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Have you ever read an article and wondered where the writer came up with the idea? You may think that the pros are assigned most of their stories, but thats rarely the case. Neophytes and seasoned writers alike have to come up with article topics on their own for the most part. So where do you turn when your idea arsenal is running low? The short answer is EVERYWHERE.
1. Hobbies and Groups- What interests you? Are you passionate about gardening? Do you belong to a cooking club? Are you an expert sailor? Whatever your fancy, turn your pursuits into profit. Say you lost 25 pounds attending a belly-dancing class. That class becomes the pitch Dance Your Way to a Slimmer Size. Look for other women who have lost weight through dance. Ballet, jazz, Ive even heard that pole dancing is the latest fitness craze. Put your hobbies to work, and not only will your passion for the subject shine through to the editor, youll love what y
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Some of the usual suspects are at the forefront. James Patterson, who continues to show he has no clue about how his own industry works. Scott Turow, whose tenure as president of the Authors Guild amounted to being a shill for Big Publishing. Douglas Preston, who once supported windowing ebook titles and keeping prices high.
Preston recently said:
"If inom were Jeff Bezos, the one thing I would fear most is if authors organized themselves and took broad, concerted, sustained, and dignified public action."
Konrath replies:
"If I were Jeff Bezos, I would know that legacy authors have no power, because they signed away their rights to their publishers. Patterson, Turow, and Preston couldn't remove their books from Amazon even if they wanted to. But, strangely, inom don't hear any of them demanding it, or even mentioning it."
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