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Oct 31, 2011
Quote of the Day
“If human beings had genuine courage, they’d wear their costumes every day of the year, not just on Halloween.” – Doug Coupland
For Your Information
1. How to Make Reusable Halloween Window Decals – By Mark Boyer – inhabitat – http://goo.gl/gGrkQ
2. A bloody good read: ‘Dracula’ author’s journal found – By Ashley Fantz – CNN – http://goo.gl/5L3Rg
3. Six Ways to Sell Without Selling Your Soul – By Jonathan Morrow – copyblogger – http://goo.gl/e37JZ
4. The 8 Habits of Healthy Living – By Leo Babauta – http://goo.gl/M6cSG – Hats off to his lifestyle change!
5. Incredible Pumpkin-Carved Portraits (By Alex Wer.) – E-Junkie.Info – http://goo.gl/aTirz – Wow! What talent – phenomenal!
Book Referral
The Lost Symbol – By Author Dan Brown
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Oct 28, 2011
For Your Information
1. A Small Press Implodes : The Inside Story of Aspen Mountain Press – Victoria Strauss – Writer Beware – http://goo.gl/aOXue
2. Author Blogging 101: Presenting Your Content – By Joel Friedlander – The Book Designer – http://goo.gl/tcwFo
3. How to Recover Your Core Rhythm – By Tony Schwartz – Harvard Business Review – http://goo.gl/cQOjU
4. Sixty-seven Elegant, Effective and Free Website Graphics for Serious Online Publishers – By Robert Bruce – Copyblogger – http://goo.gl/qNEV1
5. On Being Mentored-Our Responsibilities – By The Writers Alley – http://goo.gl/2tCy1
6. Feeling’s good: why writers need emotion – By Al Kennedy – the guardian – http://goo.gl/yAIUn
7. 2011 Whiting Writers’ Award Winners Revealed – By Jason Boog – http://goo.gl/Rl8BB
8. Margaret Atwood knits for the birds – By Randy Boswell – The Vancouver Sun – http://goo.gl/VKcny
9. Seven Dirty Little Book Publishing Secrets that Every Writer Needs to Know – By Susan Daffron – copyblogger – http://goo.gl/oyWaf
10. RIM Offers Up A Device-Driven Look At Tomorrow – By Chris Velazco – techcrunch.com – http://goo.gl/RBqoe
11. 6 Creepy Churches Made of Bones – By Lori Zimmer – inhabitat – http://goo.gl/w3ik6
12. The Silliness of Busyness – By Courtney Carver – zenhabits – http://goo.gl/O7eXb
13. e-Book Cover File Size Specifications – By Joel Friedlander – The Book Designer – http://goo.gl/tBh7r
14. Stuck? Borrow Techniques from Popular Authors – By Jennifer – procrastinating writers – http://goo.gl/K8DXS
Quote(s) of the Day
“The writer, when he is also an artist, is someone who admits what others don’t dare reveal.” – Elia Kazan
“The task of a writer consists in being able to make something out of an idea.” – Thomas Mann
Writing Contest
David J. Langum, Sr. Prize in American Historical Fiction – Deadline – Dec. 1, 2011 – http://goo.gl/1PVGy
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Oct 28, 2011
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Oct 26, 2011
For Your Information
1. Six Ways to Master Entrepreneurial Uncertainty – By Johnny B. Truant – copyblogger – http://goo.gl/Rx2vU – Very inspirational blog!
2. Six Creepiest Buildings for a Frightful Halloween – By Tafline Laylin – inhabitat – http://goo.gl/WkRV2 – I like the GEOtube!
3. Become the Hero of Your Writing Life – By Katie Tallo – write to done – http://goo.gl/g3lAO
4. Willpower Review – By Trent – the simple dollar – http://goo.gl/qqtTh
5. Top 8 Tactics to Power Your Online Book Launch – By Joel Friedlander – The Book Designer – http://goo.gl/RwJJb
6. Form and function – By Seth Godin – http://goo.gl/q4gA8
7. Beautiful & Philosophical Photo Manipulations – By Sarolta Ban – Ejunkie.info – http://goo.gl/mVtMx – Interesting photos!
8. How to write fiction: MJ Hyland on revising and rewriting – By MJ Hyland – the guardian – http://goo.gl/e2Azk
9. Why Writers Write: Rubin Develops ‘Swamplandia!” for HBO – By Ray Gustini – Atlantic Wire – http://goo.gl/a1epA
10. Plot Points from a Pantster – The Writers Alley – http://goo.gl/RFI0z
11. Stupid and Lazy – By Seth Godin – http://goo.gl/6ykco
12. Want to Make Money Writing? Build Relationships with Editors – By Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen – http://goo.gl/1L5SM
13. Why Researching Articles to Death Is A Waste of Time – By Sean DSouza – write to done – http://goo.gl/Hha2u
14. Transportation Designers Uninvent the Wheel – by Timon Singh – http://goo.gl/oxXbx – Not far off from Star Wars’s land speeders.
15. Fox Targets Diversity in New Writers Program – By Hollywood Reporter – http://goo.gl/rudqz
Quotes of the Day
“Everybody walks past a thousand story ideas every day. The good writers are the ones who see five or six of them. Most people don’t see any.” – Orson Scott Card
“If you have other things in your life — family, friends, good productive day work — these can interact with your writing and the sum will be all the richer.” – David Brin
New Book Release
“Legend Unborn” – The Key of Souls – Book 1 – By David G. Welsh – Beautiful cover art!
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