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Obtaining Internships while in College

Summary: Would you like to increase your desirability to real-world employers, while still going to college? Try getting a position as an intern. Here is the best way for you to land that dream internship and start your road to success.

Internships are a highly sought after position in today's world. Not only do internships give you a way to gain real-world experience, you can get college credit as well as possibly landing a great job. These positions are not just sought after by college students, people who have already graduated also seek them. Utilizing these steps will help dramatically increase your chances of obtaining the best internship.

Considering that an internship is generally a non-paid working position you first need to decide if you can afford to do this. You need to be able to set aside a minimum of 10 to 15 hours each week (often times many more). Again, since you are not generally getting paid for your time, other than in experience and new connections, you may need to work another job in order to make ends meet.

Check with your school, as well as with local businesses, to find out if they have any intern positions available. The best place to start is generally with your academic advisor. This person will be able to help you decide what you would like to get out of your internship, help you determine if you meet the minimum requirements, as well as help you obtaining college credits for the experience that you receive. You can find quite a bit of information about academic and corporate internships on an organization's Web site.

Prepare a resume, just as if you were applying for a paying job. This should be an academic resume that highlights your academic accomplishments, experience, achievements, interests and anything that makes you stand out. Listing things like languages that you speak and your hobbies show a large range of skills that you have to offer. Include at least one letter of recommendation along with your resume, preferably from a professional or academic superior.

Know who you are applying with. When submitting your resume for the internship, include a personalized cover letter. Find out who will be making the selection, her position or title, what the company does, and what would be expected of you as an intern. Use this information to make each letter specific for each position for which you are applying.

Be prepared for a variety of interviews or evaluations. When you are called in for the interview it could be a panel or one-on-one format. Either way, remain calm and confident and dress professionally for each interview.

As you are leaving, ask when you could expect to hear a decision. Use that information to call back in the event that you have not heard anything. No matter what, make sure that you write a letter expressing your thanks for the opportunity to interview with the company. This helps to keep your name in the mind of the individual who makes the decision, and could lead to other opportunities later.

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Top Tips For The New Writer Know Who You Are Writing For

One of the biggest mistakes a new writer can make is to start writing. I know that sounds silly but the truth is the writing process needs to start long before you begin with essay writing company. It needs to start with planning to write a book. One of those critical planning tasks is determining who you are writing for. So much of what you are going to write is based on who you are writing for. Missing this critical step can sink your hopes of writing a book. And selling that book. Sometimes it's enough to sink your hopes of selling any future books! There are 5 major areas of the book and book writing process affected by who you are writing a book for. 1. The Title Your title is one of the most important elements for attracting your reader. It can also be a major factor in your marketing. The title will create interest and attract your reader. However, if your reader is going to purchase your book over the internet, your title is also one of the keys to search engine placement. 2. The Topic If your book is to be read, it's topic needs to be of interest to your reader. More than that, it needs to motivate your reader. And it needs to increase their happiness level. Your title is responsible for attracting the attention of your reader. However, your topic will gain the interest of your reader. And, especially when writing a nonfiction book, your topic will be a major element in pleasing your reader. 3. The Style Different readers require different styles of writing. For example, if you are writing for a scholarly reader you probably will use a formal style. On the other hand, writing for the general population your style will need to be very relaxed. In between, if your book is written for a business audience, it will need to be informal but not relaxed. 4. The Publisher Your choice of publisher will be greatly affected by the audience. If for example, you are going to distribute the book to potential leads, the cheapest route is to publish yourself. On the other hand, if your reader is a businessperson that you want to impress, you will find that a traditional publisher will have a greater effect. 5. Marketing Your reader will affect your marketing on many levels. I'm only going to mention two of them. Marketing a book you've written still follows the AIDA model of marketing. You still need to gain your readers attention before you can develop interest or desire. Who your reader is will affect where you need to go to attract their attention. Will you have better luck by visiting a forum or by taking an ad in the business news? Earlier I mentioned that your reader will have a major effect on the topic of your book. But the reader also has an effect on how you position your book. If your reader is a young upwardly mobile male, positioning your marketing to attract a grandmother is unlikely to work. Similarly, what will attract mother or fathers is different from what will attract a single person.

