Month: April 2014

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Author Gives TED Talk on Recovery from Big Success or Big Failures

Elizabeth Gilbert: Success, failure and the drive to keep creating

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This is NOT Elizabeth Gilbert – watch the video

Writer Elizabeth Gilbert was once an “unpublished diner waitress,” devastated by rejection letters. And yet, in the wake of the success of ‘Eat, Pray, Love,’ she found herself identifying strongly with her former self. With beautiful insight, Gilbert reflects on why success can be as disorienting as failure and offers a simple — though hard — way to carry on, regardless of outcomes.

The author of ‘Eat, Pray, Love,’ Elizabeth Gilbert has thought long and hard about some big topics. Her fascinations: genius, creativity and how we get in our own way when it comes to both.

Watch her TED talk video here.

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Sourcing topic details – Use Silk.co to find information about topics

Silk.co is a free database where people create accounts on narrow subjects.

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Where do I find details about a topic I am writing about?

For instance, one person created a database with information on the 1551 known volcanoes in the world, with pictures, from other public databases.

So, it is easier to find a dedicated source for a topic, rather than a google search which may place the Silk.co account many levels deep on the search list.

Try it when you need some details or statistics about a topic.

https://www.silk.co/

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Need for Ghostwriters and website content writers is increasing

Freelancer.com issued a list of the top 5 freelancing jobs for this year, and one growth area is ghostwriters, copywriters & content writers for websites.  So, if you need some income while writing that big novel, check them out.

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Writer in action…

“Also hot in the first quarter of this year were jobs to support content marketing, or advertising by attracting potential consumers with interesting information related to a particular topic. Ghostwriting jobs surged almost 42 percent and copywriting jobs jumped 18 percent, the report said.”

Here is the article:

http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/233053?newsletter=true