Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Flo Rida Ft Sia - Wild Ones Lyrics












Flo Rida Ft Sia - Wild Ones Lyrics



[Sia - Hook]

Hey I heard you were a wild one


Oooh

If I took you home

It'd be a home run

Show me how you'll do




I want to shut down the club

With you

Hey I heard you like the wild ones


Oooh



[Flo Rida]

I like crazy, foolish, stupid


Party going wild, fist pumping

Music, I might lose it

Blast to the roof, that's how we do'z it

I don't care the night, she don't care we like


Almost dared the right five

Ready to get popping, ain't no surprise

Take me so high, jumping no doubts

Surfing the crowd


Oooh

Said I gotta be the man

When they heading my van, might check one too

Shut them down in the club while the playboy does it, and y'all get lose lose


After bottle, we all get bit and again tomorrow

Gotta break loose cause that's the motto

Club shuts down, I heard you're super models




[Sia - Hook]

Hey I heard you were a wild one


Oooh

If I took you home

It'd be a home run

Show me how you'll do




I want shut down the club

With you

Hey I heard you like the wild ones


Oooh



[Flo Rida]

Party rocker, foot show stopper


More shampoo

Never one, club popper

Got a hangover like too much vodka

Can't see me with ten binoculars


So cool

No doubt by the end of the night

Got the clothes coming off

Til I make that move


Somehow, someway, gotta raise the roof, roof

All black shades when the sun come through

Oh, it's on like everything goes

Round up baby til the freaky show





What happens to that body, it's a private show

Stays right here, private show


I like em untamed, don't tell me how pain

Tell them this, bottoms up with the champagne

My life, coming harder than we hit play

Do you busy with the bail, were you insane




[Sia - Hook]

Hey I heard you were a wild one


Oooh

If I took you home

It'd be a home run

Show me how you'll do




I want to shut down the club

With you

Hey I heard you like the wild ones


Oooh



[Bridge]

I am a wild one


Break me in

Saddle me up and lets begin

I am a wild one


Tame me now

Running with wolves

And i'm on the prowl




Show you another side of me

A side you would never thought you would see

Tell that body

Gotta make sure do you have enough


I can't lie

The wilds don't lie



[Sia - Hook]


Hey I heard you were a wild one

Oooh

If I took you home


It'd be a home run

Show me how you'll do



I want to shut down the club


With you

Hey I heard you like the wild ones

Oooh




I am a wild one

Break me in

Saddle me up and let's begin


I am a wild one

Tame me now

Running with wolves


And i'm on the prowl....
















Review: All Natural High from WCCL

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As you may know, this blog is sponsored by my publishers, The WCCL Network.

WCCL publish my writing courses such as Kindle Kash, but they also produce a growing range of self-development products - of which All Natural High is the latest.

They were kind enough to send me a review copy, so in this post I'll set out my thoughts and impressions.

I should start by explaining that All Natural High is an audio CD (accompanied by a PDF manual). As the name suggests, it is designed to generate a sense of euphoria in the listener without any illicit substances. It does this by 'entraining' the listener's brain to produce brain waves at certain target frequencies that are associated with, well, getting high...

According to the manual, All Natural High uses seven different methods of brainwave entrainment, not all of which I profess to understand. One, though, is binaural beats (also used in WCCL's Writer's Block CD). This method works by playing sounds of slightly different frequencies in each ear, which has been shown to create a resonance in the brain based on the difference between them. For example, if you play a tone of 320 Hz in one ear and 330 Hz in the other, it will create a resonance at 10 Hz, the difference between the two. A frequency of 10 Hz is in the alpha range, associated with a relaxed, mellow state.

All Natural High does aim to generate alpha waves in the listener, but it combines them with beta and gamma frequencies (14 Hz to 44 Hz), which - again according to the manual - occur when we are 'focused, engaged, and enthusiastic'. Overall, WCCL say, 'the aim is to recreate the mental state associated with euphoric stimulants, but unlike other stimulants it’s non-invasive and completely non-addictive.'

So that's the theory - what about the practice? The CD arrives in a standard jewel case, and you simply load it into your music center or PC and play it. There are two tracks, both about half an hour long. The first is the 'raw' version, which you can listen to on its own or with your own choice of music (I listened while playing my favorite prog rock tracks on Grooveshark, for example). The second track includes a musical backing to make it more listenable. It would certainly be a better choice for a party, although some of it is pretty weird - a cross between ambient and trip-hop, I'd say.

