Author of the bestelling The Winning Investment Habits of Warren Buffett & George Soros, Mark Tier was the founder of the investment newsletter World Money Analyst, which he published until 1991, the author of Understanding Inflation and The Nature of Market Cycles. Since 1991, he's helped start five new (and highly successful) investment publications. When he adopted the the winning investment habits of Warren Buffett & George Soros himself, he sold all his business interests and now lives solely from the returns on his investments. His most recent books including Trust Your Enemies, a political thriller which is “Up there with The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” and “Worthy of Ayn Rand” according to reviews on Amazon.com, and Ayn Rand's 5 Surprisingly Simple Rules for Judging Political Candidates.

Can a Man Write a Convincing Rape Scene—from the Female Point of View?

“I thought the chapter where she was raped as a teenager was outstanding! I’m amazed at how well you are able to describe these feelings and reactions from a female perspective. I’m not saying I don’t think men understand the horror of such experience for a female. But to be able to portray it so vividly; I’m just amazed!

“I think I didn’t take a single breath reading through that story!”

Double or Triple Your Book’s Sales by Rewriting Just 5 to 10 Words

Dear Author: What are the most important words you’ll ever write?

Perhaps the line that grabs the reader by the short and curlies and never lets him go.

Or the last, page-turning paragraph of Chapter 1 (and, for that matter, every other chapter) that leaves the reader begging for more.

Or, it could be the covering letter to New York’s #1 agent that gets you that mouth-watering contract.

And how about the “blurb” that excites book-buyers so much that they take it straight to the checkout counter.

Or . . . as you’ll see, none of the above. . . .