Many writers would prefer to hole up in their little garrets and write and write and write. They’d be happy to never talk to anyone again and live quietly alone with their writing.

Unfortunately in this picture, the writer starves to death.

The reality is that if you’re smart, you will develop good relationships with editors. You will behave professionally, and never burn bridges. Writing assignments can build on one another. If you make editors happy with your clean, error-free prose that comes in on time, you will be unusual. In a world full of flakey freelancers, being competent makes you memorable.

Editors talk to other editors. If your work is good, other people in the publishing industry may notice or hear about your writing. The publishing business is often chaotic. Magazines and publishing companies get bought and sold all the time. It may seem like you’re dealing with a big intimidating corporate behemoth, but even in the largest company, remember that writing assignments always come from people. Editors who like you may suddenly move to new publishing company. Odds are, they will tell their new colleagues about the “great writer” they worked with at their last place.

You want to be that “great writer!”

Remember that magazine editors are like everyone else. While waiting in line at the deli or espresso hut, they talk shop. It’s really not unusual to get a referral because one editor talks to another editor at a different publication that happens to work in the same building or the same industry. Good news travels, and the result can be money in your pocket.

So get in the habit of keeping an up-to-date, organized contact list of every editor you write to or talk with. Check in periodically. Always take notes about when you called and what you discussed. It sounds elementary, and if you’re shy (as many writers are), you’ll need to overcome your discomfort enough to talk with the people who pay you.

While you are thinking about who you know, think about all those other writers you know as well. Good writers are often busy writers. Let all your writing buddies know that you’ll take overflow work. Also tell them your specialties. Find out if you have skills they don’t.

For example, the world of technical writing can involve many different software and writing skills. By working together everyone wins. For example, suppose you have experience using Quark XPress, which is somewhat unusual in the tech-writing world. If you work with another company that specializes in doing documentation in FrameMaker, they can outsource any projects that require Quark skills to you. They get to keep their client happy and you get some work. Best of all, after you become rich and famous, you can return the favor.

Remember that what goes around comes around. In the good karma category, as a writer, you provide information, so you may end up helping people you don’t even know. This good will may come back to you later in the form of paying work.

Susan Daffron is the President of Logical Expressions, Inc. (http://www.logicalexpressions.com) and is the author of more than 70 national magazine articles, 200 newspaper articles, two books, and online training courses. With hundreds of online articles to her credit, she regularly publishes ezines on computer tips (Logical Tips), pet care (Pet Tails), and other topics.

You have completed a draft of an article, but it seems flat
and lifeless, even to you. It needs to have the spark that
ignites that all important emotional connection to your
readers but you are at a loss as to how to spruce it up.

Breathing life into a nonfiction article is tough Especially
if it doesn’t include a character or an emotional story
line.

If you have written the article from your own personal
experience, perhaps you have already included emotionally
charged language. Then all you need to do is ask, “Does the
article have enough emotionally charged language to touch my
readers, to pull them in, to keep them reading, to move them
to action or possibly a conclusion?”

Why would you even want to add emotion to a nonfiction
article? Adding emotion to your writing, any type of
writing, fuels the reader’s attention, helps them connect
with the action. It gives the reader an experience.
Experience is why people go to the movies or watch TV. More
importantly, it keeps them reading.

What does emotionally charged mean exactly? Emotionally
charged means using language that stirs the reader in some
form. When and how frequently emotions need to occur depends
on your article’s subject, tone, and angle. Yes, even tone
matters in a nonfiction article. Is it to be terse,
confident, or are you talking as an expert? Maybe it’s a
learning tone? From a previous student now teacher. An
informing tone, usually overused in nonfiction, turns off
readers if used consistently, like in a column, or multiple
articles, on your web site, or in a newsletter.

Step 1: Find the Emotion

Begin by defining what main emotion you want the reader to
feel or to understand. Were you peeved about something and
it set off the writing of an article? Maybe you see a wrong
and want to set the record straight, or to convey a
different truth, one from your perspective. Is it compassion
oriented or spiritually based? Maybe you want to convey an
inspirational or motivating tone. Is it love that you want
to convey? Love for a topic. Love for a hobby or something
you’re passionate about. Your love, someone else’s, the
world’s, how much love do you want to send out?

You can limit the number of emotions according to the word
count. Here’s a common calculation: <600 one emotion. <1200
two. >1800 three or four.

You can choose the emotion you want before the first draft.
Yet, many writers, including this writer, prefer to add
emotion during the second draft or first edit.