I listened to both tracks with and without headphones. WCCL say it's not necessary to use headphones to get the benefit from the CD, but I noticed a much stronger effect when I did. And, oddly enough, it really did remind me of the effect of smoking a joint (not something I've done for many years, you'll understand...). I found myself getting into a relaxed, buzzy state - in fact, somewhat floaty. The effect continued for an hour or two after I stopped listening. I also felt happier and more relaxed, despite the fact that I had recently heard some bad news and been quite depressed by it.

A couple more tips based on my experience using the CD. First, I'd advise turning up the bass quite high: some of the sounds are quite low-pitched, and it seems to me you get better results if you boost them. And second, close your eyes while you are listening. Although WCCL say this isn't necessary, from the occasion when, as a psychology major, I was wired up to an EEG machine, I know that the simple act of closing your eyes can greatly boost your alpha-wave output.

WCCL suggest various uses for All Natural High. They include getting yourself into a good frame of mind before going out for the evening, adding to the excitement of parties and other social occasions, or chilling out (alone or with your partner) at the end of a hectic day. Personally, I see myself using it primarily as a pick-me-up and mood enhancer, but I also find playing the CD a good prelude to a writing session. The alpha rhythms get your mind into a relaxed, creative state, while the higher frequencies ensure you are focused and ready to work, rather than falling asleep. It works for me, anyway!

One problem with any product of this nature is that listening can get a bit repetitive after a while. But I do find that playing the first track alongside your own choice of music helps provide variety. To be honest, I haven't had the CD long enough to get bored with it yet - and if I continue to enjoy the benefits, I guess I'll probably put up with that!

For more information about All Natural High, please click through any of the links in this review, or on the banner ad below. Or if you have any comments or questions about All Natural High, please feel free to post them below and I'll do my best to answer them.


Friday, January 27, 2012

Ed Sheeran - Drunk Lyrics











 Ed Sheeran - Drunk Lyrics




I wanna be drunk when I wake up


On the right side of the wrong bed

And every excuse I made up

Tell you the truth I hate

What didn't kill me

It never made me stronger at all.

Love will scar your make-up lip sticks to me


So now I'll maybe leave back there

I'm sat here wishing I was sober

I know I'll never hold you like I used to.



But our house gets cold when you cut the heating

Without you to hold I'll be freezing


Can't rely on my heart to beat it

'Cause you take part of it every evening

Take words out of my mouth just from breathing

Replace with phrases like when you're leaving me.



Should I, should I?


Maybe I'll get drunk again

I'll be drunk again

I'll be drunk again


To feel a little love



I wanna hold your heart in both hands

I'll watch it fizzle at the bottom of a Coke can

And I've got no plans for the weekend

So shall we speak then


Keep it between friends

Though I know you'll never love me like you used to.



There maybe other people like us

You see the flicker of the clip when they light up

Flames just create us, burns don't heal like before


You don't hold me anymore.



On cold days Coldplay's out like the band's the name

I know I can't heal things with a hand shake

You know I can't change as I began saying

You cut me wide open like landscape


Open bottles of beer but never champagne

We'll applaud you with the sound that my hands make.



Should I, should I?

Maybe I'll get drunk again


I'll be drunk again

I'll be drunk again

To feel a little love.




All by myself

I'm here again

All by myself

You know I'll never change

All by myself


All by myself

I'm just drunk again

I'll be drunk again


I'll be drunk again

To feel a little love.









Wednesday, January 25, 2012

PLR Time for UK Authors

 id=If you're a UK author registered for PLR, you can now check your earnings for 2010/11 on the UK PLR website. Just log in here and click on My Statement.

This year (July 2010 to June 2011) they are paying 6.05 pence per library loan, with payment due between 13 and 24 February 2012.

For those who don't know, PLR stands for Public Lending Right. The UK PLR Office distributes money to UK authors based on the number of times their books have been borrowed from public libraries in Britain in the last year. This money is paid to authors as compensation for their presumed lost royalties on sales.

All UK authors are eligible for PLR (even if they don't currently live in Britain), but you do have to register with the UK PLR Office first. If you're a UK author with at least one published book to your name, therefore, you should sign up immediately to get what is due to you.

Non-UK nationals cannot claim from the UK PLR Office, but many other countries (though not the USA) have schemes in place to compensate writers for library lending. As I discovered in my recent interview with Ruth Barringham, Australia has what appears to be quite a generous program, though payments are based on the estimated number of copies of an author's book in libraries, not total loans. For more information on PLR schemes worldwide, visit the PLR International website.