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How Jumping the Gun Can Help You Write Your Essays

If you are a graduate student about to start on essays, your worst enemy is not incompetence. If that were the case, you probably wouldn't have been admitted to graduate school in the first place. Your greatest enemy when it comes to writing your essays is the blank page. Choise is on you either to buy essays or keep reading.

It is little wonder why blank pages are so terrifying: they are empty and could hold anything, from a page full of drivel to words that could change the world. One way to avoid this problem is to do something that no professor would recommend. Start writing before you're ready.

Nobody has to see this "proto-essays." As soon as you have some sense of where you want to go with a chapter, start putting down words. Those words can be only obliquely related to the task at hand. You could, for example, start with something like, "William Faulkner was a mail clerk, but he was pretty bad at it and liked playing cards in the back room better. Could I somehow tie this in with his choice to become a screenwriter?" And then you could proceed with reasons why or why not you might want to try.

The actual process of writing is very effective for helping you clarify your thoughts. Sometimes just getting a few sentences down can help you figure out where you want to go with a chapter or section. If the "off the record" writing mentioned above is too unorthodox for you, consider keeping essays journal. Make it a practice to write in it every single day, even if that "something" is, "I wrote 1,000 words on Chapter 2 yesterday so I'm taking today off!" The sheer habit of writing makes the process easier.

Additionally, don't feel that every chapter has to be polished to perfection before you move on. Once you have the entire essays written, you will want to expand some parts, edit down others, and shift some of the material around. You should do your final polishing then. Plus, as you progress through your essays, your writing style will evolve. By the time you finish Chapter 9 you may look back and think that Chapter 1 was written by a stranger.

Here are a few more ways to move past the scourge of the blank page.

1. Imagine that your intelligent, 10-year-old niece has emailed you asking you what you're working on right now. Try explaining it in a 250-word "email" back.

2. Pretend that your favorite interviewer has asked you about your work and that you have two minutes to answer. Role-play this scenario with a friend, or write it out.

3. If you're really stuck, spend half an hour or so on a task that demands attention and hand-eye coordination, like drawing, playing a musical instrument, or making a cake. Sometimes using other parts of your brain lets the writer in you recover enough that you can write effectively afterward.

Writing your essays isn't a non-stop, programmed procedure. Give yourself permission to break the rules a bit when writing seems like an overwhelming task.

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An Interview with Emma Wildes

I am so thrilled to have my friend Emma Wildes joining us today to answer some questions and give away a copy of her latest NAL release: LESSONS FROM A SCARLET LADY. Because I love Emma’s books (and think you will too!), I asked her if she would be so kind as to do an interview for the NobodyWritesItBetter blog. We were delayed a bit during last week’s technological snafus, but we’re here now.

Emma is an award-winning author, writing for NAL’s Signet Eclipse line. Among her many accomplishments are an Eppie win, a Lories Best Published, and a  WisRWA Reader’s Choice Award. She has been a # 1 bestselling author at Fictionwise, Capa nominee, and received several gold star awards from JERR. In a starred review, Publisher’s Weekly said of An Indecent Proposition (Signet, April 2009) that it provides a spectacular and skillfully handled story that stands head and shoulders above the average historical.

Thanks for joining us today, Emma. I’m so excited about your latest novel, LESSONS FROM A SCARLET LADY, which released last week. Can you tell us a little about the novel?

Well, it is interesting (or I hope it is) in that the main characters are married before the story starts. Since I write Regency, many aristocratic marriages were either arranged or the husband and wife didn’t know each other all that well, and I found it interesting to address that aspect of polite society. Since my books tend to be on the sexy side, I loved that my heroine chose to seduce her husband in inventive ways she learned from a forbidden book. A lot of fun to write!

