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Imagine a place where granite monoliths rise out of the ground in fantastical shapes...where otherworldly Joshua trees grow as dense forests...where secluded palm oases beckon weary desert travelers...where the ruins of old ranches and gold mines stand as monuments to men’s Herculean efforts and shattered dreams...where bare rugged mountains loom over vast sand dunes...where the Milky Way glitters at night like no man-made light show ever could. The place is real: It’s called Joshua Tree National Park. Located in Southern California, Joshua Tree is an increasingly popular destination ...

Imagine a place where dunes of white sand rise taller than a house and seemingly forever into the horizon, where a trail’s route shifts every day as wind remolds the terrain, where more than 800 animal species call an inhospitable desert home, where you can walk the shores of an ancient lake that mammoths and saber-toothed cats once drank from. The place is real: It’s called White Sands National Park. But with the park’s incredible size of nearly 228 square miles, how can you ensure that you see its main sights when vacationing or driving through? That’s what Best Sights to See at ...

Imagine a place where a mountain rises 10,000 feet above your trail, where you can hike lush desert oases amid a foreboding desert landscape, where you can explore verdant canyons with waterfalls, where rare bighorn sheep stare down upon you as clinging to sheer cliffs, where you can traipse past the homes of movie stars and by ancient Native American ruins. The place is real: It’s called Palm Springs and the Coachella Valley. With the valley and surrounding mountains covering hundreds of square miles, how can you ensure that you experience its many natural wonders? That’s what "Day ...

THE ONLY GUIDE TO SAGUARO NATIONAL PARK'S TOP SIGHTS! Imagine a place where you can hike amid saguaro cactus forests or see glorious sunrises and sunsets...where you can explore centuries-old petroglyph sites and abandoned desert mines at which fortunes were made and lost...where you can traipse amid a desert alive with colorful wildflower blooms or spot hardy desert wildlife ranging from coyotes to roadrunners. The place is real: It's called Saguaro National Park. But with the park's incredible size of nearly 145 square miles, how can you ensure that you see its main sights when ...

Read any writing tip article or book, and one piece of advice you're sure to see is "Show don't tell." For many new writers - and even established ones - showing rather than telling is downright confusing. Just what does an editor mean when she notes "Show don't tell" on your manuscript? Mastering Show Don't Tell looks at how to identify and fix all the places where telling - or exposition - rears up in your writing: backstory; info dumps; backfill; vague descriptions; irrelevant character details; emotional states; motivational tells; narration; summarizing; poorly written dialogue; and ...

One of the biggest mistakes aspiring authors make is denying that they're following a process when writing a short story or a novel. These writers often say they write “from the seat of their pants.” Yet, every story goes through five basic steps if they finish and publish their story. Understanding those five basic steps can help authors identify why they're having trouble writing a story. Maybe their story idea isn't very good. Possibly they haven't thought through the story enough. Maybe they're not revising it efficiently. Following a Writing Process for Fiction takes you through ...

When writers come up with a great story idea but don’t know how to develop it, usually the problem is one of plotting. Understanding story structure – i.e. plot – would be extremely helpful in developing their story. Devise Your Story's Plot is all about understanding the basic rules for constructing your story. It examines plot’s role in storytelling, the importance of conflict in plotting, and the five traditional elements of a plot. It also looks at some common plot pitfalls. The structural guidelines outlined in the book work for any genre, whether you’re writing a serious ...

The first page of your story is the most important page. Those opening lines draw readers into your story, hook them on it, make them want to read on, and even allow them to put up with a scene they later find dull. Many readers won’t give you more than the first page to engage them in the story. Given this, you must get your first 250 words or so of your story absolutely right. There’s no place for a misstep or a throwaway line. That’s what Write Your Story’s First Page is about – getting it right. Write Your Story’s First Page looks at the 11 must-have components of those ...

THE ONLY HIKING GUIDEBOOK DEDICATED TO OUR NATION'S NEWEST NATIONAL PARK! Imagine a place where you can stroll magnificent Lake Michigan beaches and scramble over towering sand dunes, where you can explore mysterious marshes filled with carnivorous plants and amble about peaceful oak savannas, where you can roam among migrating birds on their stopover and traipse about historic turn-of-the-century homesteads. The place is real: It’s called Indiana Dunes National Park. With the park stretching more than two-dozen miles from end to end and the large crowds, though, how can you ensure that ...

Most potential readers of your ebook will first encounter it online as an image – the book’s cover. If that thumbnail doesn’t cause viewers to take a closer look at the accompanying text descriptions of your book, you are farther away from making a sale. How do you create an ebook cover? Design Your Ebook Cover answers that question. Using easy to understand and short explanations, it describes what software/apps you need, moves on to the cover’s various elements, and finally looks at uploading it to a print on demand company like Kindle Direct Publishing. ROB BIGNELL is the author ...

