My Interests that May Interest You:

Angry Birds Star Wars announced – by Keith Stuart – for the guardian UK - http://goo.gl/W6pJz

Angry Birds Star Wars Breaks New Rovio Records – By Raymond Wong – for BGR - http://goo.gl/TpBVy

At the High End, Reaching a Mass Market – by Alessandro Di Fiore – for Harvard Business Review – http://goo.gl/c2EuI

Authors Guild Statement on Penguin-Random House Merger – by Victoria Strauss – for Writer Beware – http://goo.gl/YcKpv

Marijuana Is Legal In Colorado! – By Uberfacts – By Robert Smedley – http://goo.gl/Pik4f

Beware The False Compliments That Are Killing Your Writing – http://goo.gl/8zJhG

Quote(s) of the Day:

“It isn’t the things that happen to us in our lives that cause us to suffer, it’s how we relate to the things that happen to us that causes us to suffer.” – Pema Chodron

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For Your Information:

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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For Your Information

Are Best-seller Lists Irrelvant? – By Warren Adler – http://goo.gl/MYD56

You can’t teach creative writing. Can you? – By Rick Gekoski – the guardian – http://goo.gl/uQLRt

American Southern Writers – By Scott Cooperstein – Bio.com - http://goo.gl/vAfMt

Could the internet really shut down? – By Matt Warman – The Telegraph – http://goo.gl/dWwpU

Oprah Re-Launches Her Book Club – By Writer’s Blog – http://goo.gl/eEy2H

48 Ways of Persuasive Written Content – By Uttoran Sen – copyblogger – http://goo.gl/TlrwA

Every New Author’s Greatest Enemy (and How to Beat It) – By Jeff Goins – http://goo.gl/6pBN4

Get Ready to Fail – By Scott Edinger – Harvard Business Review – http://goo.gl/oI7AB

Judge Grants Class Status to Authors in Authors Guild v. Google Lawsuit – By Victoria Strauss – Writer Beware – http://goo.gl/U03mU

Women buy two-thirds of the books sold in Britain so why is the literary world such a male chauvinist basion? – By Joanna Trollope – Mail Online – http://goo.gl/uDPlk

10 Mistakes I Made Publishing My eBook, and How You Can Do it Better – By Make a Living Writing – http://goo.gl/EGEvF

Writing Coach Launches Website to Help Aspiring Authors – By PRWEB.COM Newswire - http://goo.gl/d8MUu

Quote(s) of the Day

Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout of some painful illness. One would never undertake such a thing if one were not driven on by some demon whom one can neither resist nor understand. ~George Orwell

Writing Contest

Valhalla Press Literary Fiction and Creative NonFiction Contest – Valhalla Press.com – Deadline August 30, 2012 – http://goo.gl/JBXf1

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Alandra CL

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For Your Information

Agatha Christie Mastered Poison And Book Sales – By Scott Smith – For Investors Business Daily – http://goo.gl/3ilNJ

Red Means Run author Brad Smith: “I have an aversion to cops” – By Mark Medley – The After Word – http://goo.gl/BAAog

Digital Rights Showdown: HarperCollins V. Open Road – By Victoria Strauss – Writer Beware – http://goo.gl/a16wE

Confessions of a Narcissistic Blogger – By Joe Bunting – For Problogger – http://goo.gl/p4NRe

Black Wednesday Is a Wake-Up Call for IT Executives – By Robert Plant – Harvard Business Review – http://goo.gl/ftWJi

Write with a knife for more powerful prose – By Good Copy, Bad Copy – http://goo.gl/ts8ul

21 Tactics to Increase Blog Traffic – By Seomoz – http://goo.gl/T6eTN

Soon, we shall be living in the world of Minority Report – CES – Samsung’s Smart Window – By  Planet Tech- http://goo.gl/8jeOJ

Themes and Story Premise in Novel Writing – By Sherrinda Ketchersid – For The Writers Alley – http://goo.gl/w26Bf

Don’t overlook Amazon’s Kindle Singles – By Shawn Sensiba – GazetteXtra.com – http://goo.gl/ZM2l6

E-publishing and the dangers of malleability – By Bethanie Blanchard – Crikey.com – http://goo.gl/ujIo7

Average Kindle Book 6 Times More Expensive Than Self-Published Titles – By Rebecca Rosen – The Atlantic – http://goo.gl/kMgjk

Help Me Pick Out My New Book Cover – By Jeff Goins – http://goo.gl/9YGdE – I discovered my choice was made by what I felt viewing each cover rather than aesthetics – interesting!

