http://www.marketinfo.info/articlelive en-us http://www.marketinfo.info/articlelive N/A admin@englishgardens.info Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:50:36 +0100 20 http://www.marketinfo.info/articlelive/articles/83/1/Writing-a-Memoir%3A-Should-You-Do-It%3F With the tremendous success of such memoirs as Frank McCourt's "Angela's Ashes," Mary Karr's "The Liar's Club," and Dave Eggers's "A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius," the 1990s and early 2000s saw an explosion in the genre. The boom was seen in the number of memoirs acquired by publishers, the number of titles shelved in the memoir section in bookstores, and, as a result, the number of memoirs unfolding on writers' computer screens across the country. But the brutal truth is that without a few crucial elements, your memoir will have no chance of finding a literary agent's representation, never mind becoming a bestseller. lisa@beyourowneditor.com (Lisa Silverman) Sat, 26 May 2007 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.marketinfo.info/articlelive/articles/64/1/Authors-Books There was a time when authors' books were accepted as works of integrity, as works that were crafted painstakingly and cleverly and creatively by writers who were dedicated to writing as a calling.  There was a time when authors' books were not challenged for veracity-though they were challenged for other things,  for contents, elements or style, by censors, kings, and the paranoid or jealous.  But now, with the publishing industry as big as the automotive or mechanical industries, the act and process of writing a book open to everyone from entrepreneurs to illiterates, even the best books are subject to stringent scrutiny. vera@ruskinsup.com (Vera Ruskin) Sun, 17 Sep 2006 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.marketinfo.info/articlelive/articles/36/1/Writing-Short-Stories I love to write short stories, and I think that it would make a good pastime for almost everyone. I have been writing short stories since I was about six years old, and I just simply never get bored of it at all. But lately, I have been disturbed by a trend that i have been witnessing. vera@ruskinsup.com (Vera Ruskin) Sun, 06 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.marketinfo.info/articlelive/articles/26/1/Opposite-Attracts-Laughter%21 The secret in comedy writing is association. Let's see how this technique of association generates hilarious result. By association, means by pairing or combining thoughts, images or even words together.... kertoon@yahoo.com (Cheng Guan Kher) Sat, 29 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.marketinfo.info/articlelive/articles/25/1/Similarity-Breeds-Comedy My last piece I talked about associating or pairing up opposites to produce funny ideas. Now we associate SIMILARITY or CONGRUITY; by puting the same or similar objects, person or animals together to engender laughter..... kertoon@yahoo.com (Cheng Guan Kher) Sat, 29 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.marketinfo.info/articlelive/articles/24/1/Let%26%2339%3Bs-Associate-With-Funny-Stuff The two main phrases in comedy writing are: "what if" and "anything goes". They are catalysts for generating funny ideas. "What if" challenges your imagination and "anything goes" takes you beyond your imagination.... kertoon@yahoo.com (Cheng Guan Kher) Sat, 29 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.marketinfo.info/articlelive/articles/21/1/Zen-And-The-Art-Of-Writing Nobody knows, as a writer knows, the panic that can be instilled by the sight of a blank piece of paper.... m@m-web.co.uk (Martyn Davies) Sat, 29 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0100