My Interests That May Interest You!

Don’t Burn Your Books-Print Is Here to Stay – By Nicholas Carr – The Wall Street Journal – http://goo.gl/fberJ

Nine Practices to Help you Say No – By Peter Bregman – HBR – http://goo.gl/xLclP

Keep Dreaming . . . Even When They Think You’re Nuts – By Jenny Price – For Jeff Goins – http://goo.gl/a7fNf

Book Design Quick Tips for Self-Publishers – By Joel Friedlander – http://goo.gl/SvxW6

Parts of Earth Are Missing Gravity – By Kris Sanchez – For UberFacts – http://goo.gl/UTQtI

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Yes, We Do Judge a Book By Its Cover – By Jeremy Gardiner – for Jeff Goins – http://goo.gl/AOpuy

Learn to be Charismatic – by Scott Edinger – for Harvard Business Review – http://goo.gl/wQg0d

Oscar-winner Michael Arndt To Pen “Star Wars Episode VII” – By Dominic Patten – for deadline – http://goo.gl/BcG8v

Mustering the Courage to Turn Down a Publishing Contract – By Kfir Luzzatto – for Writer Beware – http://goo.gl/8jOfm

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Coming up soon – National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) – http://goo.gl/J05l

How to Respond to Negativity – By Peter Bregman – Harvard Business Review – http://goo.gl/vfX3Y

How to Become a Writer – By writetodone – http://goo.gl/Uk5YE

How to Become an Exceptional Writer – By Demian Farnworth – copyblogger – http://goo.gl/YK8wS

How Amazon Squeezes Writers to Make You Richer – By Nathan Alderman - http://goo.gl/zSJnj

Less-Confident People Are More Successful – by Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic – Harvard Business Review – http://goo.gl/j7F9W

Rights vs. Copyright – By Victoria Strauss – Writer Beware – http://goo.gl/yb3dz

Your E-Book Is Reading You – By Alexandra Alter – The Wall Street Journal – http://goo.gl/m8Yg2

4 Quick Tips for Authors to Get Website Traffic Fast! – By Lynnette Phillips – For The Book Designer - http://goo.gl/jnYqN

Unleash Your Writing With This Trick From the Movies – By Write to Done – http://goo.gl/MiSrp

The Essential Guide to (Not) Responding to Critics – By Jeff Goins – http://goo.gl/cfguL

Are the Rules of Engagement for Serious Novels Changing?  By Warren Adler – Huffington Post – http://goo.gl/lFkCS

Quote(s) of the Day:

“The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.” – Mark Twain

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8 Strange Rituals of Productive Writers – By Kelton Reid – for Copyblogger – http://goo.gl/sJNrP

5 Ways to Make Your Novel Inescapable – by Victoria Mixon – http://goo.gl/c8ndH

12 Guidelines for Deciding When to Persist, When to Quit – by Rosabeth Moss Kanter – for Harvard Business Review – http://goo.gl/vfQlb

Is Your Author Website Doing Its Job? 6 Things to Check – By Laura Pepper Wu – for Jane Friedman – http://goo.gl/stwQX

Quote(s) of the Day:

“A true friend unbosoms freely, advises justly, assists readily, adventures boldly, takes all patiently, defends courageously, and continues a friend unchangeably.”  - William Penn

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OMG Facts – PSA: Every year, approximately 5 to 7 million animals enter animal shelter nationwide, and approximately 3 to 4 million are euthanized simply because they’re not adopted – http://goo.gl/A3jgX

Windows 8 revolutionizes Microsoft OS, but consumers may balk – By Peter Svensson, AP – The Vancouver Sun – http://goo.gl/vKq9P

Dear Agent  – Write the Letter That Sells Your Book – By Nicola Morgan – for Writer Beware – http://goo.gl/LVcju

5 Colorful and Unique Ways to Decorate Your Halloween Pumpkings – by Charley Cameron – for inhabitat – http://goo.gl/1R6Wd

The 25 best travel apps – by Helena Lee – for The Telegraph – http://goo.gl/2zvjf

Quote(s) of the Day:

“Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life – think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone.

This is the way to success. ” - Swami Vivekananda

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The Dysfunctional Guide to Blogging Success – by Demian Farnworth – for copyblogger – http://goo.gl/H51HO

5 Facts About Publishing That Could Change Your Writing Career – By Jeff Goins – http://goo.gl/kAqG4

5 Ways for Writers to Blast Through Self-Doubt – by write to done – http://goo.gl/IGmhz

Exploding the Perfect Writer Myth – by Anna Elliott – for Writer Unboxed - http://goo.gl/U3yMt

The Future of the Novel – by Warren Adler – for Huffington Post – http://goo.gl/ozMmo

Quote(s) of the Day:

“Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers, you cannot be successful or happy.”  - Norman Vincent Peale

Special Tribute:

One of the most spectacular night-sky shows will kick into high gear this weekend when the Orionid meteor shower peaks early in the morning on Oct. 20. It will continue to dazzle until just before dawn on the 21st. . .  http://goo.gl/HmbJn

Book Release:

A Memory of Light - Robert Jordan (Author), Brandon Sanderson (Author) - Release Date: Jan 8 2013 - http://goo.gl/TYHW6

Since 1990, when Robert Jordan’s The Wheel of Time® burst on the world with its first book, The Eye of the World, readers have been anticipating the final scenes of this extraordinary saga, which has sold over forty million copies in over thirty-two languages.

