Keep Thy Personal Journal Private!

Written by Barbara Carr Phillips


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There are a few ways to do this. I never buy books that have "My Diary," "My Journal" or "My So-Called Life Since You Ruined It" imprinted onrepparttar cover. I think they're too tempting for snoopers.

Once I bought a journal that looked like an encyclopedia onrepparttar 128523 outside. No one in my family paid any attention to it as it sat on my bookshelf, and I used it as a cathartic journal (a type of journal used to express emotion).

Another way to protect your journal from snoops is to buy a book at a garage sale that wouldn't interest anyone in your family, (like, "How to Prepare your 1981 Federal Income Tax Return"). Pick out a book so dry thatrepparttar 128524 garage salers will whisper, "see, people will buy anything at a garage sale," as you walk away. Hollow outrepparttar 128525 cover and put your journal in it.

If that's not secure enough for you, hide it inrepparttar 128526 unsweetened, generic cereal box atrepparttar 128527 back ofrepparttar 128528 pantry. If your family is like mine, they will skip breakfast if unsweetened, generic cereal is all you have left. Trust me, I've done this. I wrote about it for Chicken Soup forrepparttar 128529 Soul Bible. It works.

If you still have doubts about privacy in your household, keep your journal in a locked file drawer, desk drawer or a small safe.

It is very important that you feel your writing is just for you. Otherwise, you are not going to write about how you really feel. You can be insecure and fearful inrepparttar 128530 world, butrepparttar 128531 writing part of you,repparttar 128532 part that you share with your journal, cannot. Write about your fears and how they affect you . . . and tellrepparttar 128533 truth.

Barbara Carr Phillips journals, teaches journaling, writes about journaling, hangs out with journalers and sells cool journaling products at: www.journalworkshops.com.


Do you want to write a Best-seller? (Part 3)

Written by Arthur Zulu


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Translate your work

When your book starts selling,repparttar course of wisdom is to make it available in many languages. J.K. Rowling took advantage of that after she "arrived." Nowrepparttar 128522 first five Harry Potter books have been translated into 61 languages making it possible to be read in 200 countries. How about that?

In translating your book, use languages that serve large populations like Arabic, Chinese, French, and Hindustani. If you could make that happen, thenrepparttar 128523 world is your oyster. You could be listed amongrepparttar 128524 first five richest people inrepparttar 128525 world. These things are practical. They have worked forrepparttar 128526 20 percent who have tried it; butrepparttar 128527 80 percent who know allrepparttar 128528 things on earth that don’t work have continued to live miserable, wasted lives. But “you can do what you want,” says B. Catland. And he added a proviso: “If you don’t think you can’t." So, how deep is your desire? The Wright brothers failed 99 times before flying an airplane. They had deep desire. Yuri Gagarin flew in space. He desired it. Neil Armstrong landed onrepparttar 128529 moon (what a lonely place!) Because of desire. Bill Gates hit fame and fortune with computer. Because that was what he desired. And J.F. Kennedy ran about a dozen times for office before becomingrepparttar 128530 thirty-fifth president ofrepparttar 128531 United States. Because he was ambitious. But desire alone is not enough. Back your desire with positive action. Start writing your best-selling book today! Burn allrepparttar 128532 bridges that stand between you, and your desire. Do not say: “I can’t.” An army general crossedrepparttar 128533 sea with his fleet of soldiers to an enemy territory, and had all his boats burnt. Why? He told his soldiers: “See, all our boats are gone. So, if you don’t fight to win this battle, there is no escape for us, for we shall all be dead men.” The soldiers were inspired. Because there was no going back. Because they had no option than to fight tillrepparttar 128534 very death! They fought hard. They won! William Blake said: “He who knows not his own genius has none.” Thomas Wolfe agrees. Said he: “If a man has talent and cannot use it, he has failed…." And hear Erica Jong: “Everyone has a talent. What is rare isrepparttar 128535 courage to followrepparttar 128536 talent torepparttar 128537 dark place where it leads.” Those are memorable words from men who have a right to know. Men whose names have been immortalized. What about you? You can write a best-seller. Many unknowns have done so: Margaret Mitchel (Gone withrepparttar 128538 Wind), James Jones (From Here to Eternity), Colleen McCullough (The Thorn birds) and Norman Mailer (The Naked andrepparttar 128539 Dead). Why don’t you now go on to write and publish your echo Bible? And then your book will make it torepparttar 128540 best-seller lists ofrepparttar 128541 world’s most prestigious newspapers. And you,repparttar 128542 now celebrated writer, will end up in a popular American TV Talk show, name them: Oprah Wimfrey, Larry King Live, Sean Hannity and many others—the precursor for a cover appearance on Time, or Newsweek, magazine. Or find yourself appending your signature on a million dollar contract document in Hollywood,repparttar 128543 entertainment capital ofrepparttar 128544 world, forrepparttar 128545 movie right of your blockbuster. And just in case you do not know how to spend your millions, I recommend you to buy a yacht and sailrepparttar 128546 Mediterranean. Or jump intorepparttar 128547 next space ship and becomerepparttar 128548 first writer to travel torepparttar 128549 final frontier. Or better still; buy a country home, and write your magnum opus, titled: How I Made My Millions. And live happily ever after. . . .

(Concluded)

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



Arthur Zulu is an editor, author, and book reviewer.


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