6. Chat Rooms Find article ideas in chat rooms by looking to see what questions are being asked and by asking what information other chatters are interested in.

7. Best Seller Lists Research what topics of best selling books are. Most likely, if there are people buying books on those topics, there are those that will be interested in reading articles on them.

http://www.amazon.com/ http://www.barnesandnoble.com/ http://half.ebay.com/products/books/index.cfm http://www.booksense.com/bestsellers/index.jsp http://www.nytimes.com/pages/books/bestseller/ http://www.usatoday.com/life/books op-50.htm

8. Visitor/Subscriber Questions If you have a website or ezine, you probably have a goldmine of article ideas. Pay attention to questions your visitors and subscribers ask you. There might be an article hidden in those questions somewhere.

9. News Websites Check some news sites to find out what latest happenings are. Then you can research hot topics and write articles on them.

http://www.internetnews.com/ http://www.internet.com/ http://news.com.com/2001-12-0.html http://www.internetnewsbureau.com/ http://www.internetworld.com/ http://www.newslinx.com

10. Article Writing Services If you have tried all of above methods and you haven’t been able to come up with anything, there is always option of having somebody else write your article for you. These can get pretty expensive, though, so research thoroughly before selecting a person or service.

http://www.dawnriversbaker.com http://www.ezineaction.com/other.html http://www.toupin.com/serv_writing.asp http://www.writingdoctor.com/ http://www.drnunley.com/copywriting.htm http://www.writemix.ca/WritingServices.htm

I hope that this list has given you a good head start on finding new ideas for your articles. Good luck!

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Authors too should not be put into a box that says only thing they can write and call inspirational is full of Bible quotes and kisses that are barely implied and only at end of book when that is not story God gave them to write. There is honing and learning industry. There is also staying true to what your heart is telling you to write.

That’s why in July 2003, I began working on a website called The Inspirational Reader. The idea being that problem was not what authors liked to write or what readers liked to read but that two had no really good way of finding each other. Before this site, best a reader could do was to read a few lines in a potential purchase, buy it, and hope their idea of inspiration was same as authors’.

Unfortunately more than one reader was disappointed, and more than one author was told that they fell short of being able to be called a Christian because their book didn’t line up with reader’s idea of what a Christian book should be. How sad for both of them.

With introduction of The Inspirational Reader, however, a reader can go to site, choose exact types of books he or she likes to read and a list of books that fit that criteria is returned. The reader can then view extensive information about that book including Reviews and an Excerpt as well as full availability information. The goal is that authors can use talent they were given to tell stories God gave them to tell without having to squeeze those stories into some box that will fit a perceived mass market because niche market they want to write for can now find them.

So now all stories can be told—the sweet, not-so-sweet; ultra-Christian and just good common sense ones. There is truly an author for every reader’s taste. They all have a place in God’s Kingdom, and they should all have a place in inspirational book industry. Now they do.