 Quote(s) of the Day

“If you do not breathe through writing, cry out in writing or sing in writing, then don’t write, our culture has no use for it.”  - Anais Nin

“You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you. “  – Ray Bradbury

Special Tribute

Reginald Hill, the prolific British author best known for his 24 idiosyncratic but elegant crime novels featuring the Yorkshire police detectives Andrew Dalziel and Peter Pascoe, died on Thursday at his home in Cumbria, England. He was 75. - http://goo.gl/kpEMh

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Alandra CL

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For Your Information

9 Villains in Literature and Film and How to Make Yours Better – By Joe Bunting – The Write Practice - http://goo.gl/rVnk2

Writer’s craft is now a ghost in the machine – By Steve Meacham – SMH.com.au – http://goo.gl/v40ge

5 Online Communities for Writers – By Susan Johnston – The Urban Muse – http://goo.gl/iTbDc

Author John Grisham Discusses the New TV Series, The Firm – http://goo.gl/YANMh

Three Words You Should Eliminate from Your Writing – By James Chartrand – For Write to Done – http://goo.gl/uDNqD

Walking away from “real” – By Seth Godin – http://goo.gl/2Czj9

To Inspire Innovation, Get a Muse – By Michael Schrage – Harvard Business Review – http://goo.gl/io8E4

Want to decorate your child’s room and instill a love for literature? Vintage Book Clocks– By Nicole Abene – inhabitat – http://goo.gl/RV1zs

Writing for TV no easy task – By Lauren Daley – South Coast Today – http://goo.gl/731Gz

Quote(s) of the Day

“To write a great novel, you must have a great idea; to complete a great novel, you must have great persistence and more so great courage. ”  - Alandra CL

Writing Contest

The Starcherone prize for innovative fiction – Deadline Feb 17, 2012 – http://goo.gl/XCBti

Special Tribute

26 People Making a Real Difference – By The Daily Green Staff – http://goo.gl/JmGAj

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Alandra CL

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Editor Admits to Sleeping with Readers and Recommends You Do the Same – By Jonathan Morrow – Copyblogger -http://goo.gl/XEUdm

21 Most Popular E-scientists – By  E-Junkie.Info – http://goo.gl/XjKxz

Pearson Education Extends Scope of Permissions Licenses – By Victoria Strauss – Writers Beware –  http://goo.gl/6uc8M

Why You Should Never Write Like You Talk – By Taylor Linstrom – Men With Pens – http://goo.gl/jEqIp

How to Take Criticism – By Joanna Penn – The Creative Penn – http://goo.gl/odagC

Your “How-To” Post Will Fail If You Don’t Use These Techniques – By Neil Patel – Problogger – http://goo.gl/wIh7h

Quote(s) of the Day

“I have never thought of writing as hard work, but I have worked hard to find a voice.”  – Randy Pausch

“The greatest possible mint of style is to make the words absolutely disappear into the thought.” – Nathaniel Hawthorne

Writing Contest

Meridian 2012 Edotors’ Prize Contest – Fiction and Poetry – Deadline Dec. 31, 2011 – http://goo.gl/w97Sa

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Alandra CL

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For Your Information

The Secret Ingredient to a Successful Blog – By Ava Jae – Problogger - http://goo.gl/alYJb

Why a Publisher Says: Become an Expert – Write an eBook – By Nicolas Gremion – Write to Done – http://goo.gl/AvMoE

For Their Children, Many E-Book Fans Insist on Paper – By Matt Richtel/Julie Bosman – New York Times – http://goo.gl/w6T4M

Homemade Organic Apple Pie with Butter Crust Recipe for the Holidays – Nicole Abene – inhabitat – http://goo.gl/3ojk9

Quote(s) of the Day

“For a creative writer possession of the ”truth” is less important than emotional sincerity.” –  George Orwell

“Every secret of a writer’s soul, every experience of his life, every quality of his mind is written large in his works.” Virginia Woolf

Writing Contest

H.E. Francis Contest – Deadline Dec. 31, 2011 - http://goo.gl/j8e73

Special Tribute

Luke Ashurst – UK Paper Boy goes up and beyond –  http://goo.gl/ajo0P

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Alandra CL

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For Your Information

The Brit Writers Awards: Questions and Threats – By Victoria Strauss – Writer Beware – http://goo.gl/YoA4G

Do you Stick to Your Commitments? – By James – Men with Pens – http://goo.gl/G7OU6

