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The Little Blue Book on Writing Well and Getting Published: Proven Methods, Tips

Chris Stout

This book is a treasure trove of tools, tips, and real-world proven methods to gain a traditional publishing house contract for your manuscript as well as the things to consider in the self-publishing realm (from Blurb and LuLu to Kindle and CreateSpace). Dozens of examples along with additional material websites and passwords to get even more details are provided. Step-by-step processes that Dr. Stout and other successful authors have learned and used.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Publish Date: Oct 21st, 2014
  • Pages: 342
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 9.02in - 5.98in - 0.71in - 1.01lb
  • EAN: 9781502928276
  • Categories: Style Manuals

About the Author

He produced the critically acclaimed four volume set The Psychology of Terrorism and more recently, the highly praised The New Humanitarians, and is an Amazon.com Best Selling Author. Additionally, he has published or presented over 300 papers and 30 books/manuals on various topics in psychology, including the popular Evidence-Based Practice (Wiley & Sons, 2005, with R. Hayes). His works have been translated into 8 languages. He was noted as being "one of the most frequently cited psychologists in the scientific literature." He is the winner of the APA's International Humanitarian Award, recipient of the IPA's Humanitarian Award, the Psychologists for Social Responsibility's Humanitarian Award, and APA's Division on International Psychology's Outstanding Psychologist Award. He is an inaugural Inductee into his high school's and Purdue Hall of Fame. Dr. Stout was educated at Purdue, The University of Chicago, and Forest Institute, gaining over twenty-four awards and four scholarships. He obtained post-doctoral experience at Harvard Medical School as a Fellow in neuro-developmental behavioral pediatrics. He has received four additional doctorates (honoris causa) in clinical psychology, two Doctor of Humane Letters, and from Purdue School of Engineering, a Doctor of Technology. He was awarded "Distinguished Alumni of the Year from Purdue," Federal Advocacy awards from AAP and APA, APA's Heiser Award, and IPA's Distinguished Psychologist of the Year. He has been interviewed on many radio, cable, local, and national television programs (e.g., CNBC, CNN, WGN, NBC, PBS, NPR, Chicago Tonight, Oprah..), and by numerous publications (Time, Chicago Tribune, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, USA Today, Associated Press, Child Magazine, Chicago Sun-Times, Windy City Sports, NorthShore Magazine, Monitor on Psychology, ...). He coined the term "Emmortality" and numerous registered service-marks. He was an American Delegate and presenter at the 1st International Conference on Unconventional Computing. A unique and distinct honor was his being named one of ten Volunteer's of the Year by Pioneer Press in 1999, for his global efforts, and both the Senate and House similarly recognized his work by proclamation of "Dr. Chris E. Stout Week."