In many countries there are also reciprocal arrangements to compensate non-nationals for lending in the country concerned. In Britain this is co-ordinated by ALCS (the Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society), and UK authors should also register separately with them. ALCS also pay out photocopying fees to authors, incidentally.

I always find it interesting to study my PLR statement. One message that comes across very clearly in my latest one is that public libraries are cutting back on buying new books. By far my highest-earning titles for PLR are those published 5 to 10 years ago. My recent titles have fewer loans and some none at all, suggesting that not many libraries have them in stock. But even my oldest books, published up to twenty years ago, are still being borrowed in some libraries. Those copies must be pretty dog-eared by now!

Over the years I have made literally thousands of pounds from PLR payments; in the case of some books I have earned more from PLR than I have in publisher fees or royalties. So if you're a UK author, it is definitely worth taking the few minutes needed to register yourself and your book/s at the UK PLR site. Otherwise, you really are leaving money on the table!

Photo Credit: Stacks by Nrbelex on Flickr. Reproduced under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic Licence.


Monday, January 23, 2012

myWritersCircle is now on Twitter!


I know quite a few readers of this blog are also members of my (free) writing forum at www.mywriterscircle.com.

So I thought you might like to know that myWritersCircle now has its own Twitter account. You can find and follow us at http://twitter.com/myWritersCircle.

The new account will be used to pass on news and information about the forum from me, the MWC moderators, and our admin team. There may also be the occasional commercial announcement from our sponsors, the electronic publishing house WCCL. Most messages will, however, be purely for information purposes, to help members get the most from MWC and keep up to date with what's going on there.

I don't expect there will be large amounts of traffic on the new account - maybe two or three updates a day, typically. Most updates will consist of information about the forum that we think you'll find interesting and/or useful - new contests, deadlines, market information, and so on.

The MWC Twitter account will be used primarily as a broadcast medium and it will not be closely monitored for replies or direct messages. If you have any comments or queries, it will therefore be better to raise them via the forum, or contact me or another moderator directly by PM (forum personal messaging).

You can also, if you wish, follow me on my own Twitter account at http://twitter.com/nickdaws, which I do of course monitor regularly.

I hope you will find the new MWC Twitter service useful, and that it will enhance your experience of using myWritersCircle (although you can of course follow us on Twitter without being a member of the forum if you wish).

If you have any queries or comments, as ever, please feel free to post them below.


Friday, January 20, 2012

Ten Top Tips for Making the Most of JustRetweet


My recent post about the free JustRetweet service (see screengrab above), which aims to help bloggers and Twitter users reach a wider audience, attracted a lot of interest.

So in this post I thought I'd share a few tips on getting the most from the service, based on my own experience and what I've observed of other users.

If you're not familiar with JustRetweet, you might like to read my earlier post before proceeding and watch the video embedded in it. Don't worry, I'll wait :-)

My ten top tips are as follows...

1. Don't retweet everything that's available on JustRetweet to earn credits. If you do, it will only alienate your Twitter followers and cause some to unsubscribe. There are lots of messages to choose, so pick the ones that look as though they would be interesting and relevant to your followers. In my experience - and I guess I'm a fairly typical user - you only need to retweet two or three messages a day to keep your account nicely topped up.

2. On the other side of the coin, when adding messages you hope others will retweet, be aware of what a reasonable reward is considered to be. Certain norms have evolved on the site, so I would suggest offering a bare minimum of 10 credits for an RT, and preferably 20 or more if you want to get the most from the service. Offering just 2 or 3 credits won't impress other members, and such 'low-paying' offers will quickly disappear from view on the site.

3. It's not just about credits, though. Remember that your messages will (you hope) be retweeted by other people who want to preserve their own good reputation. Make your messages sound interesting and useful - and if you offer a decent reward as well, there is every chance you will get an excellent take-up from other JustRetweet users.

4. Avoid being overly promotional in your messages. Twitter, as you should know anyway, is not the place for this. In addition, other JustRetweet members are unlikely to want to RT explicit sales messages, for fear that they will be accused of spamming. And JustRetweet also has rules against requesting retweets of some types of commercial messages, including those promoting trackback spammers and other products or services deemed undesirable.

