But do not just promote your book. HYPE IT! That is what they all do. Let them know that your book is greatest thing to happen in world in this millennium. Tell them that your work will make writers like Tom Clancy, John Grisham, Tom Wolfe, Salman Rushdie, and J.K. Rowling look like Lilliputians. You won't be docked for perjury.

The fact is that people will believe anything as much as they hear it often. Ask advertisers. And then on date of your book's release, readers will queue up before book stores to behold Brobdingnagian of English literature.

Time your book's release

It is better to tie in your book's release to an event. The last quarter of year (Sept. ---Dec.) is best time to do so. The reason is that at this time, booksellers stock their stores for expected mass yuletide sales while friends use this period to buy books and give their friends. J.K. Rowling chose to release her Harry Potter and Order of Phoenix in midnight of June 21, 2004. There could have been no better time than that witching hour. And before children in an English spelling class could spell best-seller book has sold over 5 million copies making it fastest and biggest selling book in world! Even if Rowling topples her record in next series, why not publish your best-seller and overturn record.

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Excerpted from How to Write a Best-seller by Arthur Zulu Arthur Zulu is an editor, book reviewer, and author of Chasing Shadows!, How to Write a Best-seller, A Letter to Noah, and many other works. For his works and FREE help for writers, goto: http://controversialwriter.tripod.com Mailto: controversialwriter@yahoo.com Web search: Arthur Zulu

Poor flow destroys writing in general. Many writers would benefit from creating an outline and rearranging their writing based on it. Writing that does not follow logical flow is completely doomed. Many article authors seem to simply write in same order as thoughts occur in and then call job complete. Meanwhile, writing is a complete mess and a potentially great article remains nothing more than amateur fodder.

This mistake can be avoided by printing out work, reading it over, and labeling main theme for each sentence. In “poor opening” example, introductory sentence belonged later on in article—perhaps conclusion. Reading article draft aloud is a professional technique for discovering sentence structure errors.

Number Four: Poor Conclusion

It is poor form to label your conclusion as such in an article. There is no need to type word “Conclusion” or state “In conclusion”. A conclusion should not be a summary of what was already written. It must include fresh writing, illustrate main point of article, and bring article to a logical closing. Moreover, it can’t leave reader with sense of incompletion. An ideal conclusion will drive point home and give reader satisfaction of having read article. The closing of article must be communicated well or reader will come away unsatisfied—even if article was great up until that point.

Writing great articles takes practice and adhering to some basic principles. To eliminate poorly written articles, share them with your friends and family. Write down their questions and comments as they read your article. With newfound information in hand, proceed to rewrite your work. Never be afraid to delete and rearrange—every writer must do this. In end, your readers will thank you by continuing to read your improved work.

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Jason A. Martin has been conducting business on the Internet for 11 years. He is a freelance writer on many topics and is currently working on obtaining a degree in Journalism and Law.