Harper Collins to Acquire Thomas Nelson – By Writer’s Blog – http://goo.gl/BwKqP

What I learned from a month of blogging and 250k visits – By robfitz – The Startup Toolkit – http://goo.gl/Lae29

Medieval monarchs’ books showcased by British Library – By Stepfen Bates – The Guardian – http://goo.gl/bfXS8

e-Book Cover Design Awards, October 2011 – By Joel Friedlander – The Book Designer – http://goo.gl/CjcbS

Quote(s) of the Day

“Exercise the writing muscle every day. Writers are like dancers, like athletes. Without that exercise, the muscles seize up.” – Jane Yolen

“A story isn’t about a moment in time, a story is about the moment in time.” - W. D. Wetherell

Writing Contest

Fiction and non-fiction – Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards – Deadline Dec. 31, 2011 – http://goo.gl/kxJ0G

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The Latest

1. Magic Mountain Lodge is a Hill-Like Hobbit Highrise – by Andrew Michler – inhabitat – http://goo.gl/YCF8G

2. The Voice of Patience – By Leo Babauta – zenhabits – http://goo.gl/6eeCm

3. Fox to Adapt Fantasy Novel The Magicians to Series with X-Men: First Class Scribes – By Nellie Andreeva – Deadline.com – http://goo.gl/8s980

4. Book’tOberfest: Self-Publishers at Mechanics’ Institute Library – Joel Friedlander – The Book Designer – http://goo.gl/sRAuf

5. Getting Published: The inside scoop from 3 top editors – By Alan Rinzler – The Book Deal – http://goo.gl/VEuZf

6. Git – Recommended for writers to keep track of changes – By Christopher Jackson – Fuel Your Writing – http://goo.gl/c9m0R

7. Li Yanping, An Inspiring Lady Who Has Adopted & Raised 80 Children In Past 22 Years – By e-junkie.info – http://goo.gl/f7YIk

8. Punctuation is Powerful – By Daniel Scocco – Daily Writing Tips – http://goo.gl/VIWL0 – “A woman, without her man, is nothing.” Or “A woman: without her, man is nothing.”

9. Dreams, Big and Little – By Trent – the simple dollar – http://goo.gl/3Ta3v

10. This Week in Books – By Nathan Bransford – http://goo.gl/ACIfe – missed the painting L

11. A High Speed Audience (Readers Want it Right Now!) – By The Writers Alley – http://goo.gl/XXA4u

Quote of the Day

“We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospection.” – Anais Nin

Writing Contest

Danahy Fiction Prize – Short Fiction – Deadline – Nov. 1, 2011 – http://goo.gl/JtNar

Book Release

Science Fiction/Fantasy Genre – The Sacred Band: Book Three of the Acacia Trilogy By Author David Anthony Durham

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The Latest 

1. Drop Innovation from Your Vocabulary – By Jack Springman – Harvard Business Review – http://goo.gl/aHlxd

2. Secrets of Story Structure Any Writer Can Master – By The Plot Whisperer – http://goo.gl/QbDYP

3. Armed Notebook, 3D Weaponry Covers – By E-Junkie.Info – http://goo.gl/qzbd8

4. Authors Christopher Paolini and Tad Williams speak one-on-one – amazon.com – http://goo.gl/H5siA

5. Open Thread – wants your opinion – What surprised you most about freelancing? – By Susan Johnston – http://goo.gl/6VsOc

6. Authors Guild and Others Sue Universities for Copyright Infringement – By Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware -http://goo.gl/PSNmd

7. Five Shortcuts to Finding Your Passion – By Leo Babauta – http://goo.gl/FBsmi

8. Want to Be a Better Marketer? Start by Becoming a Better Teacher – By Jennifier Louden – http://goo.gl/nYFZ6

9.  Why wait? – By Seth Godin – http://goo.gl/maqpb

10. Five Writing Secrets From William Shakespeare – By Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen – http://goo.gl/9mJik

11. How to Write A Novel In 2 Weeks – by Jennifer – Procrastinating Writers – http://goo.gl/GMUlJ

Quote of the Day

“The task of a writer consists in being able to make something out of an idea.” – Thomas Mann

 Contests

Ruth Stone Poetry Prize – Annual Poetry Contest by Hunger Mountain – Deadline  December 10, 2011 - http://goo.gl/FUCrx

Featured Book(s)

• New Fantasy Book Release:  The Outcast Dead (Horus Heresy)  - By Author Graham McNeill

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