5. Another thing that doesn't work on JustRetweet (in my opinion) is posting a barebones URL with no other message. When this goes out on Twitter, it will look like spam, and few people will want to click on it anyway. Always include a message with your link to explain why viewers should click on it. If it's a long link, shorten it first with a service such as Bit.ly.

6. Another approach to be wary of - again in my opinion - is the short and enigmatic message. I've seen a few of these listed on JustRetweet, and I can't believe they are productive, either of RTs or clickthroughs. I wouldn't retweet these messages, and even if I did I can't imagine that many of my followers would want to explore them further. I could be wrong about this. Maybe a few people will click through out of curiosity - but even then, it's pretty unlikely they will happen to be interested in whatever you are trying to promote.

7. Bear in mind that a message shared in someone else's Twitter stream is likely to be seen by someone who has never heard of you before. Messages that might work in your own Twitter stream - "Secrets of Better Novel Writing, part 26" - may be off-putting to such people, implying that this is something that has been running for a while and there is no point in a newcomer joining in now. The same applies with very personal sounding or enigmatic messages (see item 6).

8. JustRetweet now offers a PostLater option. This is a great resource for ensuring you don't deluge your followers with a series of tweets in quick succession. At present - in response to a request I made - the interval between PostLater posts is set to one hour, although I understand that an option to vary this may be added soon. I recommend mostly selecting PostLater when retweeting messages - you will still receive your credits for these immediately.

9. Bear in mind that JustRetweet offers other methods for earning credits as well as retweeting. You can sign up to follow other members listed on the site on Twitter (this typically pays between 2 and 10 credits), introduce new members (pays 25 credits per new member), visit other blogs and websites for credits (pays up to 10 credits), and so on. If all else fails, though, you can also buy credits for a very reasonable sum!

10. Finally, it's worth mentioning that you can choose the minimum number of Twitter followers a member must have to see your offer. It's obviously tempting to set this figure high, but doing that will drastically cut the number of potential retweeters. In addition, Twitter users with a small following may actually have more influence over their followers. Personally, I tend to set my minimum follower number to 200 or 250, but experiment to see what works best for you.

So those are my top ten tips - I hope you find them helpful. If you are already on JustRetweet, do you have any tips of your own you would like to share? Please do post them below!


Thursday, January 19, 2012

How to Use Incentives to Get Extra Sales

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Today's guest post is by Jimmy D. Brown of the website iBusiness Owner.

Jimmy is talking about a subject that I'm sure will resonate with many self-publishers, and especially with buyers of my 10-Day E-Book course (which discusses writing and publishing a money-making e-book on ClickBank).

Take it away, Jimmy...

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The vast majority of your prospects aren’t all that passionate about your offer.

Truth is, they’re kind of lukewarm. They’re interested, but they’re not taking their credit card out. Instead of making a buying decision, they decide to “think about it.”

Of course you know what happens: They forget about your offer. They don’t return to your store or sales page. Some of them may even make the conscious decision to NOT buy your product.

So what can you do to get your prospects to get excited and take action NOW?

Simple: Offer them an incentive if they order now. Do it right, and you’re virtually guaranteed to make more sales!

Generally, an incentive can take two forms:

  1. You offer a discount. One idea is the straightforward discount, such as offering a percent-off. Another ideas is to offer a discount on the overall package, such as by offering free shipping.

Tip: You can even make it a limited-time discount so that your prospects feel a sense of urgency.

  1. You offer one or more bonus products. Again, you can even make the bonus offer limited to increase the sense of urgency.

Offering a discount is a pretty straightforward incentive. So let’s talk about how to offer a bonus as a buying incentive.

Here then are the seven keys to offering bonuses that generate extra sales:

• Make sure the bonus is desirable. Point is, if your prospects don’t care about the bonus product, then it won’t help you generate any sales. So make sure it’s something that your prospects already want. Something that gets them excited!

• Create a valuable bonus. Just because you’re giving the product away for free with a purchase doesn’t mean this bonus should be worth little to no money. Quite the contrary – it should have a high perceived value in the prospect’s mind.

• Choose bonuses that are easy to deliver. This is particularly true if you’re selling downloadable products online, such as software or information. Point is, you want to be able to deliver the bonus instantly – right alongside the main product – without you having to manually deliver the bonus.

• Supply an exclusive bonus, whenever possible. If the prospect can get the bonus somewhere else, he might just do that. So try to offer exclusive bonuses to help make the buying decision easy.

• Offer a bonus that compliments the main product. For example, let’s say you’re selling a book about retirement planning. Offering retirement-planning worksheets and software as a bonus would be a great incentive.