Writer’s block is real...and you've got it. There are many reasons people get it – their mind is preoccupied, the environment they’re writing in isn’t conducive to creating, the idea they’ve come up with isn’t particularly good, a lack of imagination or skill to develop the story, coming to the laptop with no idea to write about, and many more. Overcoming Writer's Block helps you understand the cause of your writer’s block then goes into detail on strategies for overcoming each one. Part of the Storytelling 101 Quick Read series, Overcoming Writer’s Block answers all of your...

If you're like most authors, the idea of formatting your paperback is frightening. You’ve heard that you can do it yourself, but you may need software programs with which you’re unfamiliar. You'll have to learn how to use such software, but you want to be a writer not a designer. Of course, you could hire someone else to do the formatting. This will get expensive, however, and may not always yield the results you want, delaying your book's publication. Whether you spend time or money to master formatting, it’s worth the effort. Simply put, your paperback needs to look good. Readers ...

You've written a book and want to publish it as a paperback. But how do you do that? Maybe you've watched a video about it, but your self-publishing house keeps rejecting what you've created. Or maybe they've accepted it, but its appearance is less than adequate when compared to all of the other books out there. Self-Publish Your Paperback Bundle addresses all of those problems and more. A collection of guidebooks in the popular Storytelling 101 Quick Read series, this bundle includes Format Your Paperback, Design Your Paperback Cover, and Upload Your Paperback to KindleDP. The three titles...

For those new to self-publishing, uploading your paperback often is a complex and frustrating process. Unfamiliar terms are used, questions that you as an author have never thought of answering are asked, and when errors occur there’s no real explanation as to how fix them. And while online “tutorials” are offered, the articles either state the obvious or appear to have been written by software engineers rather than someone who actually understands your plight. Upload Your Paperback to KindleDP corrects all of that. The explanations in this book make the process easy to understand and...

Most potential readers of your paperback will first see its front cover rather than anything written about it. It may be the thumbnail of your book cover that's online or the cover facing forward on a bookstore shelf. If that cover compels them to read the book blurb or opening lines, you are closer to making a sale. How do you create a great cover for your book? Design Your Paperback Cover answers that question. It starts with what software/apps you need to design a cover, moves on to the cover’s various elements, and finally looks at uploading it to a print on demand company like Kindle...

Publishing an ebook with your paperback is a given these days. Today, ebooks make up a sizable share of the book market, as they can be read on smartphones as well as ereaders or tablets. Thousands of books can be stored on those devices or accessed through the cloud, allowing readers to carry a library in their pocket. Why wouldn’t you want to sell your title as an ebook? The best way to construct an ebook is as a unique document rather than running your paperback through meat grinder software. Fortunately, you can construct it right on your laptop without buying expensive software or ...

You need a website if you’re a serious author. A website is the hub where readers can go to find out about your books, a little about you, where to find you on social media, how to contact you, and more. Fortunately, you can construct a website for very little cost right in the comfort of your own home. Build Your Author’s Website explains how, using easy to understand, practical explanations. This book covers such diverse topics as finding a Website Host, deciding what your website will look like, pages needed for your website, share buttons, pictures, your website text’s readability...

Many authors are happy to simply do what they enjoy most, which is write. You also have to promote your published books, though, and a time-honored way of doing so is by making presentations, such as readings and signings, at libraries, bookstores and other businesses that might carry your titles. Nail Your Book Reading and Signing covers just how to do that with easy to understand, practical tips. Topics covered include: potential locations for a book presentation; arranging, preparing and promoting your presentation; creating visuals for the presentation; avoiding stage fright during a ...

Imagine a place where you can hike miles of shoreline along the world’s largest freshwater lake or stand at the base of a 16-story waterfall, where you can retrace the steps of ancient portages or hike trails beside a scenic river popular with American presidents, where the beaches you traipse yield up bear tracks or the woods you cross take you past rare, delicious berries. The place is real: It’s called Douglas County, Wisconsin. This is the only complete guide to Douglas County’s great day hiking trails. With just a single click, you can: • Plan a day of fun family-friendly ...

Passionate and evocative, "Love Letters to Sophie’s Mom" traces a relationship from the first dance of love at a coffee shop to its tragic demise as mental illness overtakes the narrator’s beloved. Inspired by a diverse array of writings, including the verse of Pablo Neruda, Dylan Thomas, and Bob Dylan, the collection’s 34 poems touch upon an array of themes including nature, and Southern California and Northwoods motifs.