Close your eyes and feel your own inner self on your topic.
Find the emotion, the tone, give it one or two words, and
then write it in the article’s margin for easy access. If
it’s a personal experience, think back to that time,
reconnect with that emotion. Did you feel numb, affection,
anguish, excitement, shame, guilt, remorse, violent? How
about confused?

One of the many reasons I love writing marketing articles is
because I see so much misinformation on the topic and it
riles my feathers. When this occurs, I write from this
emotion and that language naturally flows into the article.
Since this isn’t the emotion I want to convey to my readers,
I rewrite a second draft in the emotion that I truly want to
convey. Usually, from a more loving and patient perspective.

What did you hear, smell, touch, see or even taste during
the experience? If you personally didn’t experience what you
are writing about, do you know someone who did? Ask them to
share their emotions with you. Put words to those feelings.
The taste language doesn’t necessarily have to be food
related either. Your lips could be dry. You’re tongue can
taste like you just liked a stamp. Relate the taste to
something that the readers can understand because they have
experienced it as well. We’ve all licked a stamp sometime in
our life and remember the icky dull bad breath feeling it
left on our tongue. My face is curling up just thinking
about that taste.

Another way to find the emotion is to relate the article,
topic, to music. Does it remind you of a fox trot, waltz,
rock and roll, jazz, R&B, what? It could even remind you of
a particular song. Can you access the song, or remember the
lyrics? Musically lyrics are great places to find emotional
words and language.

Step 2: Connecting

Close your eyes, sit quietly with the article. Sense
yourself reading the article in your mind. No, not the
identical words but the idea, the vision, the thoughts. If
that’s a challenge, read the article out loud, very softly,
as if reading it to an angel. Even notice where you take
breaths. These are places where new paragraphs begin, commas
or periods needs to occur. If you run out of breath, maybe
the sentence needs dividing, eliminated, or even combined.

You can even tape record your reading. Listen with your eyes
closed. This is also a great way to hear the flat places in
the article. Identify the emotion from what you hear.
Record all the emotional words you hear or feel in the
margins. Every word is right, so don’t miss any. Place all
judgment in a shoe box for now.

Step 3: Adding In The Emotion

Review your words. Brainstorm with a thesaurus, synonym
finder, or dictionary. Online resources you can use:
http://thesaurus.reference.com/, or
http://www.acronymfinder.com/, http://m-w.com/netdict.htm.
Continue your list in the margins. Now its time, before the
editing process to add in the emotion. If the first draft is
very dry, this is a good time to realize that it’s not
uncommon for writers to rewrite the article completely
because the emotion conveyed was too far off at the
beginning. If this is the case, consider the first draft a
brain dump, a warm up session. And now you’re ready to roll.
Your hot, the feelings are sizzling.

Step 4: Editing

Usually, editing is to help clarity and tighten. Caution
though, it is easy to remove the emotionally charged
elements that you painstakingly added. Sometimes, when using
an outside editor, someone that doesn’t hold the same
emotions as you, they remove the emotions. And sometimes
too, there are too many emotions. There is a delicate
balance. However, many editors walk this tightrope carefully
and with honor.

Most writing needs energy and emotion that conveys the
story, the information, so as not to put the reader to
sleep. Or even worse, stop them from reading. And your
passion is what needs conveyed from you to them. Watch the
magic when you read someone else’s material that conveys
emotions. See how they use the words.

When I’m in the flow, I feel the emotion pushing the pen as
fast it can across the paper. I know, through experience,
when this is occurring and I’m writing so fast, I have a
tendency to leave words out. I use to stop at the end of
every paragraph and reread and add them. Don’t, let the flow
occur. Trust that whatever is needed will again be there for
you to filling in any missing blanks. Let the magic come
through. Your readers desire it.

Special Note: An accompanying list of emotionally-charged
words is available in the Abundance Center’s Forms Section.

