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Thursday, 22 August 2013

Review: Companies, Snakes and Ladders: Success in the Arab Corporate Jungle Mamdooh Al-Radadi

'Companies, Snakes and Ladders: Success in the Arab Corporate Jungle' is the latest book from business service expert, consultant and author Mamdooh Al-Radadi. The latest book provides a comprehensive guide to people new to the world of work and hoping to climb up the corporate ladder. The book explains how to draw up a plan to enable success from the beginning months of your career and into the years ahead.

 Mamdooh speaks from his own experience in the corporate world, and enables the reader to successfully develop a plan to start building their own career. Networking and marketing can be tough sea to navigate but ‘Companies, Snakes and Ladders” offers valuable advice on how to work through these difficulties and gives the reader a solid way forward. It sets out everything the reader needs to make a success of their career and is packed full of tips and advice that can make your co-operate career a long and successful one. With social media and the Internet playing an increasing role in people’s everyday lives, there is some important advice on how to deal with customers online and how important “netiquette” can be the your business.

 Whether you are new to the corporate world, or have worked in a business for some time, you will find valuable insights in this book from an expert on the subject. By applying the advice detailed in this book, the reader can help create a successful career path for themselves and find tips and advice that are not readily available anywhere else. This book is insightful, concise and detailed and will enable readers to move on in their careers with confidence.

While 'Companies, Snakes and Ladders” is great for the beginner, it also offers firm guidance for those already in business, and all from an expert who can write from his own experience. 'Companies, Snakes and Ladders” also puts the emphasis on quality and gives advice on how to brand yourself. The book provides clear career guidance that will help the reader navigate their way through the career maze and find something that they can excel at. By following the advice in this book, business success –whether as an employer or employee – can be yours.

Tuesday, 23 July 2013

The Real Book of the Dead

Grief is an extremely dark time in a person’s life and most people will have experienced grief at some point in their lives; they will often have questions that will have gone unanswered. “The Real Book of the Dead” aims to answer some of those questions, and aims to help the reader see life and death in a different way.


Warning: Before purchasing “The Real Book of the Dead”, readers need to be aware that the book contains some graphic details that they might find uncomfortable to read, so it won’t be suitable for everyone. The book details accounts of the final moments of peoples’ lives including murders, suicides, drug overdoses etc. and while some of the accounts detailed in the book might be unsettling for some readers, some accounts might also be of comfort to many others.

 “The Real Book of the Dead” is the new book by Psychic Medium Colette Sinclaire. The stories included in this book are all from real people and it shares their life and death stories; this book has been written to give an insight about the afterlife and also gives an insight into life and death. The book is based on five years of interviewing spirits and has been written to offer proof that life does indeed go on after death; in a recent interview, Colette Sinclaire stated that she didn’t write the book, the spirits did.


 The Real Book of the Dead is currently available on Amazon by going to: http://www.amazon.com/The-Real-Book-Dead-ebook/dp/B00DPOFI9Q/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1374517921&sr=8-1&keywords=the+real+book+of+the+dead

The book can also be brought in paperback format by visiting http://www.lulu.com/shop/collette-sinclaire/the-real-book-of-the-dead/ebook/product-21104633.html;jsessionid=7EC8B16398506AC69329CA73322E9883

 To find out more about Colette Sinclaire, to ask questions, visit Colette Sinclaire’s website at: http://www.collettesinclaire.com/index.php

Wednesday, 8 May 2013

My first book

It has taken me forever, but now I finally have a copy of my debut novel in my hand. It still needs some formatting before it can go up for sale, and then I am going to have to wait and see where my book writing journey takes me.

The novel is called Then he left me and will be available via Createspace and Amazon to begin with. The book will be available in both paperback as a Kindle download.

Other the coming months, I am going to have to learn an awful lot about book promotion, but I am willing to learn and will share everything on here.

