5th Week of Book Writing as Drafting

5th Week of Book Writing as Drafting
by | May 26, 2022 | 1 Comment

Welcome aboard Flight BW9 with service of the 5th Week of Book Writing! If you haven’t read them yet, these are the links to the earlier posts in this series of my blog on book writing: Post #1: WHY I’M WRITING THE BOOK https://muslimandmoney.com/why-im-currently-writing-a-book-about-shariah-compliant-investing-in-the-stock-market Post #2: INTRODUCING ELZISTYLE BOOK WRITING CLUB https://www.elzistyle.com/introducing-elzistyle-book-writing-club Post #3: BOOK WRITING GOAL CLARIFICATION https://www.elzistyle.com/clarify-your-book-writing-goal Post #4: MY WORK ETHICS AND PRODUCTIVITY TIPS Post #5: 1ST AND 2ND WEEK OF WRITING AS DRAFTING Post #6: #3RD
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Evaluating 1st Month of Book Writing

Evaluating 1st Month of Book Writing
by | May 16, 2022 | No Comments

Welcome aboard Flight BW8 with service of First Month of Book Writing Evaluation! If you haven’t read them yet, these are the links to the earlier posts in this series of my blog on book writing: Post #1: WHY I’M WRITING THE BOOK https://muslimandmoney.com/why-im-currently-writing-a-book-about-shariah-compliant-investing-in-the-stock-market Post #2: INTRODUCING ELZISTYLE BOOK WRITING CLUB https://www.elzistyle.com/introducing-elzistyle-book-writing-club Post #3: BOOK WRITING GOAL CLARIFICATION https://www.elzistyle.com/clarify-your-book-writing-goal Post #4: MY WORK ETHICS AND PRODUCTIVITY TIPS Post #5: 1ST AND 2ND WEEK OF WRITING AS DRAFTING Post #6: #3RD
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My Writing and Translation Journey in April 2022

My Writing and Translation Journey in April 2022
by | May 1, 2022 | No Comments

As soon as I embarked on my current book writing – HOW TO SHARI’AH-COMPLIANTLY INVEST IN THE PHILIPPINE STOCK MARKET – on the first day of March, I had already mentioned that it will be resumed in May and to be finished in June, insha’ Allah (https://www.elzistyle.com/clarify-your-book-writing-goal). Although ideally, writing should be done continuously without any interruption, I had no option because, firstly, this year’s Ramadan fell mostly in the month of April, and I have an ongoing long-term translation
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4th Week of Book Writing as Drafting

4th Week of Book Writing as Drafting
by | April 25, 2022 | No Comments

Welcome aboard Flight BW7 with service of the Fourth Week of Book Writing! If you haven’t read them yet, these are the links to the earlier posts in this series of my blog on book writing: Post #1: WHY I’M WRITING THE BOOK https://muslimandmoney.com/why-im-currently-writing-a-book-about-shariah-compliant-investing-in-the-stock-market Post #2: INTRODUCING ELZISTYLE BOOK WRITING CLUB https://www.elzistyle.com/introducing-elzistyle-book-writing-club Post #3: BOOK WRITING GOAL CLARIFICATION https://www.elzistyle.com/clarify-your-book-writing-goal Post #4: MY WORK ETHICS AND PRODUCTIVITY TIPS Post #5: 1ST AND 2ND WEEK OF WRITING AS DRAFTING Post #6: #3RD
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Dulangan, Not Bulangan!

Dulangan, Not Bulangan!
by | April 20, 2022 | 1 Comment

February 27, 2022, Sunday, around 9 am. As we were passing by the crossroad leading to the Awang Airport, I asked my Roommate about the exact venue of the preparatory meeting we wanted to attend then for their clan’s grand reunion last March 26. She checked her mobile phone and replied in Filipino, “They said, at the covered court in front of the barangay hall of Dulangan (in Datu Odin Sinsuat Municipality).” And she immediately added, “Ano ba ‘yan! Kahit
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3rd Week of Book Writing as Drafting

3rd Week of Book Writing as Drafting
by | April 18, 2022 | 1 Comment

Welcome aboard Flight BW6 with service of the Third Week of Book Writing! If you haven’t read them yet, these are the links to the earlier posts in this series of my blog on book writing: Post #1: WHY I’M WRITING THE BOOK https://muslimandmoney.com/why-im-currently-writing-a-book-about-shariah-compliant-investing-in-the-stock-market Post #2: INTRODUCING ELZISTYLE BOOK WRITING CLUB https://www.elzistyle.com/introducing-elzistyle-book-writing-club Post #3: BOOK WRITING GOAL CLARIFICATION https://www.elzistyle.com/clarify-your-book-writing-goal Post #4: MY WORK ETHICS AND PRODUCTIVITY TIPS Post #5: 1ST AND 2ND WEEK OF WRITING AS DRAFTING In my previous
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1st and 2nd Week of Writing as Drafting

1st and 2nd Week of Writing as Drafting
by | April 11, 2022 | 2 Comments

Welcome aboard Flight BW5 with service from Brainstorming to the Second Week of Book Writing! If you haven’t read them yet, these are the links to the earlier posts in this series of my blog on book writing: Post #1: WHY I’M WRITING THE BOOK https://muslimandmoney.com/why-im-currently-writing-a-book-about-shariah-compliant-investing-in-the-stock-market Post #2: INTRODUCING ELZISTYLE BOOK WRITING CLUB https://www.elzistyle.com/introducing-elzistyle-book-writing-club Post #3: BOOK WRITING GOAL CLARIFICATION https://www.elzistyle.com/clarify-your-book-writing-goal Post #4: MY WORK ETHICS AND PRODUCTIVITY TIPS In my previous post, I promised to share with you the
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My Work Ethics and Productivity Tips