You’re very prolific. How many novels and novellas have you published? Is there one that stands out above the rest for you, a story that was part of your heart more than the others?

Hmm. Lots of books out there, and quite a few short stories in collections too. Over fifty. I love to write. As for a book of my heart…I hate to be like every other author, but honestly, they were all a joy for me. If I had to pick, it would be the mystery, The Summer Bones, set in Indiana. I love the twist at the end.

You got your start with small press/e-publishers and continue to write for SIREN under a different name while writing for NAL. As a writer, what do you enjoy about e-publishing? What about as a reader?

There’s a lot to love about e-publishing. The rules are more flexible. That’s not to say they don’t have acquisition editors and deadlines and ARCs and all the rest of it, but I think innovative storylines are welcomed with open arms, because, quite frankly, the investment isn’t there to the same measure as with large print publishers. They can afford to take bigger chances, and they do. That said, all my books that are from primarily e-publishers are in print, and all my books from NAL are also available in e-book. Times have changed. Those two worlds are colliding slowly but surely.

As a reader I like that I might get something very, very different. You assist both published and aspiring authors as naturally as taking your morning cup of coffee, and I would consider you a mentor of mine. Have you had any mentors along the way that helped you get where you are today?

What a lovely compliment! I have no idea if I am mentor material or not, but if I can answer a question, I will. In my own experience I have been lucky in finding some very wonderful friends making the same journey and that is invaluable. Authors have their own unique set of trials and tribulations–as well as joys–and colleagues who understand just what you are going through are like gold. I’d say my greatest help in moving forward all along have been different editors at different houses. My editor at Samhain directed me to my agent. You write very romantic, very sensual books, and I think your fabulous heroes are key to that formula. As you see it, what makes for an unforgettable hero?

Well, I like them alpha, I like them beta, and in general I just like them, which is odd considering how irritating the average male can be! No, all kidding aside, I think the best hero is a really nice man. Under whatever flaws he has (and they do have them without exception), he’s a decent guy who just happens to be sexy and makes us love him despite his faults. One of the reasons I love writing Regency is that men were required to be gentlemen then by the rules of society, but we all know at heart most would rather be rakes. Built-in conflict right there.

What’s been the best and most unexpected part of your writing career?

I’ve been lucky in several different ways. I hit ebooks at just the right time, though Regencies are an eclectic choice. Historical apparently doesn’t sell well in that venue. especially with more sensual books, but, you see, I had no idea of that going in, which supports the advice to never write for the market <or maybe emphasizes I was too dumb to look at the market>. When the books sold so well, especially at retailers like Fictionwise, I was surprised, and it led to getting an agent and the contracts with NAL. I think one of the heart-stopping moments of my career was when I read an interview with an editor who was asked what she was acquiring in erotic romance, and she said “Most everything but historical. It doesn’t sell.” and then added, ”Unless you’re Emma Wildes”. I had an “Oh, wow, seriously, she mentioned me?” experience to see my name pop up in her comment. <laugh> That’s my entire claim to fame. Besides, I’ve learned to my chagrin that I am not considered all that erotic anyway, so she was right all the way around.

You do a lot of interviews. Is there a question you’re surprised you’ve never been asked?

No one has ever asked me how I came up with the name of Emma Wildes. It’s a good thing, since I have no idea. It just popped into my head.

Can you tell us a little about what we’ll see from you in 2010 and into 2011?

I have five books out in 2010 from NAL’s Signet Eclipse line. As you mentioned, Lessons from a Scarlet Lady; Seducing a Highlander in May, My Lord Scandal in September, Our Wicked Mistake in October, and His Sinful Secret in November. I also have Secrets of a Reckless Princess coming out with Siren (as Annabel Wolfe), and another project in a special line with them, as well as a short story in a British anthology. It’s going to be a busy year.

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