
Realize that if you have time to whine and complain about something, then you have the time to do something about it.
— Anthony D'Angelo
In a recent blog called…
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Posted by Ernie Zelinski on October 10, 2008 at 2:30am —
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Posted by Rick Frishman on October 7, 2008 at 6:30pm —
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The following experience happened to me last weekend in Vancouver:
Just before noon, I was trying to decide whether to go for a bike ride or a run for my daily one-hour plus exercise routine. I decided on a run since I have been biking every day lately and hadn't run for about two weeks. I wante…
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Posted by Ernie Zelinski on October 3, 2008 at 9:00pm —
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It took some revision, and more revision, and yet even more revision unt…
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Posted by Aidana WillowRaven on September 29, 2008 at 12:43am —
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Have you ever had one of those projects that took you a long time to…
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Posted by Aidana WillowRaven on September 29, 2008 at 12:42am —
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Questions and Answers
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Doing interviews with the media can make or break your career!
You need practice. This is in the news more than ever! Just look at people named Barack, John, Joe, and in particular Sarah.
See how they do on their interviews with people like Katie (and others)
You tell me- are they hitting home runs- or are they taking themselves out of the playoffs? (Had to put that in- I am watching my team the METS right now)
You gotta be prepared…
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Posted by Rick Frishman on September 28, 2008 at 6:00pm —
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An Entrepreneurial Author is prepared to write their book in a manner that provides benefits to both their readers and to themselves. Their book is a tool for earning profit and entrepreneurial authors recognize this and enjoy the benefits of the profit their book brings. For some entrepreneurial authors, publishing a book will make them more money with their current 9 to 5 job, by way of possible promotions, outside opportunities or newfound credibility.
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Posted by David Hancock on September 23, 2008 at 11:37am —
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It may come as a surpise to some people that we all have our doubts and our fears about our pro…
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Posted by Ernie Zelinski on September 13, 2008 at 9:30pm —
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The Entrepreneurial Author knows that the journey is the goal.
They also realize that they are in control of their work, not the other way around, and that if they are dissatisfied with their journey, they are missing the point of the journey itself.
Unlike old-fashioned authors, who often took huge sacrifices for the sake of the goal, Entrepreneurial authors place the goal of a pleasant journey ahead of the mere notion of sacrifices.
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Posted by David Hancock on August 27, 2008 at 8:30am —
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An Entrepreneurial Author takes advantage of all of the publicity and recognition that their book gives them in their local market and beyond.
An Entrepreneurial Author also uses their book, or the fact that they have been accepted by a publisher, to gain all of the publicity and recognition they can.
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Posted by David Hancock on August 20, 2008 at 4:27pm —
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Last Saturday as I was walking down Whyte Avenue in my home town toward one of my favorite coffee places, where I work on my laptop, I found a roll of five twenty-dollar bills.
There was no one around where the roll of bills were laying on the sidewalk between two do…
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Posted by Ernie Zelinski on August 19, 2008 at 6:59pm —
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The following are ten things agents and editors hate.
They hate when:
#1: Writers claim no competition exists.
Competitive or comparable books usually exist. Rarely does a book have no competition.
#2: Writers claim their books will be the next blockbuster. Although it's essential for authors to be enthusiastic about their books, it's equally important that they be realistic.
#3: Writers say how much others liked their books.
Agents and editors simply don't care what others think about a bo…
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Posted by David Hancock on August 18, 2008 at 3:15pm —
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-“Expectations lead to disappointment, so expect nothing and you will never be disappointed!” An officer in the Air Force shared this wisdom with me in my early years of service. This seemed like good advice at the time and I honestly tried to apply it. The difficulty, at least for me, was that I did have high standards of the world around me and I felt that leaving expectations on the back burner was lowering my own standards in life.
For example, I expected to be treated with equality and res…
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Posted by Rebecca Evans on August 15, 2008 at 11:34pm —
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I received this e-mail the other day from Nicola in Australia (she did not want me to post her last name or e-mail):
Thanks Ernie for your great book…
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Posted by Ernie Zelinski on August 15, 2008 at 6:47pm —
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The saga continues, and it's getting kind of funny, actually. Now the WSJ reports what I've been saying all along: that Barnes & Noble is not expected to bid for Borders, citing in part "the tight lending markets that likely would make it difficult to arrange bank financing" and high-lease prices on some of Borders' stores. It was the Journal touting BN's head fake in May that "it had assembled a team of senior executives and advisers to study the possibility of acquiring Borders" that gave…
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Posted by David Hancock on August 15, 2008 at 12:04pm —
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An Entrepreneurial Author understands that they can gain new speaking engagements and other opportunities to get in front of their target audience. “Now introducing Rick Frishman, author of the bestselling book, Where’s Your Wow,” is a familiar sounding announcement when Rick goes on stage. Having a book title follow your name is a powerful credibility tool.
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Posted by David Hancock on August 14, 2008 at 9:55am —
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The Best Things Ever Said about Spelling, Grammar, and Punctuation

To help you along as a writer, here are the best things ever said about spelling, grammar, and punctuation so the three are kept in proper perspectiv…
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Posted by Ernie Zelinski on August 6, 2008 at 7:55pm —
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Mark Victor Hansen is the MC
2 day event
This will be an intimate event that is closed at 100 people
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Posted by Rick Frishman on August 6, 2008 at 1:58pm —
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An Entrepreneurial Author understands that a book is a powerful lead generation tool that can help grow their customer and prospect databases—customers, or prospects who may go on to become life-long customers. They see their book as one of the tools for the top of their marketing funnel.
An Entrepreneurial Author understands that a book, with full bookstore distribution, can give them access to markets that they otherwise would not have had access to. They know that a book can open up new mark…
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Posted by David Hancock on August 5, 2008 at 1:43pm —
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Graphic design is based on objective goals, not subjective opinions like "I like red!" The design of your Books, ads, brochures, newsletters, proposals, and web site should be determined by the image you want to communicate.
Guerrilla Entrepreneurs take an active role in working with graphic designers, commercial printers and web site designers by describing, in detail, the image they want to project. Guerrilla Entrepreneurs can define the image they want to communicate, whether it's "classic"…
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Posted by David Hancock on July 28, 2008 at 5:04pm —
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