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If You Can...
If you can start the day without caffeine,
If you can get going without pep pills,
If you can always be cheerful ignoring aches and pains,
If you can resist complaining and boring people with your troubles,
If you can eat the same food every day and be grateful for it,
If you can understand when your loved ones are too busy to give you any time,
If you can overlook it when those you love take it out on you when, through no fault of yours, something goes wrong.
If you can take criticism and blame without resentment,
If you can ignore a friend's limited education and never correct him,
If you can resist treating a rich friend better than a poor friend,
If you can face the world without lies and deceit,
If you can conquer tension without medical help,
If you can relax without liquor, if you can sleep without the aid of drugs,
If you can say honestly that deep in your heart you have no prejudice against creed, color, religion, or politics. . .
Then, my friend, you are almost as good as your dog!
~Author Unknown
Dedication poem from Apollo's Creed
by Deb Estes
© Copyright 2009,
EJ Thornton
This book is presented in a free format here by the author and publisher. All rights reserved .
Exercise #4:
List Every Book's Name, Author & ISBN That You Sited In Your
Book, That You Referred To or That You Drew From
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Make a List
of Your Author
Experience
Have you written other books?
Have you received much publicity before?
Your author experience is important and you need to remember everything as you create a list. This includes books that you've written, magazines you've been published in, TV Shows you've been interviewed on, book compilations you may have contributed to and books that sited your book.
You don't want to clutter up your bio with these accolades unless they are pertinent to the project you are working on, but you do want these for use in other places.
If the list gets too long, then start to summarize the majority of it, but keep any really important ones listed separately. For example, "Interviewed by Larry King and twelve other television shows."
Exercise #5:
List Every Book, Publication,
Interview or other Publicity
You've Written, Contributed to or been Referenced by
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Last updated on: Thursday, March 11, 2010
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