfully overcome any type of challenges you face. It is based on dealing with the emotional reactions that occur. To this end, the first five books in series are about dealing with your anger, overcoming your fear and anxiety, having courage, feeling forgiveness for others and yourself, and experiencing gratitude. Gini Graham Scott, PhD, is a writer, publisher, and film producer who has published more than 200 books.

The Upside Down Day is a story in which everything seems to be topsy turvy for Tommy. He wakes up late, puts on socks that don’t match, wears his shirt inside out, and opens his book upside down. Even the cat looks upside down when it lays on its back. So Tommy is very upset, until his parents try to comfort him with some advice and he has a mysterious visitor in his dreams. 

The Squirrel Who Wanted a Change is a whimsical story about a squirrel who didn’t like getting chased and was curious about the warm cozy houses and how the people who lived there seemed to have so much fun. Though his squirrel friends laugh at him, he tries various ways to get inside and eventually becomes friends with a new boy in town who likes to play games on his computer. In the end, he discovers many new things to do with his new friend.