My Work Ethics and Productivity Tips
by | April 4, 2022 | 7 Comments

Book Writing Post #4 If you haven’t read them yet, these are the links to the earlier posts in this series of my blog on book writing: Post #1: WHY I’M WRITING THE BOOK (https://muslimandmoney.com/why-im-currently-writing-a-book-about-shariah-compliant-investing-in-the-stock-market)  Post #2: INTRODUCING ELZISTYLE BOOK WRITING CLUB (https://www.elzistyle.com/introducing-elzistyle-book-writing-club)  Post #3: BOOK WRITING GOAL CLARIFICATION (https://www.elzistyle.com/clarify-your-book-writing-goal)  In my previous post, I promised to disclose to you – for the first time – a secret window to my personal work ethics and productivity tips before proceeding to
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Ramadan 90% Off Sale and Money-back Guarantee

Ramadan 90% Off Sale and Money-back Guarantee
by | April 2, 2022 | No Comments

As we welcome the blessed month of Ramadan, the dining table of the Divine Banquet and the special annual opportunity for Renewal and Return to the Primordial Self, here are my SPECIAL OFFERS for YOU – (1) 90% OFF SALE and (2) MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE: 1. 90% OFF SALE for the following top-selling eBooks I have translated about the Qur’an, Islamic ethics, and spiritual wayfaring (‘irfan): Qur’an Scientific Approach in Translating and Interpreting the Qur’an and Traditions by ‘Allamah Hasan Mustafawi
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My 1st Quarter of 2022 as a Self-publishing Author and Translator

My 1st Quarter of 2022 as a Self-publishing Author and Translator
by | April 1, 2022 | 1 Comment

As a self-publishing author and translator, here is a sort of my status report for the first quarter of 2022 (January-March): 1. 27 books published and distributed online and offline 2. 1 book newly published locally 3. Currently writing a book 1. 27 Books Published and Distributed Online and Offline At least 27 of my written and translation works are published in both paperback and eBook and distributed online via ElziStyle online shop (www.elzistyle.com), Amazon, Smashwords, Draft2Digital, and Lazada, as
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Clarify Your Book Writing Goal

Clarify Your Book Writing Goal
by | March 28, 2022 | 9 Comments

Book Writing Post #3 For a successful implementation of a project such as writing a book, the first thing we need to do is to clarify our goal.  I do this by clarifying the following items: 1. Goal setting 2. Goal visualization 3. Planning (road-mapping and marking of milestones) 4. Implementation (weekly) 5. Evaluation (monthly) Let’s tackle these items one by one: 1. Goal setting For the book, HOW TO SHARI’AH-COMPLIANTLY INVEST IN THE PHILIPPINE STOCK MARKET, which I have
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Introducing ElziStyle Book Writing Club

Introducing ElziStyle Book Writing Club
by | March 21, 2022 | 8 Comments

As mentioned during the Virtual Launch of my recently published book, ‘MBAYUKA TANU! MAGUINDANAON BAYUK TRANSCRIPTION, TRANSLATION, AND ANNOTATION, one of the special offers and giveaways for the early-bird readers is FREE membership to the ElziStyle Book Writing Club. (The Virtual Launch can be watched here: https://youtu.be/qB6Aqv-D_iE)  This FREE club membership is an additional perk introduced for the first time to the ever-growing ElziStyle Books Family. By becoming a club member, you will have behind-the-scenes access to my book writing
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On the ‘Verticalization’ of Eschatology

On the ‘Verticalization’ of Eschatology
by | March 16, 2022 | No Comments

TEHRAN, Islamic Republic of Iran (August 1, 2007) – While waiting for half a dozen professors constituting the defense panel to finish reading the last draft of my dissertation (“The Power of International Quds Day in the Cyberspace (https://amzn.to/34xW2cU), FREE eBook here: www.elzistyle.com/qudsday), I have embarked on the translation into English of a Persian book on the mystical subtleties of supplication (du’a’) (“In the Presence of the Beloved”). For the past two days, however, I had to set aside the
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Virtual Book Launch of ‘mBayuka Tanu!

Virtual Book Launch of ‘mBayuka Tanu!
by | March 11, 2022 | No Comments

Mansoor Limba, “‘mBayuka Tanu! Maguindanaon Bayuk Transcription, Translation, and Annotation,” (ElziStyle Bookshop, 2022). SPECIAL OFFERS and GIVEAWAYS! 1. 30% Discount (value = P150) 2. Bookmark (value = P20) 3. Autographed copy upon request (value = priceless, unquantifiable) 4. Digital copy of the book’s first 50 pages (value = priceless, unquantifiable) 5. Inclusion in ElziStyle Books Family (value = priceless, unquantifiable) 6. FREE membership in ElziStyle Book Writing Club (value = P10,000) Total Value = P10,520 + 3 priceless, unqualifiable items
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Next Books to Write and Translate

Next Books to Write and Translate
by | February 28, 2022 | 3 Comments

After getting feedback from you, my dear friends, readers, or members of the ElziStyle Books Family, last week and for which I’m truly grateful, here will be the next books to write or translate: * HOW TO SHARI’AH-COMPLIANTLY INVEST IN THE PHILIPPINE STOCK MARKET: BEGINNER’S STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE Of the three titles, it earned the greatest number of suggestions. My target is to finish writing it in 3 months; that is, March, May, and June, insha’ Allah. (Don’t count April as
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