When Robert Jordan died in 2007, all feared that these concluding scenes would never be written. But working from notes and partials left by Jordan, established fantasy writer Brandon Sanderson stepped in to complete the masterwork. With The Gathering Storm (Book 12) and Towers of Midnight (Book 13) behind him, both of which were # 1 New York Times hardcover bestsellers, Sanderson now re-creates the vision that Robert Jordan left behind.

Edited by Jordan’s widow, who edited all of Jordan’s books, A Memory of Light will delight, enthrall, and deeply satisfy all of Jordan’s legions of readers.

The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass.
What was, what will be, and what is,
May yet fall under the Shadow.
Let the Dragon ride again on the winds of time.

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For Your Information:

Why No One Cares What You Think (and How to Stop Being so Freaking Boring) – By Jonathan Morrow – for copyblogger – http://goo.gl/2K0vL

36 tips for lean writing – by Good Copy, Bad Copy - http://goo.gl/BQJpP

Judge Rules Against Authors Guild in HathiTrust Lawsuit – By Victoria Strauss – for Writer Beware – http://goo.gl/QTgqs

New Literary Agent Alert: Andy Scheer of Hartline Literary Agency – By Chuck Sambuchino – Writer’s Digest – http://goo.gl/2gpR4

The 7 Habits of Highly Ineffective Bloggers – By Karol K. – for Problogger – http://goo.gl/7T5Qj

The Only 2 Things Authors Ought to be Doing – By Joel Friedlander – for The Book Designer – http://goo.gl/UYMhx

Quote(s) of the Day:

“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. ” - Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Gorgeous Chandelier from Recycled Coca Cola Bottles – By Mike Chino – inhabitat – http://goo.gl/DPoAZ

Why You Need to Finally Face the Fear of Failure – By Tim Sinclair – for Jeff Goins – http://goo.gl/fpF6W

What Kind of Content Gets Links in 2012? – By SEOmoz – http://goo.gl/qOylV

Writer’s Slam Secrecy of Book Publisher’s Deal With Google – by Victoria Strauss – For Writer Beware – http://goo.gl/aThlb

What Should You Tell Customers About How You’re Using Data? – By Niko Karvounis – Harvard Business Review – http://goo.gl/Y0Vjo

What To Do Before Your Book Launch – By M.J. Rose – For Writer Unboxed – http://goo.gl/q2otX

Quote(s) of the Day:

When witches go riding, and black cats are seen, the moon laughs and whispers, ‘tis near Halloween. – Author Unknown

“I owe much to my friends; but, all things considered, it strikes me that I owe even more to my enemies.  The real person springs life under a sting even better than under a caress. ” – André Gide

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Are You Wasting Time Guest Posting? – By Dan Norris – Problogger – http://goo.gl/B26ld

The WordPress Website Owner’s Emergency Checklist – By Jerod Morris – copyblogger – http://goo.gl/H1Qr4

What It Really Takes to Get Published: An Interview with Michael Hyatt – Jeff Goins – http://goo.gl/PWpD6

Publishers Settle With Google—But What About Authors? – By Victoria Strauss – For Writer Beware – http://goo.gl/pOZWw

Google settles with publishers – By Hayley Tsukayama – The Washington Post – http://goo.gl/Cbuax

Quote(s) for the Day:

“A bend in the road is not the end of the road… unless you fail to make the turn.” – Author Unknown

Writing Contest(s):

Sherwood Anderson Fiction Award – 6000 words story of fiction – Deadline – Nov. 1, 2012 – http://goo.gl/IhZeu

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We’re Sorry We’re Sorry – By David Pollack – Good Copy, Bad Copy – http://goo.gl/7BhAL

The Truth Behind the 4-Hour Workweek Fantasy – By Dorie Clark – Harvard Business Review – http://goo.gl/tDvm4

Live First, Write Second – By Adam Jeske – For Jeff Goins – http://goo.gl/sHz2d

Kitchen Sink That First Draft – By Josh Swiller – For Jane Friedman – http://goo.gl/iWjH2

Quote(s) of the Day:

“Those who write clearly have readers. Those who write obscurely have commentators. ” - Albert Camus

Special Tribute:

Scotiabank Giller Prize – 2012 Winners announced – http://www.scotiabankgillerprize.ca/

Book Release:

Robert Silverberg, a SFWA-designated Grand Master and the author of such bestselling science-fiction classics as Sailing to Byzantium and Lord Valentine’s Castle, is teaming up with a new author, Alvaro Zinos-Amaro, to present a story set in the far future where Earth-born immortals must deal with the destruction of their home planet . . . http://goo.gl/f5fal

Writing Contest(s):

Indiana Review Fiction Prize – 8000 words short story – Deadline Oct. 31, 2012 – http://goo.gl/zGmGV

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Alandra CL

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