• Sell the bonus. If you’re selling via a sales page, don’t just list the bonus. Instead, sell it just the way you’re selling the main product, meaning you should list the benefits of this bonus product or service.

• Remember that you can offer products OR services. Let’s say you’re selling exterior landscaping supplies and information. As a bonus you can offer a free consultation where you provide specific landscaping ideas for buyers. Or if you’re selling a copywriting product, you can offer a sales letter critique.

Conclusion

Offering an incentive is a simple, yet highly effective way to generate more sales and grow your business. To discover still more ways to grow your business, visit http://tinyurl.com/6rtt8sl – you may just learn strategies you never even knew existed!

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Thank you to Jimmy for an interesting article.

I do agree that offering extra bonuses is a powerful selling technique. My publishers, WCCL, always include a few extra bonuses with the products and courses they offer. In addition - as with my Kindle Kash course - I quite often add a few extra bonuses myself when people order from me personally!

If you have any comments or questions about this post, as ever, feel free to leave them below.

Photo Credit: Scared Candy by Enokson on Flickr. Licensed under CC Attribution 2.0 Generic Licence.


Sunday, January 15, 2012

Review: CreateSpace for Profit

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CreateSpace for Profit
is a report currently on sale via the Internet Marketing Warrior Forum as a Warrior Special Offer (WSO). It's written by Alan Petersen and Peggy Baron.

CreateSpace is, of course, the popular print self-publishing service operated by Amazon.com (see screengrab above). As this is an area of publishing I haven't particularly explored, I decided to shell out the modest fee of $4.97 to see what it was all about.

So I can reveal that what you get is a concise, well-written 28-page PDF that sets out five different methods for writing books for CreateSpace without totally starting from scratch. All are interesting, and I was impressed to see that the authors include links to examples of CreateSpace books they have written and self-published using the methods described.

The methods involve a combination of using and adapting PLR (private label rights), public domain material, and material bought or commissioned from other authors. It wouldn't be fair to give away all the details here, but I was pleased to see that none involves simply copying and pasting low-cost (and low-quality) PLR/public domain books. The authors point out that Amazon has been cracking down hard recently on low-quality, duplicate-content books. Interestingly, their examples show that by removing the spammy books and e-books, Amazon has actually done genuine authors a big favour.

CreateSpace for Profit doesn't include much information on how to publish to CreateSpace - it's essentially about quickly devising and creating non-fiction titles with good sales potential. The methods could just as well be used to create Kindle e-books, and in fact the authors do recommend publishing to this and other formats as well. If you want in-depth advice on the actual CreateSpace publishing process, though, you will need to look elsewhere (the actual CreateSpace site would be a very good starting point, of course).

Overall, I found this an eye-opening report with some clever ideas I am certainly going to consider applying myself in future, even if I choose not to go down the CreateSpace route. For $4.97 (around 3.50 UK pounds), I have no problem recommending it.

CreateSpace for Profit would also be a good purchase for anyone interested in publishing e-books for the Amazon Kindle, including buyers of my own Kindle Kash course. Bear in mind that the report is currently on offer as a WSO, so I don't know how long it will remain available at the current low price (or at all).

Any comments or questions, as ever, please leave them below!

Disclosure: I am an affiliate for this WSO, so if you buy it via one of the links above a proportion of the (modest) fees will go to me. This has not affected my review in any way.


Thursday, January 12, 2012

Five Literary Devices to Make You a Better Writer

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I'm pleased to welcome to my blog today writer and blogger Chris Campbell.

Chris believes that writers in all genres, fiction and non-fiction, can improve their work through the judicious use of literary devices...

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While the fiction writer often uses literary devices to move his story along, these writer's tricks are not limited to fiction. A non-fiction writer working on a blog or a feature article can utilize them as well to infuse a story with life and action.

Metaphor

Very often the best way to help people understand something or someone is to use metaphor. Metaphor involves the pairing and comparison of two things that are unrelated, but give the reader deep insight into the person or thing being described. For example, in "The Heart of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad, the metaphor "In exterior he resembled a butcher in a poor neighborhood" reveals that the manager's uncle is a rough character. He's used to living a hard life on the streets without directly saying as much. While a writer can literally tell the reader that he has these qualities, metaphor offers a richer and more visceral glimpse of the person.