Catherine Franz, business and writing coach, resides in
Virginia and is a syndicated columnist, radio producer and
host of the “Let’s Talk Marketing” show, International
speaker, and author. Ezines and other articles:
http://www.abundancecenter.com
http://www.LetsTalkMarketingShow.com

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People nowadays are flocking over a new kind of path for their career. A lot have been joining the industry of financial services as a para planner. A para planner is basically an entry-level job as a financial planner. Most financial planners interact with clients to talk about their financial standing and the goals they want for their business. The information gathered through out the interaction is then recorded on a daily basis into a software. This software will then display the potential ways to achieve the client’s financial ambitions and goals. Actually, it’s easier said than done. To be able to do this, you need background on things such as life insurances and superannuation. That’s when RG146 comes in.
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Having an education is becoming so important as time progresses and we move forward. Since technology is advancing like crazy, we can now do many things over a long distance without having to physically be there. This is great for educational purposes. There are classes that are taught at colleges through the use of a camera and television screen, the class will watch the lecture from a distance. Now you can get an education from anywhere in the world. Online education is great. If you sign up with a school that offers this option you can have a lot more freedom compared to the old style of college. This does require a whole lot more personal discipline because things have to get done on your own time. If you can manage your own time then you can exercise, take care of your health and keep your body weight in good ranges. It can help if you make a spot in your home where you specifically study your online courses without any distractions whatsoever. If you really wanted too, you could get your degree in a real hurry with the help of Online Education. Things just seem to get easier and easier as we become more technologically advanced. With things becoming easier there has to be more self- discipline in place and everything will turn out the way it should.

If I suggested that we take the morning off together to go bungee jumping, how
many takers would I get? Probably a fair few, although it’s no longer all that trendy.
How about skydiving? It could happen. And it’s so much more graceful than
bungee jumping.

How about getting up and giving a totally off-the-cuff presentation on the
topic of your choice to 500 people?

No takers? Nobody? I’ll bargain you down to a hundred people. Okay, fifty.
Twenty-five? Family members?

Still nobody?

The crazy thing is, I love it. I love public speaking, especially off-the-cuff. I
loved it from my first college competition when I was eighteen. I’ve been teaching it
whenever I’ve had the chance for ten years. And unlike many skilled public
speakers, I’m not a naturally outgoing person. Years of experience as a speaker and
therapist got me to my current understanding. I’m hoping to save you a few steps.
I’ve already done it the hard way.

The gold paint has long since flaked off my old college trophies. My job now is
to help you take home gold, the kind that shows up on your paycheck. I’m a
business communication consultant, as well as a therapist. It’s my job to help
people learn to communicate better.

Because public speaking isn’t just speeches. It’s any occasion on which you
need other people to understand what you’re trying to get across. That can include
phone calls, meetings, running into someone you want to know at Starbucks, and
sales presentations. It’s your choice of words, your choice of tone, your posture,
your facial expression, your use of humor. It’s understanding the difference
between your public and private selves and using both to your advantage.

Start watching those around you. Who are the good communicators, and who
are the poor communicators? What makes one good? How could the other
improve? Where do you fall?

What civic or professional groups do you belong to? Offer to speak on your
topic of expertise. Or on any topic useful to your organization. Even if your field is
database management and you find yourself speaking to a knitting group on
Elizabethan-era stockings, you’ve still made a connection, established yourself as
an important person in that community, and given yourself an “in” to find out what
businesses and organizations your audience members belong to, and arrange more
speaking engagements.

What has been going on in your life? Did your cat just get spayed? Find an
animal rescue shelter and offer to speak at a fundraising event on spaying and
neutering from an owner’s perspective. Did your youngest child just leave for
college? Speak to a parenting support group on college funding, or dealing with
“empty-nest” syndrome.

Any time you’re speaking to a person or group about your profession, it’s
public speaking. And it doesn’t have to be terrifying. In fact, it can be a big thrill.
Take it from someone who’s been doing this verbal bungee jump for years.

Aimee N. Daramus, M.A., L.P.C., has a masters in psychology from the Adler School
of Psychology in Chicago, IL. She has been teaching public speaking for nearly ten
years. She is a member of the Junior League of Chicago and secretary of the
Chicago Adlerian Society. She can be reached at adaramus@mac.com. For more
about public speaking as a business tool, visit:

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Naveen Jain’s success story is a work in progress halfway around the world, starting from his childhood in India and culminating with him creating Intelius and InfoSpace in the United States. Uttar Pradesh Naveen Jain grew up in this huge Indian state amidst rampant poverty. With a civil engineer for a father, Naveen Jain managed to get a degree in engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology in 1979. In 1982, Naveen Jain finished his MBA at the XLRI Jamshedpur School of Management. That same year, he flew to the United States on the strength of a business exchange grant. At first, Naveen Jain tried to strike his fortune in New Jersey. However, his calling proved to be in Silicon Valley as in 1989, Bill Gates’ Microsoft hired Naveen Jain. He steadily climbed up the corporate ladder to reach the position of senior executive, until his resignation in 1996. In his own words, he “got tired of making billions for Bill.” He owns the patent rights for Windows 95 and Windows NT. Eventually, Naveen Jain decided to employ himself by supplying AOL and Lycos, among others, with horoscopes, stock quotes, and other content. That business, called InfoSpace, went public in 1998 and grew more exponentially than it should have. For this, Forbes recognized Naveen Jain among America’s richest in 2000. Finally, Naveen Jain was ready to move on. In 2002, he relinquished InfoSpace and put up the award-winning info-commerce company called Intelius. Located just across the street from InfoSpace’s headquarters, Intellius sold background information about people. Today, Naveen Jain lives with wife Anu and their three children in Bellevue, Washington. It is a long way from India here, but Naveen remembers his roots well, donating to CRY India and the Indian American Education Foundation whenever he can. In the same way, he has contributed prodigiously to American institutions such as the University of Washington, Rotary Club, and United Way. Sources: http://www.chatbus.com/naveen_jain_news.html http://ecommerce.hostip.info/pages/641/Jain-Naveen.html http://www.naveenjain.us/naveen_jain_news.html

An extended research carried out to figure out the causes behind school dropouts shows that many individuals look at algebra as the culprit. It is well said, that just the knowledge of the instructor is not alone adequate to spring up interest in the subject area for the students. It’s the technique; the field of study is explained to its recipient which gives a lot for developing interest in the subject area matters.

What is it?

In short, algebra is a arm of math that deal with letters in place of numbers in order to work out equations; therefore, algebraic equations can be viewed as a scale. Algebra includes real numbers, complex numbers , matrices and vectors.

The Different Fields

Generally, algebra spreads across many domains of mathematics. Some that are worth mentioning are Multiplying exponents, dividing exponents , Solving radical equations, Finding Greatest common factor or GCM, Multiplying, Adding, Subtracting fractions and many more.

If the above mentioned areas are already putting butterflies in your stomach, I hope that the definitions to follow will ease your anxiety and give real perception in to the subject matter.

Exponents is a notion that indicates multiplication of identical factors. Fractions on the other hand are used for expressing numbers that are parts of a whole. Many such similar areas in algebra may sound dreading at first, but once you comprehend the simple concept behind it, you will be delighted by its purpose. To put down a few more items – Mixed numbers, Quadratic formula, Graphing linear inequalities, solving compound in equalities, Factoring binomials, and Factoring polynomials; are all algebraic expressions.

Although you may find it confounding to understand mixed numbers, but it will really interest you to note that they are none other than a type of fractions. Similarly, graphing linear equalities may be self explanatory and there are many other similar algebraic expressions that may sound complex but are extremely interesting to work with.

How to Find a Tutor

If you want to quench your thirst for algebraic knowledge further and you do not have any private instructors there is nothing to worry about. Because There are online lessons too. These lessons emphasize the practical ways rather than the technicalities, presenting stable techniques. Algebraic helper packages can assist you in the step-by-step process of understanding and working through math problems in a systematic, step by step manner while offering good examples and explanations for all steps involved.

If you’re at a loss for things to do this year I can only suggest you pick up some airline tickets to Chicago and book a vacation in the city. There’s so much going on with events taking place every month of the year that your only problem will be choosing what to do first. From gardening demonstrations to theater tours and live music festivals there really is something for everyone to enjoy, young or old. It’s worth getting hold of an events calendar so you can pick out the best of what’s on offer, but until then I have a few ideas to get you started.

Beginning in May here’s one great family day out you’ll not want to miss if you’ve got children – the Kids and Kites festival at Montrose Harbor . The Mayor’s office of Special Events provide free kite making kits for children so they can design their own flying machines and then be shown how to use them by professionals. It’s fantastic way to get children out into the open air and learn some new skills along the way. Whether or not you have children you might also like to pay a visit to the Metronome Festival at Milwaukee Avenue. The event takes place in June, and as well as performances by over thirty original bands there are stalls featuring arts and crafts, jewelry, and an array of environmentally friendly products for sale. Boat lovers won’t want to miss the 52nd Annual Venetian Night which takes place in July. This spectacle of light and color on Lake Michigan is likely to be extremely popular, so you’ll have to get there early to secure a place.

I hope I’ve given you a good taster of what’s to come in Chicago this year with events to enjoy for the whole family. Why not book some cheap hotel rooms and spend a week or long weekend in the city? You’ll find plenty of outdoor entertainment, and the fresh air will do you the world of good.