Jack Heffron, the author of this book, is a freelance writer, editor, actor, and teacher. In this book he has created a resource that will help writers to jump start their writing by developing ideas from the more than 400 prompts.
According to the author writing is an act of hope, courage, joy and celebration. Writing must be approached with a sense of play, of risk and experiment, openness and laughter. You should have fun when writing.
The book is divided into four sections, each geared toward a different stage of writing, offer dozens of unique approaches to unleash your creativity. All the chapters contains prompts that will help you generate ideas for your stories, essays, novels, journal entries, etc.
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Hugh MacLeod has been blogging about marketing, the Internet, and various other topics since 2001 on his blog called Gapingvoid. He is also famous for his cartoons on business cards. He sells limited-edition prints of the drawings. He is also the CEO of Stormhoek USA, which markets South African wine in the States.
In 2004, Hugh published a series of blog posts which was developed into an e-book titled “How to Be Creative.” That e-book has been downloaded more than a million times and is one of the popular books on creativity.
Ignore Everybody and 39 Other Keys to Creativity is the updated, revised and enlarged version of “How to Be Creative” in print form. It contains many of the famous business card cartoons that appeared in his blog. This small book contains Hugh’s opinions and ideas on creativity and success interspersed with apt cartoons.
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This small book (96 pages) by Seth Godin is one of the best books that I have read this year. It has totally changed my approach to work and life. It is a book that teaches when to quit and when to stick.
It was Vance Lombardi who said “Quitters never win and winners never quit.” But according to Godin “Winners quit all the time. They just quit the right stuff at the right time.” Sounds like bad advice; read the book and see how it transforms your attitude to life and about winning and quitting.
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Imagine yourself in a bar. A man approaches you. He doesn’t seem familiar but he knows your past, your job, your hobbies, and your ex-boyfriend’s name. You go for a drink.
This is your first—and last—mistake. You’re the latest victim of the latest killer. A man who can rip away the thin carapace protecting the secrets of your life—before ending it.
This is the setting of Jeffery Deaver’s new computer thriller—The Blue Nowhere. The story is about brilliant hackers and crackers (hackers who are criminals) and how vulnerable we are when are online. In this Internet age, with every household connected to the Internet, no one is safe. Computer criminals can hack into the computers and steal data, erase or manipulate records, transfer funds from your account, and do more damage than most people can imagine.
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