Anthropomorphism

Anthropomorphism relies on the principles of metaphor, but in a specific way. The definition used to pertain to giving human-like qualities to a deity or god, but now is largely used for any inanimate object. An author trying to explain conditions leading up to a hurricane might use a sentence like this to set the scene, "The unrelenting storm battered the travelers back with vicious sheets of rain as they prayed for the vengeful skies to clear." This tool provides a dimension of character to an otherwise mindless force or object.

Foreshadowing

The prophesies of the three witches in Shakespeare's "Macbeth" provide a good example of how a writer can use foreshadowing. Macbeth consults with the three several times throughout the play. However, their latter prophesies are ignored, because they don't seem to make sense. The quote "The power of man, for none of woman born/ Shall harm Macbeth" foreshadows MacDuff who was taken c-section, so he was technically not born of a woman. Using foreshadowing sets the story up for the readers, giving them an invisible framework for understanding not only the story, but more specifically where things are headed for a particular character.

Doppelganger

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde represent one of the most famous examples of the doppelganger in literary history. This device allows a writer to explore the two sides to a person's character and often has a supernatural element to it. Additionally, a doppelganger can also foretell of a tragedy that will befall a person; the doppelganger that appears to the dying person can be that person's future spirit self foretelling of the character's demise.

Archetypes

Archetypes represent universal character types, offering the writer the ability to quickly develop a character. For example, Romeo and Juliet not only symbolize tragic, eternal love. A feature writer who refers to Shakespeare's famous couple tells the reading audience that the people in the writer's own story are doomed lovers as well.

Conclusion

A writer - regardless of the genre - can create mood and characters more quickly and realistically if she uses a few literary devices. This is especially valuable to the writer who's limited by the constraints of a short piece of writing.

About the author: Chris Campbell is a blogger for GradeSaver, who really enjoys writing posts about reading, literature, and learning.

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Thank you to Chris for an interesting article. I agree that the careful use of literary devices such as those mentioned can lift a piece of writing from the ordinary to the memorable.

My one extra tip would be to strive to ensure that any such devices you use are original (one definition of a cliche is an over-used figure of speech) and apt. Forced metaphors that don't really work are a particular embarrassment!

If you have any comments or questions for Chris or myself, as always, please feel free to leave them below.

Photo Credit: Double, Double, Toil and Trouble by Jeff Hitchcock on Flickr. Reproduced under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic Licence.


Monday, January 9, 2012

This is still my fave Lady Gaga song. It's a g...

This is still my fave Lady Gaga song. It's a great pick me up on bad days :)

Interviewed by Ruth Barringham, my co-author on The Wealthy Writer

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A little while back I was interviewed by Ruth Barringham of the websites Writeaholics and Cheriton House Publishing.

I'm pleased to say that the audio is now available as a podcast via Ruth's site, and you can play it from here or download it.

As you'll discover, our discussion was quite wide-ranging, covering everything from my working methods and how I market myself, to my attitude toward housework and cats in the office!

The whole interview is a shade over an hour, so if you want to sit and listen to it all the way through, I recommend getting a cup of tea and a slice of cake first :-)

As indicated in the post title, Ruth and I collaborated on The Wealthy Writer, a guide for writers on making money writing for online markets. The Wealthy Writer is published by my regular publishers (and blog sponsors) The WCCL Network. More information about the course can be found on this page of my website.

During our discussion we mentioned a number of other websites as well, so for convenience I've listed all the ones I could think of below. If there are any I've missed out, please let me know and I'll add them as well...

The Authors Licensing and Copyright Society (ALCS)

The UK PLR Office

Nick Daws' Homepage

The Nick Daws Daily

MyWritersCircle forum

Write Any Book in Under 28 Days

Kindle Kash

Think Yourself Lucky (audio course)

I do hope you enjoy listening to the interview - here's the link to it again. I certainly enjoyed talking to Ruth, and was pleased that she wanted to discuss so many aspects of my work.

If you have any comments or questions, as always, please feel free to leave them below.

Photo: My office desk, on one of my tidier days. Photo by yours truly.

Sunday, January 8, 2012

Skepta - Hold On Lyrics












 Skepta - Hold On Lyrics






Whenever you feel like letting go,

And you’ve got your back against the wall,

Hold on, hold on, cause you’re undefeatable.



First place, never settle for less,

What’s the point in trying if you ain’t trying your best.


They wanna see me six feet under but I’m watching my steps,

Now everybody watching me like Jay-Z watches the Nets.

Don’t see myself on a skateboard but I stay on my grind,

Aiming for the top and I won’t stop till I cross that finish line.

