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Ernie J. Zelinski's Blog
November 2, 2009
- One of my goals is to have a company sponsor trips and accomodations for me to Hawaii in winter.I know that I am much closer today. Just got back from Las Vegas where I attended Rick Frishman's Author101University 2-day seminar.I went there with the intention of getting someone to sign up with me to share the cost to go to Brendon Burchard's 3-day seminar in March on how to get corporate ...
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November 2, 2009
- One of my goals is to have a company sponsor trips and accomodations for me to Hawaii in winter. I know that I am much closer today. Just got back from Las Vegas where I attended Rick Frishman's Author101University 2-day seminar.I went there with the intention of getting someone to sign up with me to share the cost to go to Brendon Burchard's 3-day seminar in March on how to get corporate ...
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October 21, 2009
- Here are some of my favorite quotes about favorite cites that were not necessarily favorite cities by the respective people to whom the quotes are attributed:The Best Thing Ever Said about Boston I have just returned from Boston. It is the only thing to do if you find yourself there.— Fred AllenThe Best Thing Ever Said about BuffaloIn Buffalo, suicide is redundant.— From an Unknown Chorus ...
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October 19, 2009
- I recently received this e-mail from a company named BookWhirl:As you read the e-mail, pay particular attention to the grammar/spelling and see if you can see any mistakes (besides the most blatant one where "Brian" is used in the Header E-mail address and "Bryan" is used in the body). There are at least three other mistakes.----- Original Message -----From: Brian Villa To: ez ...
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October 8, 2009
- Several months ago I received an e-mail from a guy named Oliver Luke in Vernon B.C. who claimed to be a fan of my books. Oliver said that in the near future he wanted to fly to Edmonton where I live to buy me dinner.I agreed but I didn't think he would actually do this.Unlike the vast majority in society, Oliver kept his word and actually spent money on an airfare to come to Edmonton to buy me ...
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October 4, 2009
- Here is an excerpt from an e-mail that I recently received from a reader of my books. Subject: Just a Question From a Reader To: success101coach (at ) yahoo ( dot ) com Hi, I have read your book, The Joy of Not Working, and perused a few of your websites, and I must say, I enjoy them very much. I do have a question, though. What do you have against fat people? In your book, The Joy of Not ...
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September 3, 2009
- I just received the following e-mail from my friend Greg Gazin. Your book contracts – do you review them yourself or have a lawyer look at them? Thanks.Greg.This was my reply: Greg: No, I have never had a lawyer review my book Agreements. Keep in mind that I have over 101 foreign rights book deals with publishers in 20 different countries for my various books published in English under ...
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August 17, 2009
- I have now had books pubished in 20 languages in 27 different countries:Perhaps I may have a book published in the 21st language in the 28th country.It's amazing the things that happen when you post free e-books on the Internet.I received this e-mail the other day about my free e-book 1001 Best Things Ever Said about Work (and the Workplace) :----- Original Message -----From: abubakr abdullaTo: ...
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August 4, 2009
- Below are some quotations about writing, grammar, and quotations: Quotations are a columnist's bullpen. Stealing someone else's words frequently spares the embarrassment of eating your own. — Peter Anderson A bad review is like baking a cake with all the best ingredients and having someone sit on it.. — Danielle Steel There's no greater bliss in life than when the plumber eventually ...
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July 5, 2009
- Here are some more quotations and sayings about writers and writing:There are three rules of writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.— W. Somerset MaughamThe only reason for being a professional writer is that you can't help it.— Author UnknownHistory will be kind to me for I intend to write it.— Winston ChurhillIt is a mean thief or a successful author that plunders the ...
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June 30, 2009
- Below is an e-mail I just received from the World HRD Congress in India stating that they want to give me the PRIDE OF HR PROFESSION AWARD. ----- Original Message ----- From: Jack Jones To: vip-books (at) telus (dot) net Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 6:33 AM Subject: PRIDE OF HR PROFESSION AWARD; INVITATION TO SPEAK at " WORLD HRD CONGRESS 2010" Dear Ernie Zelinski, A lot has ...
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June 17, 2009
- (Photo Above: Honolulu, Hawaii at Sunset) My recent 5-day trip to New York was a real blast — and profitable at the same time. At Book Expo 2009, I hooked up with several distributors and pretty well decided on which distributor I want to rock with. I intend to go back to New York next year for Book Expo again. At the Author 101 University one-day seminar, held before Expo, there were two ...
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June 15, 2009
- I received the following e-mail the other day inquiring about how I sell foreign rights to my books. ----- Original Message ----- From: FRA To: vip-books (at) telus (dot)net Sent: 2009 5:20 PM Subject: to Ernie Zelinski - about books Dear Ernie, I am a writer too. I wrote 4 books using my name a 1 using a pseudonym.If possible please write 2 or 3 lines about how you sold the foreign rights ...
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June 2, 2009
- I just returned from my first trip to New York where I attended both Rich Frishman's Author 101 University and Book Expo.One of the reasons for my attending Book Expo was to find a new distributor for my self-published books How to Retire Happy, Wild, and Free, Career Success Without a Real Job, and 101 Really Important Things You Already, Know But Keep Forgetting. For the record, I will not ...
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May 16, 2009
- I have finally completed my new E-book called 101 Reasons to Love a Recession: This 108 Page Illustrated E-book (in PDF format) is available as a free download at the following websites:Creative Free E-booksThe Retirement CaféLove-a-Recession.com Here are some other benefits of a recession that are not in the E-book:If you have always wanted to be part of the laptop and cappucino ...
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