If anyone reading this has any tips on book promotion that they would like to share then please feel free to contact me on jane.fazackarley@gmail.com

Monday, 15 April 2013

Writing for Yahoo! Voices

This article was previously published on Expertscolumn under the username jane789


Recently I have been taking another look at Yahoo! Voices. While I love writing for Expertsolumn, I also think it is wise to right for a number of sites as it all helps to grow your profile as a writer and can lead to several steams of income instead of just one.

At one time, Yahoo! Voices used to only be available to residents in the US but a few years ago they established a UK site. I’ve had a few problems with logging in and setting up a profile so I have not been active on the UK site as yet, but once I have this problem resolved, I am looking forward to contributing.

From what I have seen of Yahoo! Voices, I like it so far. Like other sites, they allow you to write along most subjects but they warn against rehashing content from other sources and encourage original content, which is a good thing.

You could write on anything from sports to music. Yahoo! Voices also allows the publishing of short stories and poetry so you contributors can share their creative work on the site too.  Yahoo! Voices offers two types of payments; you can earn from upfront payments or you can earn from page views.

The guidelines for having your work accepted are quite strict and work is reviewed before being accepted and published. I like the stricter guidelines as it ensures the quality of the site stays high and doesn’t allow people to take shortcuts, which can only be a good thing.

Another thing I like about the site is the low pay out level. The site has a low pay out level of just £1.50 for contributors in the UK.  Payments are made via PayPal, so if you do not have a PayPal account you will have to set one up before you can become eligible for payments.

Thursday, 11 April 2013

If I Had Known


If I had known then I would have been there for you, I would have held you to the end. I would have sung songs of sweet surrender until your soul was free again.

I would have made your days more sunny, I would have talked you through the rain. I would have been there to the end, my friend, had you just called my name.

I couldn’t know what you were feeling, you kept it all inside. If I had felt your desperation, I would have eased the pain.

You always wore a smile, no matter how heavy your heart had become, and I’ll always remember you happy because that it how I get by.

Now you are free and I hope you spirit soars, but I’d only wish I’d been there to hold you through it all.

This poem was originally published on Expertscolumn. You can read the original at: http://expertscolumn.com/content/poem-if-i-had-known

Poem: When I Am Gone

When I Am Gone

 When I am gone I’ll send you snowdrops, tulips, roses and daffodils too. The spring will always bloom even though I can’t be there with you.

 In the summer, I’ll send you clear blue skies and sunny days that will never end. I’ll be the bird that swoops down and calls your name then ascends to the heavens again.

 Come autumn, I’ll send you showers to wash away your pain and I’ll leave a blanket of leaves and acorns so when you walk along our path, you’ll know that that I have walked there with you.

 In the winter, I’ll send you snowstorms and dark and endless nights. I’ll send you wild winds and restless days till you are ready to be free again.

 The come the next spring time, once the last year has gone, you’ll learn to live again, my friend, once the seasons have all passed.

 A version of this poem was originally published on Expertscolumn. You can read the original by going to: http://expertscolumn.com/content/poem-when-i-am-gone

Saturday, 26 January 2013

Amazon's Kindle Singles

I received an email on Friday afternoon from Amazon about Kindle Singles. Kindle Singles has been running in the US for awhile now and was introduced to the UK last year.

Kindle Singles has taken over from Amazon Shorts and gives writers a platform to publish their short stories, essays, news articles etc.

Kindle Singles can be written by new or established writers; Stephen King has made the headlines recently for publishing his gun essay on the singles format. Amazon states that Singles have to be 5,000 - 30,000 words long.

Any writer who wants to contribute has to submit their Kindle book to kindle-singles@amazon.com. If the work is yet to be published, the writers have to send a manuscript or pitch to the same email address.

Kindle Singles will go through a submission process first before being published and writers can expect to hear from Amazon within four weeks.

Books will be made available via Kindle Direct Publishing and will need to be priced at £0.99 - £1.99. More information is available here.