“So You Want to Write a Book?”
“So You Want to Write a Book?”. O’Reilly Media’s guide for new authors.
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To read: How to writ more clearly
To read: How to writ more clearly think moor clearly and learn complex stuff more easier and stuff. Yeah need that.
How to be more charismatic
How to be more charismatic. “Don’t despair if you haven’t got these qualities because you can learn them. Professor Wiseman estimates charisma is 50% innate and 50% trained.”
How Danny Gregory makes those nifty watercolors
How Danny Gregory makes those nifty watercolors that illustrate The Morning News. “Roz, the color theory teacher, warned against it, but I laid down a blue underpainting!”
How to take the sting out of a sunburn
How to take the sting out of a sunburn. By taking a hot shower?
How to use your cell phone anywhere in the world
How to use your cell phone anywhere in the world. Get a GSM phone, pay through the nose for roaming, or unlock your phone and use local pay-as-you-go SIM cards wherever you are.
A blueprint for the writing process: “Sniff.
A blueprint for the writing process: “Sniff. Explore. Collect. Focus. Select. Order. Draft. Revise.”.
How to become an early riser
How to become an early riser. “The solution was to go to bed when I’m sleepy (and only when I’m sleepy) and get up with an alarm clock at a fixed time (7 days per week).”
Some great tips on grilling
Some great tips on grilling. “And if you think this takes a lot of time and concentration, you’re right. There’s time enough for socializing later. Do you want to grill an excellent steak or not? Okay, then. Concentrate.”
Twelve ways to think differently
Twelve ways to think differently. “Twelve methods that will exercise parts of your brain that rarely get it, and make you more creative and better able to understand the world.”
A guide on how to speak gangsta
A guide on how to speak gangsta. “I give yous props for dat phat ride man” means “I give you thanks for the good ride my friend”. And don’t miss the step-by-step instructions for high fiving someone.
Stephen King’s Everything You Need to Know
Stephen King’s Everything You Need to Know About Writing Successfully - in Ten Minutes.
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