Getting a book published by a commercial royalty paying publishing house is a tremendous accomplishment.

You don't have to sell your soul to write a saleable book anymore. Simply write the solution. It's a known fact problem solver books sell well; even better than other non-fiction books.

As part of the essential research you should do before starting to write, it?s a good idea to begin by defining your audience - the people who will read, see or hear the message in your content. Although often taken for granted, this process is crucial to achieving effective writing - and everything related to what you write will flow out of it.

One form of effective communication is the concise question. And, you'll be better able to ask concise questions if you know what kind of information you want, stay focused on one issue at a time, and listen as carefully as you speak.

Most people who write for a living will tell you getting it right takes about 10% actual writing time and 90% research. Knowing what to write before you write it, and to whom, might sound like an obvious place to start, but when you?re under pressure to meet a business writing deadline, the obvious can go out of the window.

Is it getting easier or more difficult for an unpublished writer to get their first book commercially published? We asked nearly 60 literary agents about the outlook for the next generation of authors. Their comments are in quotes.

We live in an information age, an era of mass communication. In this world, some people consume information, while others provide it. It?s a constant and essential cycle. Information is valuable, and those who present it as high quality content will make money doing so. It?s the biggest growth industry in the world.

Find out how body language revealed the true values of business students; learn about the unconscious (and sometimes conscious) signals we give off about our moods and emotions.

In the art of writing there are several areas or levels of expertise. We will go over a few of them and find out where you would like to end up in the world of professional article writing. Will you stay a hobby writer or will you aspire to become an advanced writer and create an income with words?

Why do would-be authors put themselves down? Why do they assume they must be 'dummies', just because they haven't been published - yet? Everyone has to start somewhere, but why should clever, creative people assume they have to go back to kindergarten? Get your books out on the internet and sidestep the harrassing and negative feedback, so-called 'advice' and putdowns.