I see it like the deaf, I listen like the blind,

So if I can’t hear them scheming I still see the signs.




I never count the days I make the days count,

They wanna take my crown so I swim when they wanna see me drown,

Smile when they wanna see me frown, stand up when they wanna see me down.

New and improved attitude you don’t wanna see me now.

They said I cant do it but I did it,


Now they love me all over the world

Cause they say that my style is so prolific.

If I said it I live it, the black Scott diss it.

Fresh haircut and a brand new suit lift up the trophy and kiss it.



Whenever you feel like letting go,


And you’ve got your back against the wall,

Hold on, just hold on.

Cause you’re gonna take a few low blows,

And I know you feel those broken bones.

Just hold on, just hold on

Cause you’re undefeatable.




Tell the paparazzi I’m going in tonight,

And if anybody wanna stop me, you’re gonna need some kryptonite.

I don’t wanna sound impolite, but I been sitting here waiting my turn,

So if you still don’t know what a boy better know better watch and learn.

I let my left foot rest on the side only my right foot’s touching the pedal,


Losing is not an option so I know that I’ve gotta come with something special.

I’m a winner JME on my neck that’s my gold medal,

I was underground now it’s time to take this shit to another level.



I never count the days I make the days count,

They wanna take my crown so I swim when they wanna see me drown,


Smile when they wanna see me frown, stand up when they wanna see me down.

New and improved attitude you don’t wanna see me now.

I got nothing to prove I sit back looking at the game

From a birds eye view then I make my move.

Never take my foot off the gas, I’ma go hard till I blow that fuse,

Cause the moment you feel like giving up that’s the moment you lose.




Whenever you feel like letting go,

And you’ve got your back against the wall,

Hold on, just hold on.

Cause you’re gonna take a few low blows,

And I know you feel those broken bones.


Just hold on, just hold on

Cause you’re undefeatable.



You are undefeatable [x2]










JLS - Do You Feel What I Feel Lyrics












JLS - Do You Feel What I Feel Lyrics






Put Your Hands In The Air Baby



There's a girl dancing dirty over there

Do you see what I see

The way she moves I just had to stop and stare

Do you see what I see




There's a dj playing all our favourite songs

Do you hear what I hear

We be drinking so we all just sing along

Do you hear what I hear



Dancing with you is so easy cos your beautiful


You make it hard for me girl everytime we're on the floor

I wanna kiss you cos I gotta know that tonight is real

Do you feel what I feel

Do you feel what I feel

Do you feel what I feel

This beat is killing the club


Do you feel what I feel

Two people falling in love



Now the bar tenders turning on the lights

Do you see what I see

Got my car and its waiting outside


You should leave when I leave



Dancing with you is so easy cos your beautiful

You make it hard for me girl everytime we're on the floor

I wanna kiss you cos I gotta know that tonight is real

Do you feel what I feel


Do you feel what I feel

Do you feel what I feel

This beat is killing the club

Do you feel what I feel

Two people falling in love




Can you feel the temperature rising

Do you feel the drink in your cup

Let me cast a beat and we'll ride it

Go ahead and put your hands up



Can you feel the temperature rising


Do you feel the drink in your cup

Let me cast a beat and we'll ride it

Go ahead and put your hands up



Put your hands in the air baby

Put your hands up (put your hands up)


JLS do you feel what I feel



Put your hands up

Put your hands up

Put your hands up

Put your hands up


Put your hands up

Do you feel what I feel



This beat is killing the club

Do you feel what I feel

Two people falling in love


Do you feel what I feel

This beat is killing the club

Do you feel what I feel

Two people falling in love

Do you feel what I feel




Two people falling in love (two people falling in love)

Two people falling in love (two people falling in love)

Two people falling in love (two people falling in love)



Do you feel, do you feel do you feel what I feel

Do you feel what I feel


Do you feel what I feel 











Rizzle Kicks - Mama Do The Hump Lyrics












 Rizzle Kicks - Mama Do The Hump Lyrics






Mama Wont you please let me

Mama Wont you please let me

Mama Wont you please let me

Mama Wont you please let me

Mama Wont you please let me


Mama Wont you please let me



Yo coming in the sound fresher then cut grass

(Fun starts)

Second that we enter if you must ask (rush past)

Like you've forgotten your mind


Or the drivers all up in your face like can I see your

Bus pass!?

