Free online tool- for creating how-to guide

 This is about a free online tool – Scribe – that can export to PDF.

You can created elegant how-to guides in 1/10 the time it would otherwise take.

How to Create Step-by-Step Guides Users will LOVE!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEdxze71nTU – 9 min.

Scribe – create and share processes fast
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Note: It wants to read and record everything you do while using it, which makes sense. But you wouldn’t want to use this for online banking instructions nor include confidential information.

We bear our own autograph.....

We bear our own autograph in every word we write.. so it is imperative that we examine each word to ensure it represents the essence of who we are and we stand for.

Maintaining a professional online presence

As we observe every day in the news,the power of social media can never be underestimated. Therefore, maintaining a professional online presence is a critical part of a successful career path , whether you be a writer, a teacher, or whatever profession you are in. 1- You never know what is on the Internet these days with your name on it... One way to maintain some scrutiny in this is to set up Google alerts using your name.. You will then get notified anytime your name appears on Google. However, if you have a common name, your alerts will be including these people. 2- Set your privacy settings on Facebook so that no one can tag you without your permission. Review your privacy settings on a regular basis... Do this with other sites that you may be registered with as well. Remember to only post items that provide a good image of yourself. Think before you post! Once it is on the Net, it is there forever. 3- Set up blogs or websites with your name to establish and maintain a professional persona. Remember to keep them up –to-date.

The New Year of 2013

To inspire and motivate ourselves in our writing, particularly in writers' block moments, we can try approaching this New Year by doing something different each day and getting out of our comfort zone. Complacency is indeed the death of creativity.... So try a new approach to New Year's resolutions and check out this site... www.365thingsin365days.com. This is one way of breaking out of the norm of being mediocre. Wishing everyone all the best for 2013. Happy New Year !

self-publishing resource

One certain way of creating career success is to publish a book , ebook or even a manual... Here below is a book to check out for wonderful ideas and resources. Good luck. Book_-Indie Publishing-How to Design &Produce Your Own Book "by Ellen Lapton. 2008.

Focus—An Acronym for Success-- something to motivate you in your writing

F-Forge on despite the obstacles you are facing. Believe that you are the power within yourself and keep on going. Do not give up.

O-Opportunize—look for opportunities in all situations you encounter.

C- Apply courage and go for your targeted, well -researched goals.

U Use your talent to the utmost best of your ability in well- researched targeted areas . Similarly, as in the movie Flash Dance—take your passion and make it happen.

S—Strategize with your mentors, mastermind group and network with a well- formulated plan. Realistically, go through your SWOT s- Strength, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats with your mentors and mastermind group to develop this plan.

Online branding and you

Branding is about identifying your rainbow of talent and applying it with a plethora of passion in your well -researched target areas.

Your online brand should have the WOW factor but this needs to be accompanied by authenticity.

Your brand—your tag line for your online portfolio—has to be a ladle dropper. Like listening to Ted Koppul s great new stories, this tag line—makes you drop your ladle asyou are cooking in the kitchen and run to the TV set.

Book Summit 2011 Publishing event in Toronto

A major upcoming publishing event in Toronto for writers, publishing professionals, editors, librarians, educators, booksellers, literary agents, policy makers, publishing students, publishers, and anyone following book industry trends.
Book Summit 2011

www.booksummit.ca

Advisory panel --Mastermind group for writing goals

How many of us have an advisory panel-- mastermind group-- that you can access for feedback to evaluate your writing goals.

Such persons can guide, motivate and mentor us... But choose wisely-- try to choose people whose strengths are your weaknesses, and come from very diverse backgrounds and writing perspectives.

Goal setting and achievements for your writing

For goal setting and achievement re your writing projects, do a photo collage to inspire and motivate yourself, especially when facing writer s block.

Place it in a prominent position and it will be imprinted on your mind... You will find it quite effective as a visual reminder and energizer, I am sure.

A site for online computer courses

Go to www.linda.com-- for free computer online courses and not so free courses, and other great stuff that can help you in your research for your various writing projects.

It also has a great online course for using Twitter-- a great research and marketing tool that all writers can use...

Happy Hunting on this site. Enjoy!

Other groups and associations for writers

1-WFNS: Organizations for Writers

www.writers.ns.ca/organs.html -


2- Canadian Links of Interest to Writers

A national organization, with strong regional representations in Toronto and ... Canada's national writing association of "Writers Helping Writers"

www3.sympatico.ca/susanio/WWClinks.html -


3- ... The Toronto Branch is one of several Canadian Authors Association (CAA) Branches located across Canada....part of a nation-wide organization.

www.canauthorstoronto.org