This article on the 10 (no, 11… yes, 11) tips for aspiring authors is not composed from the catbird seat point of view of the article host or database manager. It is rather by and from the perspective of an author who remembers the early misgivings. It is composed particularly for the starting article author. I have composed and presented hundreds of writings for publication to numerous of article servers and information managers and still finds article writing my nemesis.

1. Needs vs Wants:
Compositions and Web blogs are necessary in present day system of search engine indexing. Not what the newbie wants to hear. Just remember what the Holy Book states, “there has nothing over taken you that is not common to man”. That’s right! Many of us detest article and blog writing at times, and some of us dread the journey to pen and paper (or keyboard as the case may be) all the time. Many Internet marketer would call them “a unavoidable evil” as they are not broadly speaking anyone’s best liked house keeping tasks.

2. Just Start, It Gets Easier:
First it is often tough to get a thought or idea and to get started. We know writers who literally get sick thinking about the process. Lighten up. There are a lot to write about, name it: alternative medicine, cancer diseases, true religion, life insurance, playing online poker, cheap insurance. Others may think of even more unusual topics such as penis enlargement and cheap viagra. Once an author has a starting point and gets passed the first thoughts, blogging and article usually goes fairly smoothly.

The great thing is that you get started. Select a subject you are familiar with and know something about and just start. You will be enjoyably at just how easily ideas flow. Don’t think everybody knows what you know. They do not. Will Rogers once uttered, “all men are ignorant, just on different subjects”. And this is the truth!

3. Good vs Perfection:
Your old English composition professor is not looking over your shoulder. This paper does not have to be perfect. That is not to say it does not have to be on point or to say that it does not have to be correct. At least it does or it should be. But, perfection is not the goal and is, in fact, rarely possible. Too much detail and you run the risk of losing your reader on various levels. Too long and
most readers simply don’t have the time or interest to wade through the material irrespective of how important it is.

4. Blog Length vs Length of Article:
Most article publishers require a minimum of 600 words per article - some will let you slide with 400 words. Blogs can have a shorter content. Blogs can and maybe should support appropriate pictures and embedded links.

Just don’t over do it. Too gaudy or too slow to load and you have wasted your time, ticked off a potential reader, and probably upset a publisher who can ban you entirely from their service. writings, then again, typically cannot carry these extra touches according to the prerequisites of most publishers.

5. Format:
Prepare your article in American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) format. There are many tools that does this thing. A search for ‘free ASCII editor’ or for ‘free plain text editors’ will provide one with a multitude of free options. WordPress is a popular option. If all else fails Notepad is enough for you to use.

6. Spelling and Grammar:
Run and good spell checker and grammar checker once you have written your article. Microsoft Word has a built-in tool for this. Just don’t use the MS Word copy for composing of your article. Rather use its corrections to make any essential corrections to your copy in plain text. The MS Word copy will work for blogs although other editors are desired.

Like the good old days when you were pushed by teachers, you will findarticle writing and blog authoring skills become easier with time and practice.

7. Publish and Announce:
Once your blog is ready you may want to use some automatic tools to publish and announce it. First do a search for Blog hosts and select those suited to your needs. Register in one or more and publish your blog there. Then search for blog announcers and RSS announcers and use them to get your blog noticed.

Now that you have that out of the way find an article wizard that will post your articles to free web publishers. You can post them one at a time by hand if you are really bored and have absolutely nothing else in life to do. Using an automatic poster you can publish to hundreds of servers in an hour or so. The only way to go.

8. Forbearance:
Now, have some forbearance. Here is where you lose control. Many of those who host writings are timely and your compositions will be reviewed within 1 to 2 days. But, many others will be days and weeks down the road therefore never date an article - a sure way to get rejected.

9. Rejection - “sorry your article has been declined”:
Be prepared for most directories to reject your compositions. Do not take it personally. It usually has little to do with you or your article.

Some databases instantly reject compositions for spelling errors when there are none or where there is more than way to spell a word. And, just as in any other endeavor some hosts are simply too slow-moving and get so far behind, the easiest and fastest thing to do (and perhaps the only alternative) is to reject the whole article. You will know who does this over time.

There are also people who review your compositions through the sausage grinder and if they find certain words, irrespective of how they are used, your article are instantly junked. These are the people who can’t even publish the Bile because it contains words that offend them or their readers. Don’t worry about these folks who are so heavenly minded they are of no earthly use.

Remember, just as in everything else in life, for every rule there is an exception.

10. Keep the faith Believe, and keep cranking out compositions:
Since most authors, especially newbies, prepare only one copy of an article against the advice of most seasoned authors it is important that the newbie keep his chin up - keep the faith. That will be easier as more and more of your writings are accepted and published taking visitors to your website while making those all significant back links.

It is not necessary that every host to accept every submission. After one or two hosts publish your article on any given subject, the search engines tend to penalize additional postings of the same article. This is close to spamming and while it could help someone find you, it probably won’t. It is not necessarily, the more the merrier. The additional listings will not increment your page rankings or links reported by the search engines. It is more significant to get your article published by hosts with the highest Google PageRank possible.

Now, one Incentive Hint for you: Together with “the rejection slip” will usually come a proposition on how to “fix” your article and a request that you submit it again. Don’t blow your time. While trying comply with one database manager’s request you could have written a new one where you can get more exposure. Enough publishers will pick your article up so move on and save yourself some time and heartburn.

Each person has an idea or thought at least once a day usually at the most inconvenient time. How many of these ideas are lost because you procrastinate? Don’t procrastinate! Go! Compose that thought before disappears.

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