Huh naa

We just wanna lickle rhyme bruv

Call me what you want you want but you should not call it

A night love.


And I might just join the mile high club

Only problem being that I couldn't give a flying fuck



Yeah lemme touch back down

Slap her bum until it

Comes back round


Half the rooms like OI what's this all about, with

The other half jiving like

I love that sound.



A yeah yeah, I love that sound,

A yeah yeah I love that sound.


So flick your fag butts at once on a mad one like

Yeah your mama can hump



Mama do the hump mama do the hump hump, mama

Won't you please let me do the hump hump

Mama do the hump mama do the hump hump, mama


Won't you please let me do the hump hump

Mama do the hump mama do the hump hump, mama

Won't you please let me do the hump hump

Mama do the hump mama do the hump hump, mama

Won't you please let me do the hump hump




Yo' it's been a long week

How I've got this much energy is beyond me

I just want all of these girls to be on me

And maybe even one of these girls could be Beyonce.

We ain't gonna pack that rap noise in

All of that cheesy stuff, clap clap sing


And we're gonna burn some calories

Right here, Right now

And over till a Fat Boy Slims Mama

Mama do the hump mama do the hump hump, mama

Won't you please let me do the hump hump

Mama do the hump mama do the hump hump, mama


Won't you please let me do the hump hump

Mama do the hump mama do the hump hump, mama

Won't you please let me do the hump hump

Mama do the hump mama do the hump hump, mama

Won't you please let me do the hump hump




Yeah knock a rum back down,

Bust a little jiggy as the

Drum track pounds.

Half the room are just making their own crowd with

The other half jiving

I love that sound. A yeah yeah


I love that sound, a yeah yeah

I love that sound.

So flick your fag butts at once on a mad one like

Yeah your mama can hump



Mama do the hump mama do the hump hump, mama


Won't you please let me do the hump hump

Mama do the hump mama do the hump hump, mama

Won't you please let me do the hump hump

Mama do the hump mama do the hump hump, mama

Won't you please let me do the hump hump

Mama do the hump mama do the hump hump, mama


Won't you please let me do the hump hump



When we step into the room everybody makes a

Pathway

Cause you know RK make the dance change.

And we rule that crowd


And we don't change pace at the half way.

We we, we keep it moving

We we, we hold it down.

Can't stop

Break sweat

No loosing


Yes

Nobody gonna take my crown.

Hold back.

Na na na na never gonna happen,

Go back

Na na na na never gonna happen


Especially when it's all packed out,

Crowd shouting out

Yeah, I love that sound.



A yeah yeah, I love that sound,

A yeah yeah I love that sound.


So flick your fag butts at once on a mad one like

Yeah your mama can hump



Mama do the hump mama do the hump hump, mama

Won't you please let me do the hump hump

Mama do the hump mama do the hump hump, mama


Won't you please let me do the hump hump

Mama do the hump mama do the hump hump, mama

Won't you please let me do the hump hump

Mama do the hump mama do the hump hump, mama

Won't you please let me do the hump hump




DO THE HUMP! 













Friday, January 6, 2012

Yasmin Ft Shy FX Ms Dynamite - Light Up (The World) Lyrics












Yasmin Ft Shy FX Ms Dynamite - Light Up (The World) Lyrics 






..release for the moment 


Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah 

Something is gonna leave my mind 

Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah 


I cannot do a ..this .. 

Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah 

Haven’t feeling like this ..time 


Yeah yeah 





Feeling like i need some uuh 

Feeling like i need some space


Got ..something so 

Take me for ..to stay 



Chorus:


I just wanna light up the world 

I just wanna light up the world



..through the clouds i ..

Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah 

Felt some ..on my skin 


Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah 



Looking down to all these people 

Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah 


And they accomplish like they can’t bring 



Feeling like i need some uuh 

Feeling like i need some space


Got ..something so 

Take me for ..to stay 



Chorus:


I just wanna light up the world 
I just wanna light up the world


I just want light one time 

Just to see what it’s like 

I just wanna light up the world 




...

Afraid to see them light shine 

..in the night time 


Don’t you know there aint’ no place that I don’t know

..the fire from deeper in your .. light the world 

..if you ..down 


Is the ..just believe what you see

And you life’s the only thing to set you free

I just want something to light up my morning 

I just want something to light up my day 


I just want something to light up my morning 

I just want something to light up my day 



I just wanna light up the world 


I just wanna light up the world

I just want light one time 

Just to see what it’s like 


I just wanna light up the world