Marketing Words

I just had the horrible thought that some may think that was a serious post. LOL - but it did get me thinking...

What prompted it was considering the fact that people just don't read books like we did "back in the day".

Thanks Phil! When I get out my calculator to work out how much I owe each contributor to the anthology, I'll remember the going rate is 2.5 cents per hundred words.

That's the cutest thing, Brew. How ingenious.

I liked it, Brew.

But now I find myself thinking, "Well, that's another 2.5 cents worth," after every hundred words I write.

Kinda depressing...maybe I shouldn't give away the a's, and's and the's...

I like your thinking, Brew.

Thanks, Zada. My next "thinking outside the box" idea is to write a
book in cryptogram. You know, where you substitute letters. When we
were kids, my brother and I used to look for those in the Sunday paper
every week. A whole book's worth would have been like Christmas!

Next I may work up a crossword puzzle with words taken from Keechie. The only way to solve it would be to read the book first.

Phil: The crossword puzzle just may work. I like crosswords but the one in TV guide defeats me because so many of the clues are who plays who in some show, and if I don't watch the show, I really don't have a clue. I do better with the New York Times crossword and their weirdly worded clues because they do make you think.

Jim Woods
www.ultrasw.com/jwoods

Phil,
your creativity is inspiring. Be careful though, you may cause readers to think.

We are thinking alike, Jim! I just came back here to say that the more
I think about it, the crossword thing is a pretty good idea to put on
your book's website. The clues alone may be a draw to gather interest
in the book.

There are free on-line puzzle-makers where you list the words and clues
- and it designs the puzzle. I made a lot of them when I was
homeschooling my daughter.

Betty, this would be great for your Wooffer page - and as handouts for the readers!

Here's one: http://puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com/

for more, just Google "puzzlemaker"

I think I may just throw the box away. I haven't been in it for years...

Abe, readers who THINK? What a concept!